Baseball on the decline in US?

[Anaxamander]

Re: Baseball on the decline in US?

Yeah, I know. That's not the "length of the season" though, thats just people being stupid since it wasn't a problem before.

I think football got larger than life, people saw 16 games and wonder why MLB is 162.

Suspenders used to be popular too. Now they're not. It's not the suspenders' fault--they work just like they always did. It's that tastes changed. Sports is now primarily a TV product, not strictly a live attraction. To ignore this is to be willfully ignorant. All I'm saying is football is built to be a better TV product.

[sydrogerdavid]

Re: Baseball on the decline in US?

Suspenders used to be popular too. Now they're not. It's not the suspenders' fault--they work just like they always did. It's that tastes changed. Sports is now primarily a TV product, not strictly a live attraction. To ignore this is to be willfully ignorant. All I'm saying is football is built to be a better TV product.

It definitely is. Right to left, all mapped out with nice even lines and fancy graphics. A nice over head camera that you can only get with sports on a rectangle. (Is that all sports except baseball?)

[Perfect Zero]

Re: Baseball on the decline in US?

It definitely is. Right to left, all mapped out with nice even lines and fancy graphics. A nice over head camera that you can only get with sports on a rectangle. (Is that all sports except baseball?)

Well, there's cricket and Australian rules football.

I agree that pro football is made for television. I once went to see the Cowboys play in the pre-season (just about the only way to see a Cowboys game at Jerryworld), and it was a few plays, then stop. New drive, then stop. If you have to go to a pro football game, it's best if you bring a newspaper or something.

[Money99]

Re: Baseball on the decline in US?

Well, there's cricket and Australian rules football.

I agree that pro football is made for television. I once went to see the Cowboys play in the pre-season (just about the only way to see a Cowboys game at Jerryworld), and it was a few plays, then stop. New drive, then stop. If you have to go to a pro football game, it's best if you bring a newspaper or something.

Perfectly said.
Football is the one sport that is way more entertaining on TV.
The first NFL game I went to live, I couldn't believe how much standing around there was.
No wonder 95% of fans are drunk by the end of the 1st quarter. There's nothing else to do.
The sport translates incredibly well on TV.

I'd like to know what others think, but I would like to see MLB put in a rule where you can only take one foot out of the batters box once the first pitch is thrown. It might help speed it up some.