Make Baseball Better

I think baseball could be more exciting.  People like exciting sports.  Nascar has massive car crashes, football has hard hitting tackles, and basketball has fast paced play with high scoring games.

I'm not suggesting that people don't like baseball.  It's just that I believe they could easily broaden their appeal with a few simple changes.  Three changes to be exact.

First, let's start using a flaming bat.  An audience would love to see a bit more fire in the sport.  If the batter stands up there too long, his bat will begin to turn to ash and the flames will start to close in on his hands.  When an umpire lights the end of your bat on fire, you're ready to hit the ball and get going.

Now that we have a flaming bat let's have a bucket next to the pitcher.  In each bucket are the balls he is going to use.   The balls are soaking in a Napalm solution.  It might cause that fast ball to be a little less fast, but imagine the crowds reaction when that Napalm soaked ball makes contact with the flaming bat!  I already know that ESPN would love my idea.  Imagine turning on Sports Center to watch some highlights.  Do you think a ball bursting into flames would make the highlight reels?  Heck yeah!

Since we've got the ball on fire as it flies through the air let's go ahead and ratchet the excitement up a bit more.  If you thought the batter was nervous holding the flaming bat for too long how do you think that fielder is feeling as he watches a flaming ball coming his way.  Especially when he knows that his glove has been rubbed with gasoline at the beginning of the inning.  "Hey left fielder, how bad do you want to make that out?"

I'm confident that if these changes were implemented into baseball the ratings would go through the roof.

With flaming bats, Napalm balls, and gas soaked gloves, baseball will put Nascar, football, and basketball to shame.