opening day baseball comes in a week, and has to do with all the force of the first round of NCAA basketball. Wall to wall-baseball, not a minute to breathe, enthusiasm for the next six months in a day stacked package. You might also import Gus Johnson in the afternoon. Anything to remind people: This is a celebration of America and should be celebrated as one.

Instead of fireworks this year, Major League Baseball, which provides pull-string poppers. There are six games on Thursday, less than half the number of opening day last year and the smallest number since 1986. There are no Red Sox, not the Phillies, no children and no Mets. Tim Lincecum for each vs. Clayton Kershaw or Justin Verlander vs. CC Sabathia, is Jered Weaver vs. Luke Hochevar or Derek Lowe vs. Livan Hernandez.

Sounds more like a Hallmark holiday.

There is a reason behind today downgraded baseball, one who, while plausible, is always frustrating. World Series Thurs infiltrates November disturbed brain trust baseball, especially commissioner Bud Selig, and he promised it to end in October this year. Fox wanted the series to begin Wednesday. So, MLB tied Game 1 of World Series on October 19 and worked backward from there.

Instead, the traditional start of the season Monday - March 28 was the earliest opening day ever - MLB on Thursday, chose, which is the beginning of March Madness, but hardly guaranteed a score in the month of April. By offering national groups to choose whether they want to play on Thursday or Friday - most of them are uncertain weather conditions on Thursday and took the warm climate and a team you have chosen to Friday - are almost guaranteed to be shared.

MLB, of course, have taken matters in hand and begins on Friday gave the whole nation. For a league that is really good to maximize business opportunities and unequal in connection with the fans on football so emotional and even college basketball not even the prospect of a new and exciting tradition.

Mondays are nice and all but 15 games Friday is opening day for the opening weekend, a show of three days of baseball that would make even the most tepid home market baseball. Want to win a younger generation? Give it an event. History, glory, all the things that baseball invoked - they play out their most basic public will be nothing, while missing a second successive generation is lost to the NFL. The temptation to take leave on Friday and a weekend chained to a stage with friends and beer out of the price is much better than ditching work Monday in baseball only to be back at the office the next day.

The timing would not be a problem. Just as on Monday, awkward years - like when he starts next season in MLB 30 March-6 April? - It would be easy to balance the demands. Since Selig desire to stop the World Series on November 1 would be jeopardized by taking the second round of the playoffs March 30 could be the perfect guinea pig for the top opening weekend.

Teams are likely to resist this because the first weekend is often sold, in addition to Monday's game, and until the school makes to June, the doors of the weekdays are filled with days off at all but the most fertile markets. Opening weekend also coincides with the Final Four, if it matches Saturday afternoon would leave enough room for baseball does not have a pure battle head to head.

Even with all its faults, is a business experience of dollars, an investment in the future of the sport. An industry of $ 7 billion per year can not stand on the demography of aging, and if it is just a small gesture, it is always the one that said: Thanks for your experience.

MLB already has an error in the display settings. What would be quite exciting - hitting the stage, turn iPad MLB.tv app, browse the games available, and in addition to the sounds and noises of a baseball real live - is dealt with in most places, outdated rules TV blackouts. Opportunities for baseball fandom in the 21st century is exciting. Unfortunately, none armed with iron wrinkles.

And if we have six games, the fewest in 25 years. Only 10 teams have played that day. Well, let's be honest: the sport is so different now so ubiquitous, open, so come, so accessible that it's not really a fair comparison. There were no expectations for large productions then. This is the bare minimum today.

overflow opening day of baseball history and pageantry taste, and why it deserves more. It's okay to take something good and aspire to greatness. There are purists who criticize. This is not a profit making naked. It is something to save the opening day.

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