Another day, another topic. There was a question in my English class on how to expand their topic for more blog posts. Lucky for me, my topic expands beyond the edges of the universe. Baseball as you know is a dying sport, so they say. It is long, tedious, boring, etc. to most people. So how would you make people engaged in sports? Their technology. EVERYONE in America is connected to the internet somehow. If baseball used a poll type user interface, the fans would get captivated. Each team hires someone who really understands game strategy. "Then 10, 15, 20 times a game – as much as feels right or the on-field product allows – have the person quickly put up questions on the board and bottom of the TV screen. Runner on first, no out in the sixth of a tie game: Should Terry Collins a) sacrifice b) hit-and-run c) straight steal d) swing away? Starter beginning to fade, big hitter on deck, should Joe Girardi a) stick with Shane Greene or b) relieve with Dellin Betances? Lefty or righty reliever? Double-steal? Suicide squeeze? Infield in or not? Which pinch-hitter?" (Sherman). This suggestion from Joel Sherman I found searching the web is PERFECT. People scroll past baseball games on T.V all the time, I am even guilty for it. But imagine if you could directly affect the game? By giving these polls your answer, managers may get persuaded to do what you voted for. Fans would be feel great if their selection happened in real life, and WORKED. It would almost be like a game for them. 
You could show these at the games and on television. Then, fans at the games and on T.V would be engaged in the game. You could even make it more special for the fans at the game with special voting polls. This could attract many fans to be attracted to the game and watch. This could absolutely work to help the game of baseball.
---EL
Sources- Sherman, Joel. "How to Make Watching Baseball Fun Again." New York Post How to Make Watching Baseball Funagain Comments. N.p., 18 Aug. 2014. Web. 11 May 2016.
ht nypost.com/2014/08/18/instead-of-making-ballgames-quicker-make-slowness-more-fun/
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