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JMHO- If baseball wants this to be a big thing like football and basketball then they need to slow it down just a bit. Not as much as football but geesh that whole first was like a whirl wind. Here we go ok1,2,3,4,5...9..22...30 end of first ahhhhh.:eek:

Part of the reason NFL and NBA drafts are more deliberate is because of the trading that goes on during both of those drafts. Teams will wait and consider trade proposals before making their pick. Since, by rule, there is no trading in the baseball draft, teams basically just have to look at their board and pick their top guy available.........that shouldn't take long.

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I think webcasting the Draft Live is a good move for MLB. It definately has made me mor einteresting, I hope for future drafts they slow it down maybe another minute between picks and add some organization to the draft and a little flash and glitz as well.

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I agree... I'd love to see the NFL draft (my real passion) go faster... I know they have trades to deal with but it shouldn't take 15 min. to figure things out. 10 min should be plenty.

Not for my Vikings. They seem to need 16 or 17 minutes. :D

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