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re: The decreased interest in baseball is evident on this board
Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:19 am to TbirdSpur2010
Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:19 am to TbirdSpur2010
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No, that's what YOU were doing. And being rather offensive while so doing, I might add.
Great. You're "offended." I guess that means you win all arguments from here on out. Let me know if I need to brace for an ACLU lawsuit.
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I'm saying there are plenty of non-black athletes, and plenty of black athletes who are not, as you seem to deem, sullied by hip-hop culture.
I never said there weren't. Would you like to go on record as claiming they're the rule or even the majority, though?
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Also, for the damn record, plenty of baseball stars are just as into hip hop as their NBA counterparts. Hell, the flatbill cap trend was a baseball carryover iirc
See above.
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Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:25 am to Rohan2Reed
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Great. You're "offended." I guess that means you win all arguments from here on out. Let me know if I need to brace for an ACLU lawsuit.
I said you were being offensive, not that I was offended, you nincompoop
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I never said there weren't. Would you like to go on record as claiming they're the rule or even the majority, though?
Yes.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:27 am to Rohan2Reed
I'd rather spend an afternoon at wrigley field than to be at an NFL stadium or basketball arena
I love the NFL more, but the stadium experience is meh and increasingly trashy. Basketball is fun, but I just don't enjoy watching it in any way
Baseball lacks star power. I don't feel like there are any players that draw more casual audiences, which is necessary if you schedule a jagillion games
I love the NFL more, but the stadium experience is meh and increasingly trashy. Basketball is fun, but I just don't enjoy watching it in any way
Baseball lacks star power. I don't feel like there are any players that draw more casual audiences, which is necessary if you schedule a jagillion games
Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:32 am to DelU249
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I'd rather spend an afternoon at wrigley field than to be at an NFL stadium or basketball arena
Depends on the basketball game, but definitely agree that it is better than attending an NFL game
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Basketball is fun, but I just don't enjoy watching it in any way
My dad has always been a big CBB fan, but once I started taking to some Grizzlies games he has fallen in love. Same with my grandpa who watches like every game nowadays if they are before his bed time.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:36 am to Zantrix
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I'm just trying to understand the point of "baseball is dead" threads - are the players not getting paid? Are the owners not turning a profit? Are the networks not turning revenue off the advertising?
a 9 billion dollar a year industry. Same as the NFL.
Baseball is 'dead'.
baseball is regional and has been for awhile. If the Braves just played game 6 there'd be a massive thread ongoing.
It doesn't capture the national consciousness as much anymore but that doesn't stop people from showing their stupid cards by declaring it dead.
The game will have to start making changes if it wants to work it's way back into the national picture, but even without it, it's doing just fine.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:51 am to TbirdSpur2010
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I mean, I literally just watched a white dude get passed the ball and entrusted to take the potential game-winning shot against the defending champions not more than 3 hours ago
And the only player anyone thought should have taken the shot instead is a white German
Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:52 am to Dr RC
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the only player anyone thought should have taken the shot instead is a white German
I was petrified he was gonna dribble towards the baseline and pull that infuriatingly unblockable fadeaway over Green for the win
So glad he passed it Posted on 10/29/14 at 12:54 am to Dr RC
And a white Spaniard is about to lead a small market team to it's first NBA championship
Posted on 10/29/14 at 7:17 am to kywildcatfanone
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No one watches baseball anymore.
I never did watch.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 7:50 am to TbirdSpur2010
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Kevin Durant, Zack Randolph, Kawhi Leonard, etc. are role models anyone would look up to
One of these is not like the others.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 7:57 am to LfcSU3520
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baseball is regional and has been for awhile. If the Braves just played game 6 there'd be a massive thread ongoing.
Or Astros, Cubs, Cardinals, Red Sox, maybe Yankees too on this board.
I was watching for a while last night, sorry for not posting in the thread, guys.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 7:59 am to DelU249
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I'd rather spend an afternoon at wrigley field than to be at an NFL stadium or basketball arena
This x 1000
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but the stadium experience is meh and increasingly trashy.
Also this. NFL games are a shade above Nascar as far as trash festivals go. The only way I'll probably go to a Texans game is if I'm given tickets or there's a playoff game (lol)
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Baseball lacks star power
But this is the kicker compared to basketball. I like MLB significantly more than the NBA and don't really pay a ton of attention to the NBA until the second round of the playoffs, but the individual star power is much greater in the NBA. Until another Junior Griffey or Jeter rolls around MLB won't even be remotely close in that regard. The part of the NBA that's interesting to me is the front office moves and how the salary cap is managed by each team. The actual games, especially regular season games, can be tough to watch for me at times.
The idea that baseball is dying means that it will eventually die though. Which is an absurd notion. When is it going to die? What are they going to do, tear down Yankee Stadium and Fenway, stop selling the Yankee hats that fricking everyone in the world wears and tell the Cardinals fans "tough shite"? Come on.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 8:01 am
Posted on 10/29/14 at 8:00 am to LSUBoo
I don't get it. So if your favorite team isn't in the finals, you don't watch? If the Red Wings weren't in the Stanley Cup, I'd still be watching and posting.
Posted on 10/29/14 at 8:01 am to pvilleguru
Baseball consistently gets lower replies, it wasn't just last night.
I'm sure chickens 'views' data would indicate less readers as well
I'm sure chickens 'views' data would indicate less readers as well
Posted on 10/29/14 at 8:03 am to Rohan2Reed
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AND if you're going to say that baseball is declining because it's inherently boring / slow then you can't get away with not saying the same about soccer without contradicting yourself.
soccer has a lot more activity than baseball. scoring? no, but activity? yes
now if tika taka takes over, you win. that shite is boring as the frick. i think that's already dying out though
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And the structure of the World Cup makes it tough to care about the US team month in and month out.
i'm talking about the MLS overtaking MLB in 2 generations
Posted on 10/29/14 at 8:07 am to Rohan2Reed
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if you're going to say that baseball is declining because it's inherently boring / slow then you can't get away with not saying the same about soccer without contradicting yourself.
I don't consider soccer to be boring or slow. There are boring games (like in any sport), but for the most part I think it's pretty exciting.
The last baseball game I watched on tv was during the McGuire/Sosa home run race. I stopped liking baseball because I found it to be slow, boring, and nothing the players did, besides the pitchers, impressed me.
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 8:13 am
Posted on 10/29/14 at 8:07 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
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The idea that baseball is dying means that it will eventually die though
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The decreased interest in baseball is evident on this board
Posted on 10/29/14 at 8:08 am to SlowFlowPro
Numerous posts in here have called it a dying sport. Surely you didn't miss those
Posted on 10/29/14 at 8:12 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
i went through the first few pages, and one guy said that it was dead (after saying he was a fan) and another said it's dying in the 18-35 male demo
the other references were by baseball fans being defensive
the other references were by baseball fans being defensive
This post was edited on 10/29/14 at 8:16 am
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