Shouldn’t baseball be logically divided into thirds?
How about two small breaks after the third and sixth, instead of one incongruent one 7/9 through the game?
And let’s get a fucking pitchclock already. Automatic ball if you don’t pitch in time. Automatic strike if you can’t get your ass to the plate in time.
Yes, it’s hot and disgustingly humid and the True Noblest Sport of Kings is making me grumpy.
If there wasn’t a 7th inning stretch, how would we know when it’s time to get the last beer of the game?
Beer clock. Automatic forfeit if your team’s fans don’t get into a drunken brawl in the stands by the top of the 8th.
I’m not sure (someone can correct me), but I don’t think said half inning is any longer than all the others in the first place.
No, what’s lame is singing “god bless america”. Ditch that.
This. Despise the contrived patriotism at live sports
No argument here. I suggest we replace it with a heartfelt, patriotic rendition of Back That Ass Up.
So many of us baseball fans are middle-aged or older men, if we weren’t forced to stretch, we might risk deep vein thrombosis.
The Stretch takes place after 13/17 or 13/18 of a typical game. 
Mostly done in New York city games to remember 9/11.
The seventh inning stretch is a fun tradition, they even have a celebrity come in and sing at Wrigley Park for it why does it anger the OP so much?
Get rid of God Bless America. Most churches don’t have Take Me Out To The Ballgame in their hymnal
At the Orioles game the other day, we sang “This Land is Your Land.” Yes, unlike “God Bless America,” it was presented as participatory, and people did, if a bit roughly. It was refreshing, and a nicer message.
It’s tradition. But it’s to sing “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”, NOT “YMCA”, NOT “Sweet Caroline”. It should be no longer than the other inning breaks. And for God’s sake, it should NOT be another “Let’s Suck The Collective Dicks Of Our Military And Have A Hyperpatriotic Rendition Of Some Patriotic Song”.
Who is pushing this god bless song?
How can we get them to stop? It is such a downer.
The only thing even better than “God Bless America” is at the end of Yankee games when Frank (sometimes Liza) sings “New York, New York”.
That’s best done via interpretive dance, anyway.
I haven’t been to a baseball game since around 1992-93. Is everyone singing this during the 7th inning stretch? Were we 20+ years ago?
I don’t think most churches have “God Bless America” in their hymnals either.
One unsuccessful pickoff attempt allowed per at bat. Fail a second time and it’s a balk. Three such balks results in ejection.
Pitch clock. 20 seconds from receiving ball to get the next pitch off or make a pickoff attempt. Balk if time runs out.
Leaving the batter’s box during the at-bat for any reason other than substitution, automatic out.
Some consequence…ANYTHING…for hitting a foul ball with 2 strikes. That there isn’t is just ridiculous. Name one other sport where you can flail wildly at the ball all day long and not murder your team.
Oh, and as for the stretch, could someone explain to me that in over a century and a quarter of history, there’s only one commonly known and used baseball song? Should be a dozen, at least.
Yes, fuck that lame tune and get back to singing just “TMOTTBG.” I’m sick of this stupid fucking jingoism at sporting events. I’m there for the baseball, not some nationalistic circle jerk.