re: The decreased interest in baseball is evident on this board

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The average sports fan would much rather listen to the moron talking heads on some ESPN Wednesday mid-morning program talk about if Lebron is the greatest basketball player of all time for the 154th time rather than listen to anything about baseball.

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that's because they enjoy watching basketball more and baseball just isn't exciting. that statement wouldn't be true during the steroids scandal or bonds' HR chase, because then there was something for people to care about.

the NBA had a down period but is coming back in a big way, mainly with white people and young white people. basketball is the best blend of analytics and on-court excitement/strategy that we have in american sports.

the NBA only crushed MLB when it had jordan. trying to create a new jordan (and super-defensive games) almost killed the NBA. the NBA is cultivating fans who enjoy the game and analyzing the game. that generation is now young adults.

baseball's last major demo is the baby boomers, and that's mostly due to opportunity (baseball was the only game in town for them, and most importantly, it was around during summer when they were off school).