MLB is becoming a business where the players get too much money and they intentionally lose.

Here are the definitions of some words...I don't know why I didn't do this earlier!! http://www.google.com... http://www.google.com... So I guess my point is that, BECAUSE we have the option of turning our devices off or leaving them home, the experience of the game is different for everybody as it distracts and puts your mind on other places and stuff. Technology was not as amazing and popular back then, so I propose that this gave an advantage to the amazingness and popularity of baseball! "Okay, so I suppose that in this case Pro would be that baseball is changing for the worse and Con would be that it's not." Correct. "Many spectators may care more about the athletic aspects of the game and will derive the emotional component more from whether their favourite team is winning or losing." Well said. I agree with you but I think this goes along with my view of the 'ambience of baseball,' as watching a player get excited about his OWN team winning is fun to see, especially in person, away from a TV. Baseball is more than winning and losing. To me it's a game of strategy and, when you win, you know it's because you worked hard to earn it. If the all the players weren't doing it for money, and just for the love of the game, we'd see more personality AND effort. From STADIUMS topic... "...Also, are we sure that spending more money always leads to better players? It is possible that we might just end up spending more money on the same players." Oooh, snap, I never thought of that! But still I'd rather spend money on the actual players and their improvements/health rather than the object that they play in, that, in my opinion, is just another attraction to make MORE money for MLB business. From RULES topic... "I think baseball is most exciting when all the best players are on the field playing instead of off of it recovering from injuries. I also disagree that entertainment and business are mutually exclusive. After all, surely everyone has heard of show business." This is where two different opinions come in, and that's where this gets fun and exciting! I respect the way you think of the players yet I think differently. I think baseball is more fun to watch when the players can play to the very BEST of their ability. In the 80s there were strategies for world series that preserved the...pitchers, for example, so that they could pitch at the right time their coach wanted them to, planning to avoid the injuries that don't allow them to play their game. That's the kind of thing I mean by "getting hurt is part of baseball." I think teams should learn to play AROUND the risk, and plan accordingly so as to fit the environment of playing without dumb rules. I'm not saying entertainment and business are the same, and that's not all that MLB is either. I think that baseball is not only entertainment, but a SPORT in which real people play in for our enjoyment, thus there should be a different connotation with baseball--not just entertainment and business, but sport. Not just experience and money, but interaction. Let's pay at the gates and know that the money will go towards making the game better. Knowing that the business is being used for the better good of the entertainment so that the sport may succeed. Baseball has become different, technologically and authority-wise (rule setting, where the money goes, etc.) and some people like it that way while others disagree. I don't blame baseball for having to adapt to this culture's trends and I can't do anything about either of the ways I stated baseball is changing, but it sure is fun to debate about it! My point, which I hope got across to everyone, is that major league baseball has ups and downs going for it and the game is not the same as it was a decade ago. But I suppose I should go along with it, just wait and see what happens, because baseball is a great sport to me no matter what! I hope I didn't miss anything. Thanks for an awesome debate.