***SCHEDULING***
The season shall commence on April 1st for ALL teams. The schedule should be set up so that the games are played in southern cities or domed stadiums for the first two weeks.
Each team will schedule 3 doubleheaders at home (and not twi-night doubleheaders). we're talking 2 games for the price of one). The 2nd game should be 7 innings (this is already allowed in the rules). Teams would then play 3 doubleheaders at home and 3 on the road, eliminating 6 play dates. -OR- Go back to a 154-game schedule.
Rainouts will be made up with twi-night doubleheaders.
The All-Star game will be a three-day break.
The season then ends on September 24th.
Playoffs begin for ALL teams on September 26th. Playoffs and World Series schedules would be the same: ONE day off for travel between cities. ONE day off between each series. Even allowing for the maximum number of games for each series, the season ends on October 21.
If two teams are tied at the end of the regular season, the playoff game will be the next day, but the playoff schedule remains the same. They lose their day off (Sorry!)
For the 1st series, four games will be played each day. Let 4 different networks broadcast the games so all can watch their favorite team. Weekend games will be played during the day, starting no later than 2:00 PM. Night games MUST start no later than 7:00 PM Eastern time. That means first pitch, not the beginning of McCarver's 35 minute explanation of baseball.
MOST IMPORTANT: There will be 25 seconds maximum between half-innings. If a network misses even one pitch, they don't get paid for that game.
If the teams are available, The next series begins immediately (after one day off), regardless of the day of the week.
DEAL WITH IT!!
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