Baseball needs to shorten the regular-season schedule.
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Pausing.
OK, I guess I can't just leave it at that because that declarative statement is far from self-evident. Allow me to explain.
The topic of a shortened season has come up again because of a rash of early-season postponements. It didn't come up because of some comments by the Cubs' Anthony Rizzo. It has come up because of unusually volatile spring weather that has coincided with the earliest collective start date in baseball history.
Shortening the season is not a personal preference.