Take Me Out to the Brrrr.......ballgame.

Major league baseball opens their regular season today and in many places the weather will seem to be more suitable for a football game than baseball. The seasons have become so long in most sports that they end up playing in weather totally unsuited for the sport. For instance, baseball starts at the beginning of April and finishes up close to November; neither one of these times suitable for an outdoor game that is too slow to keep the players or fans warm. The NBA and NHL also give fans their money's worth starting out in early October and finishing up in the middle of June, taking a few months off before starting the whole long process again. No doubt money is the main motivator for the lengthy seasons with salaries skyrocketing and no doubt a bit of good old greed involved. With NFL management pushing for a 18 game regular season and the likelihood of expanded playoffs in the future, how long will it be before seeing NFL football ending around the time when we hear the ump yell out, "play ball"?