Scott Boras is the most influential agent in Major League Baseball. Nobody is going to deny that. He represents many of baseball’s biggest stars, and the league has actually had to legislate around his negotiating tactics. That’s cool and all, but man, he has some awful ideas when it comes to improving MLB.
On Wednesday, he proposed one of his worst ideas yet.
Speaking to reporters about the state of MLB and this offseason’s free agency, Boras said that he would like to see MLB move the World Series to a neutral site.
Scott Boras wants a World Series moved to a neutral site and the amateur draft moved away from the All Star weekend
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) November 8, 2023
Out of the four major American pro sports leagues, only the NFL plays its championship at a predetermined site. But the Super Bowl is a standalone, single-elimination championship. The World Series is a seven-game series, and postseason baseball thrives on the atmospheres we see from home fan bases.
Boras’ idea would basically mean asking fans to pay for week-long hotel stays in addition to expensive game tickets and travel. It’s a terrible idea that would destroy the atmosphere of a World Series (both on TV and in the stadium) and wouldn’t serve anyone involved. The 2020 World Series was played at a neutral site out of necessity, but for all of Rob Manfred’s bad ideas, even he wouldn’t move the World Series away from the competing teams’ stadiums.
No wonder MLB fans were not kind to Boras about the idea. It was that bad.