I prefer National League baseball and I'm originally from Jersey ... So in the NL , the NY Mets are my team ... Loving their 7 & 1 start ... If they can avoid the injuries that have hurt them the past few years it will be a fun season ... American League, I support the Yanks, but I wouldn't say I'm a 'fan' ... My first MLB ball game was a Yankee game with my Dad and I did go to several games over the years ... In the late 80's, we were Mets season ticket holders for a couple years (back when a regular Joe could afford season tickets).
The new rules ? ... My jury is still out ... I do think there needed to be efforts to speed up the game ... Their version of ITB sort of makes sense to me. Who wants to sit through 6 extra innings when beer concessions close in the 7th ? A man could die of thirst.