What's the best U.S. major PRO sports league?

[Jaron]

If they want to  pack the house, just go around to all the neighbors around the stadium, get them to donate all the shit that would get stolen anyways and put it in a basement gauntlet beneath the stadium.

After the game, the trap doors open and the real event can begin!

  I got caught in a pseudo-riot several years ago trying to take my grandfather to watch a St. John's University basketball game at Madison Square Garden.  One of the hip-hop radio stations had announced some erroneous information about an electronics sale that was going on there, and it turned into a good old-fashioned window-smashing melee.

how did you escape?

[katmai]

NFL is by far the best.

2nd place though is a tie for me between NHL and MLS
Baseball is boring to me anymore and NBA is dead to me.

[Capetan Mihali]

  I got caught in a pseudo-riot several years ago trying to take my grandfather to watch a St. John's University basketball game at Madison Square Garden.  One of the hip-hop radio stations had announced some erroneous information about an electronics sale that was going on there, and it turned into a good old-fashioned window-smasthing melee.

how did you escape?

I took a deep breath, seized Grandad by the arm, and charged right through.   

[MadBurgerMaker]

NFL then NBA.  MLB and NHL are both pretty cool too though. 

[BuddhaRhubarb]

NHL because it's only American in that we need their money to keep it going (except in Montreal and Toronto) Also it's the only interesting sport mentioned.

[MadImmortalMan]

Most pro sports are crap. But the NFL is the least bad. NBA the worst.

[PRC]

I've been to exactly one hockey game and I couldn't see the puck then either.

Time to renew the prescription.

[grumbler]

This.  The playoffs are a big stain on MLB.  It should be like the old days with just the League Championship and the World Series.

Doubleplusgood point.

[Syt]

MLB is close but I don't like the playoff format.  They play 162 games in ~180 days; you have to have 5 starting pitchers and a good deep bullpen.  When the playoffs roll around they play 3 games a week; you can win with 3 starters and a middle reliever and a closer.  They should make the playoff rounds best of 11 and play every day.

This.  The playoffs are a big stain on MLB.  It should be like the old days with just the League Championship and the World Series.

I agree. Of course the owners (in Football, too) see only "More games = more revenue". Baseball in November? That's wrong.

[jimmy olsen]

The NFL. The way they do revenue sharing allows all teams to be competitive as far as their management allows.

[Eddie Teach]

None. Can't get into the NFL for some reason, and the other sports are boring to watch.

[sbr]

MLB is close but I don't like the playoff format.  They play 162 games in ~180 days; you have to have 5 starting pitchers and a good deep bullpen.  When the playoffs roll around they play 3 games a week; you can win with 3 starters and a middle reliever and a closer.  They should make the playoff rounds best of 11 and play every day.

This.  The playoffs are a big stain on MLB.  It should be like the old days with just the League Championship and the World Series.

I agree. Of course the owners (in Football, too) see only "More games = more revenue". Baseball in November? That's wrong.

It isn't necessarily about more or less games it is about how often they play them.    If they played 5-6 games a week like they did in the regular season they could be done well before November.

[Grey Fox]

NFL is obviously the best & I voted for the NHL, because, well I like Hockey & I wish buttman would die.

Baseball is OK but they don't have enough playoff spots for me to care about any of their games. That & the Yankees.

Basketball is the most boring sport that was ever organized.

[viper37]

Well, what is it?

For me MLB, followed by NFL.

P.S.: Maybe some mod (KATMAI?) could change the second MLB to MLS?

NFL is the best sports league.
NHL is the best sport.

[alfred russel]

This.  The playoffs are a big stain on MLB.  It should be like the old days with just the League Championship and the World Series.

Doubleplusgood point.

I agree, but the problem is they overexpanded and there isn't a way to get the genie back in the bottle.

It would be tough to put just 4 teams into the postseason with 30 teams. But if we are going to have 8 post season teams, at least the first round should be 7 games.