What are your least favorite things about baseball?

[ScottT]

For me...

Pitchers batting

Jesse Chavez pitching for the Angels 

Sacrifice bunts

[mmc]

Slow pace of play compared to other sports sometimes gets to me considering there's a large portion of the year where MLB is the only ongoing sport.  

[arch stanton]

Endless at bats where everybody goes 3-2

Watching shortstops play in short RF

Seeing so many pitchers who end in a position where they can't field or even protect themselves

The entire AL East

[Inside Pitch]

Terry Collins, Terry Collins, Terry Collins.

[Tank]

Games that last more than three hours.

pitchers hitting.

endless pickoff throws to first. 
 

dot races (and all their variations) on the scoreboard between innings.

Buttercup.

[sammyscioscia]

Astros fans

Mariners fans

A's fans

There's nothing I hate about the game other than the off-season.

[failos]

Trevor Bauer

 

[tdawg87]

The Boston Red Sox

[oldguy]

Ohtani not being allowed to hit before or after pitching (just an excuse to get Pujols some PT)

Hitters being allowed to call timeout so they can dig in 

Every Angel trade of the 1970's

When the Angels get off to a crappy start and I can't stand to watch games by mid-May

No longer keeping score by hand because I can just check on my phone 

 

[Jay]

The Shift.
Slow pace/length of games.
Batters adjusting gloves after each swing.
Sliding mitts for baserunners/excessive protective gear
Instant replay
Placing a runner on 2nd base in extras

[tdawg87]

Mike Scioscia

The contact play

Albatross contract 

Arte spending too much but also not spending enough

Melvin Upton

Mickey Thatcher

Ohtani's leg kick

Can't have two Asians

 

Did I cover all the stupid AW shit?

 

[Slegnaac]

Losing in the 9th inning.

Pitchers not backing up 3rd base.

[Angels 1961]

rally monkey                                        

[wopphil]

Off days.

The off season. 

[Justin]

Pink Red Sox hats

The adulation of Billy Beane 

The way fans of NL teams claim to love "the strategy" of pitchers batting and double switches.

The media constantly reminding us that the Angels can't get Mike Trout to the postseason. 

The fact that the Angels can't get Mike Trout to the postseason. 

[Jason]

My least favorite thing is how the Angels let us down year after year 

[AngelStew43]

Any Shift

Pitchers hitting

Slow working pitchers. .  

[Angels 1961]

Fans who complain about length of games.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

[John Taylor]

I actually tend to dislike small rule changes that take us farther away from some of the long standing rules in Baseball for the sake of speeding up the game. I understand the method behind them because a lot of the younger generations just don't have the attention span, but I guess I'm more of a traditionalist, but to be fair I'm also a hypocrite because I do like the DH in the AL, but I also like the distinct differences between the AL and NL.

I still wish there wasn't Interleague play because it makes the WS feel more special.

I nap now....

[Taylor]

Hitters whining about the shift instead of adjusting to it.

[WicketMaiden]

MLB's marketing creating The MFYankees and all the BS coverage of their mediocre 'stars'. Sheesh, if somebody farts in pinstripes it's headline news.

Cheating. If you can't compete within the rules of the game you shouldn't be on the field, you should be in front of a mirror taking a good long look at yourself. 

The Green monster - singularly the most unappealing sight in contemporary sports stadia. 

Hitters failing to adjust to the shift - surely the only sport where players regularly ignore lop-sided defensive fields that offer them easy scoring opportunities. In every other sport players adjust, even at amateur levels, why not baseball pros?  Is it ego or ignorance that drives this incomprehensible numptyism? 

[Stradling]

Canadians. 

[tdawg87]

Anyone mentioned players bitching about "unwritten rules"?

[Stradling]

The Shift

The long ass games for no reason

The transition from being embarrassed to strike out to what we have today, where even the best player in the game strikes out 125 times a year. 

How long instant replay takes

[Tank]

All of the specialty hats during the season, especially the military ones that don’t match the teams colors. I don’t want to see the halos wearing flat olive green, but I’d be fine if they wore navy blue camouflage.