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re: Why does the nation care so little about college baseball and so much about MLB?
Posted on 6/28/17 at 10:01 am to Lacour
Posted on 6/28/17 at 10:01 am to Lacour
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I don't think people care about baseball period too much.
this is correct. Baseball was bigger 40+ years ago, but now it's dying a slow death and losing out to other, more entertaining sports.
Demographically, baseball fans are much older, and once those old fans are gone, there won't be younger ones replacing them.
Look, I loosely follow LSU baseball because it's my school and we're very good, but baseball is a SLOW game with far too little actual action.
Fans nowadays (and not just millenials) want to be entertained, and young kids who play want to actually move around and do something. Too much standing around in baseball - it's just the nature of the sport.
A good personal example - I live it Atlanta and am 53, and none of my friends care much about baseball. We loosely follow the Braves because it's summer and nothing else is happening, but once football season starts, there's literally zero talk about baseball. ZERO.
This post was edited on 6/28/17 at 10:04 am
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Posted on 6/28/17 at 10:02 am to atltiger6487
For me personally....college baseball is much better to watch than MLB.
But I prefer college sports over their pro counterparts anyday.
But I prefer college sports over their pro counterparts anyday.
This post was edited on 6/28/17 at 10:04 am
Posted on 6/28/17 at 10:13 am to atltiger6487
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this is correct. Baseball was bigger 40+ years ago, but now it's dying a slow death and losing out to other, more entertaining sports.
Well, you're just making shite up.
Mlb viewership is up like 20% from 2014.
Mlb baseball is far from a dying sport.
Last nights game is a perfect example of why its more entertaining to watch the pros, lsu got behind because of two simple plays that werent executed by the first baseman.
Posted on 6/28/17 at 11:21 am to atltiger6487
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Fans nowadays (and not just millenials) want to be entertained, and young kids who play want to actually move around and do something. Too much standing around in baseball - it's just the nature of the sport.
A good personal example - I live it Atlanta and am 53, and none of my friends care much about baseball. We loosely follow the Braves because it's summer and nothing else is happening, but once football season starts, there's literally zero talk about baseball. ZERO.
Which is ironic because football is the definition of waiting for somehting to happen. 10 seconds of action followed by a minute or more of standing around. Rinse and repeat. And I love football. But nonstop action it is not.
Posted on 6/28/17 at 12:23 pm to atltiger6487
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it's dying a slow death and losing out to other, more entertaining sports
Subjective
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Fans nowadays (and not just millenials) want to be entertained, and young kids who play want to actually move around and do something. Too much standing around in baseball - it's just the nature of the sport.
And subjective.
As someone else mentioned, tons of standing around in football.
Are you a soccer fan? That's non stop action there. Much more than football.
This post was edited on 6/28/17 at 12:26 pm
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