Baseball is dying a slow death

[billsfan11]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

Like a lot of Americans now, baseball is not my chosen sport. Mainly because the season is just too long - I can't spend 3+ hours watching I game that I know will not make a difference in the final outcome of the season.....but that's just my personal preference, and it's not something that can be changed - that's just part of baseball. Here is something I would change:

I don't like the way they market their product. Why does Fox regionalize their Saturday games? If you live near NY, you can watch the Yankees and Mets play every night because they have their own channels. What is so special about a weekly game on a major network when they show the same teams you can watch every other day of the week? I think they would be better off setting up a national game of the week for the whole country to see. The ratings may suffer a bit initially, but in the long run it could boost interest in the league as a whole.
I know ESPN sort of does this already - but it's just not the same on a Wednesday or Sunday night.....a big game once a week on a Saturday afternoon would have a different, and special feeling to it IMO.

[Graphik]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

I just wanna see more interleague games. I've already gotten my wish by them having interleague games, but why so few? If every team played each other, I'd be happy. I'm sick of seeing the same 2 teams play from our division. I mean they play 162 games for crying out loud!! Why does 20-30 games gotta be against the same team. I just dont get it.

[Graphik]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

I just wanna see more interleague games. I've already gotten my wish by them having interleague games, but why so few? If every team played each other, I'd be happy. I'm sick of seeing the same 2 teams play from our division. I mean they play 162 games for crying out loud!! Why does 20-30 games gotta be against the same team. I just dont get it.

[Graphik]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

I just wanna see more interleague games. I've already gotten my wish by them having interleague games, but why so few? If every team played each other, I'd be happy. I'm sick of seeing the same 2 teams play from our division. I mean they play 162 games for crying out loud!! Why does 20-30 games gotta be against the same team. I just dont get it.

[billsfan11]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

Yeh, I'm all for interleague play; though I respect those who argue that baseball is unique and shouldn't follow in the path of other sports.
The one argument I think is stupid is when people say "who wants to see the Tigers play the Padres?".....Ummm, who wants to see the Tigers play ANYBODY? What the hell difference does it make if they're playing a bad AL team or a bad NL team? The bottom line is it creates good matchups that otherwise wouldn't be possible.

[billsfan11]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

Yeh, I'm all for interleague play; though I respect those who argue that baseball is unique and shouldn't follow in the path of other sports.
The one argument I think is stupid is when people say "who wants to see the Tigers play the Padres?".....Ummm, who wants to see the Tigers play ANYBODY? What the hell difference does it make if they're playing a bad AL team or a bad NL team? The bottom line is it creates good matchups that otherwise wouldn't be possible.

[billsfan11]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

Yeh, I'm all for interleague play; though I respect those who argue that baseball is unique and shouldn't follow in the path of other sports.
The one argument I think is stupid is when people say "who wants to see the Tigers play the Padres?".....Ummm, who wants to see the Tigers play ANYBODY? What the hell difference does it make if they're playing a bad AL team or a bad NL team? The bottom line is it creates good matchups that otherwise wouldn't be possible.

[kweiss]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

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I don't like the way they market their product. Why does Fox regionalize their Saturday games? If you live near NY, you can watch the Yankees and Mets play every night because they have their own channels. What is so special about a weekly game on a major network when they show the same teams you can watch every other day of the week? I think they would be better off setting up a national game of the week for the whole country to see. The ratings may suffer a bit initially, but in the long run it could boost interest in the league as a whole.
I know ESPN sort of does this already - but it's just not the same on a Wednesday or Sunday night.....a big game once a week on a Saturday afternoon would have a different, and special feeling to it IMO.


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I agree. I am always watching the Nationally televised games. I find them very interesting and it is fun to watch a team that I haven't seen play very much. I would love to see more of them.

[kweiss]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

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I don't like the way they market their product. Why does Fox regionalize their Saturday games? If you live near NY, you can watch the Yankees and Mets play every night because they have their own channels. What is so special about a weekly game on a major network when they show the same teams you can watch every other day of the week? I think they would be better off setting up a national game of the week for the whole country to see. The ratings may suffer a bit initially, but in the long run it could boost interest in the league as a whole.
I know ESPN sort of does this already - but it's just not the same on a Wednesday or Sunday night.....a big game once a week on a Saturday afternoon would have a different, and special feeling to it IMO.


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I agree. I am always watching the Nationally televised games. I find them very interesting and it is fun to watch a team that I haven't seen play very much. I would love to see more of them.

[kweiss]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

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I don't like the way they market their product. Why does Fox regionalize their Saturday games? If you live near NY, you can watch the Yankees and Mets play every night because they have their own channels. What is so special about a weekly game on a major network when they show the same teams you can watch every other day of the week? I think they would be better off setting up a national game of the week for the whole country to see. The ratings may suffer a bit initially, but in the long run it could boost interest in the league as a whole.
I know ESPN sort of does this already - but it's just not the same on a Wednesday or Sunday night.....a big game once a week on a Saturday afternoon would have a different, and special feeling to it IMO.


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I agree. I am always watching the Nationally televised games. I find them very interesting and it is fun to watch a team that I haven't seen play very much. I would love to see more of them.

[Dav]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

Screw commish, Bob Costas for Prez!

[Dav]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

Screw commish, Bob Costas for Prez!

[Dav]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

Screw commish, Bob Costas for Prez!

[mustardman]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

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If baseball is dying, then why are you even on this message board? Bottom Line, the greatest players who have ever played this game are playing right now and attendance is at record levels. And who in baseball is wanted on murder charges or stuff like that. Come on, the only reason the NFL even exists is because the prisons are already too crowded

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Puleez. Quit with the "NLF is for prisoners" crap already. The best players that ever played the game of baseball ceased to play the game in the late 1980's. Since the early 1990's it's been all about juiced balls, performance enhancers, working out on the weights 24/7, juiced bats, very thinned pitching because of the stupid expansion of teams, on and on and on. If you can't see these problems, then you my friend haven't been around the game for long.

[mustardman]

Re: Baseball is dying a slow death

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If baseball is dying, then why are you even on this message board? Bottom Line, the greatest players who have ever played this game are playing right now and attendance is at record levels. And who in baseball is wanted on murder charges or stuff like that. Come on, the only reason the NFL even exists is because the prisons are already too crowded

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Puleez. Quit with the "NLF is for prisoners" crap already. The best players that ever played the game of baseball ceased to play the game in the late 1980's. Since the early 1990's it's been all about juiced balls, performance enhancers, working out on the weights 24/7, juiced bats, very thinned pitching because of the stupid expansion of teams, on and on and on. If you can't see these problems, then you my friend haven't been around the game for long.