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Is baseball dying?

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by TheRealist137, Jul 11, 2012.

  1. KingCheetah

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    That would be epic ratings, but it's not happening this year. If it did though it would crush the NBA Finals ratings.
     
  2. david_rocket

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    Just because you watch more basketball over baseball, doesnt mean all the people does that.

    A baseball fan, would watch the rockets but it would be rare for him to watch another teams, but they will see a lot of MLB games.
     
  3. texanskan

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    If you look at the ratings over the past few seasons the NBA is trending up and beating the MLB but instead of just pointing to that I am simply making an observation which yes is just an opinion but I see the NBA as a stronger league moving forward,

    I like baseball and it's not dying it just will never be number 1 again and I feel it will settle in at a strong #3 in the American sports landscape over the next generation.

    Unless you are heading into a game 6 or 7 of a world series it just seems obvious the casual sports fan has lost interest unless its their team.

    That is the problem with a sport that only has Yankee's v Red Sox to promote on a national level.
     
  4. Rocket River

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    Would it really hurt them to cut the games in half?

    82 Games a year is still alot!

    Rocket River
     
  5. justtxyank

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    Would it hurt to cut basketball in half and just have two quarters?

    Baseball has always been a long season. Cutting it in half would dramatically change the records and everything going forward. Not to mention 80 games rarely demonstrates who the better teams in the league are.
     
  6. Rocket River

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    Really?
    I understand the tradition
    but . . . it takes 80 games just for the season to get warmed up?

    Rocket River
    42 games a year would not kill basketball IMO
     
  7. MadMax

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    Baseball stats guys will tell you the season is actually too short by about 10 games if you're truly trying to find the best teams.

    Couple of reasons they shouldn't shorten it:

    1. why should they? attendance is great. they're making boatloads of money.

    2. baseball is connected its own history more than any other game...constantly reframing where you are relative to history. and stats are a huge part of that. for continuity, you need a season at around 160 games.
     
  8. Johndoe804

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    **** baseball. It's boring as ****. They should take a lesson from Futurama and spice up the sport -- make it more like Blurnsball. That, and they should have fewer games. Baseball is so damn boring. The last game I went to, I had to eat psychedelic mushrooms supplemented with lots of booze to enjoy, and even then, the most entertaining part of the game were all of the lights in the stadium.
     
  9. Major

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    At this time last year, the division leaders in MLB included Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Cleveland, and Boston. 4 of the 6 division leaders after 90 games didn't even make the playoffs.
     

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