JCG posted:Interesting take, Luv Baseball. I have learned to enjoy watching soccer, though of course I understand what makes most of us Americans not care for it. The notion of a sport having the viewers' market to itself is just over, IMO, just like the days of the 3 broadcast networks, or newspapers and magazines.
Not to get too far into it but if you watch even a little, you realize that one of the reasons high level soccer ends in 1-1 ties and shootouts is that the defenses are just too good, which is part of the problem, if there is one, with baseball. That comes up in this interesting piece from ESPN.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/...-why-just-beat-shift
True about soccer except the rules of soccer are tailored to defense. Not to get off topic of baseball but soccer should do away with off sides inside the goal box, that would make the game of soccer a little more interesting.
As for the shift, I still say leave it alone and let the players adjust to using strategy to beat it.