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Is MLB becoming irrelevant in today's "Media culture"?
Posted on 9/15/14 at 11:28 am
Posted on 9/15/14 at 11:28 am
NFL and NBA seem to be running away with media air time. Obviously, NFL is in-season, but NBA is in an offseason with a stupid tournament and is getting more press time than an exciting last few weeks in baseball.
Baseball needs some new stars. I thought Bryce Harper was that guy but he's just a douche and unlikable. Needs to find a way to connect in this celebrity athlete generation.
Baseball needs some new stars. I thought Bryce Harper was that guy but he's just a douche and unlikable. Needs to find a way to connect in this celebrity athlete generation.
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Posted on 9/15/14 at 11:31 am to RedRifle
Baseball is dead.
Fans are bored, season is too long, games are too long.
Nobody cares about baseball.
Did I get it all?
Fans are bored, season is too long, games are too long.
Nobody cares about baseball.
Did I get it all?
This post was edited on 9/15/14 at 11:32 am
Posted on 9/15/14 at 11:33 am to Jcorye1
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Baseball is dead.
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season is too long
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Nobody cares about baseball.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 11:33 am to RedRifle
Baseball needs steroids back
Posted on 9/15/14 at 11:34 am to RedRifle
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NFL and NBA seem to be running away with media air time. Obviously, NFL is in-season, but NBA is in an offseason with a stupid tournament and is getting more press time than an exciting last few weeks in baseball.
Baseball needs some new stars. I thought Bryce Harper was that guy but he's just a douche and unlikable. Needs to find a way to connect in this celebrity athlete generation.
ESPN pushes stupid shite. What can I tell you? They are trying to tap an "international" market by broadcasting the FIBA tournament that no one gives a shite about. But what do I know? I've stopped watching all sports except college football and the occasional MLB game when the Cardinals are actually on national TV and not a regional provider (which is actually why you perceive that the MLB is not getting more press time--regional providers are airing the games and ESPN doesn't want to cover shite from other networks as much).
Posted on 9/15/14 at 11:36 am to RedRifle
I don't keep up with MLB much anymore. The season is too long for me.
HOWEVER, I think the media coverage of MLB is better than it is for any other sport. I love hearing the analysts for MLB on any network, really. It's some of the best insight I hear on a particular sport.
HOWEVER, I think the media coverage of MLB is better than it is for any other sport. I love hearing the analysts for MLB on any network, really. It's some of the best insight I hear on a particular sport.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 11:38 am to LoveThatMoney
I grew up on baseball. My dad became a Yankees fan when he lived in NYC after getting his MBA and working on Wall Street. My mother is originally from the East Coast. I love the postseason but whenever I turn on ESPN it's only NFL, CFB or NBA. Dunks, Big hits, Big TD runs.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 11:40 am to RedRifle
In this case irrelevant is a good thing IMO. MLB news tends to be less of the TMZ type bullshite that is is in NFL and NBA, the way it should be
Posted on 9/15/14 at 11:41 am to RedRifle
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I love the postseason but whenever I turn on ESPN it's only NFL, CFB or NBA. Dunks, Big hits, Big TD runs.
15 years ago superstars hitting big HR's was there as well.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 12:33 pm to SabiDojo
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I don't keep up with MLB much anymore. The season is too long for me.
I'll never understand this argument. The season, from start to finish, is the same length as every other professional sport.
And if it's a too many games issue, to me, that would make baseball easier to follow. You can turn on your tv any night from April to September, except for four days at the All Star break, and catch a game.
I can understand if you live outside the viewing area for your favorite team, but that's the same way for every sport.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 12:35 pm to Wayne Campbell
I mean 162 games is just too much.
For the record, I think the NBA season is too long as well.
For the record, I think the NBA season is too long as well.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 12:35 pm to Wayne Campbell
Posted on 9/15/14 at 12:40 pm to Wayne Campbell
I was talking to a coworker this morning about the MLB and we were discussing how terrible the TV situation is specifically sparked by the Dodgers-Giants game yesterday. Baseball had arguably the biggest game of the regular season on with the best pitcher in the game on the road in a huge division rivalry and close race with only 14 games to go.
Who could watch it on TV? Only people in the Bay Area. Not even in LA could you see it, and it wasn't on national TV. That is part of what's wrong with the sport. There's no way a game like yesterday's shouldn't be on as many screens as possible.
Who could watch it on TV? Only people in the Bay Area. Not even in LA could you see it, and it wasn't on national TV. That is part of what's wrong with the sport. There's no way a game like yesterday's shouldn't be on as many screens as possible.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 12:52 pm to Wayne Campbell
I just don't understand why people who don't care for baseball feel the need to talk about it so much. Just pretend it doesn't exist and move on.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 1:23 pm to motorbreath
the problem with baseball is that when people are most available to give it there attention and they aren't competing with football and basketball, its the beginning of the season and no one cares about the first 100 games of the season b/c the season is too long.
By the time baseball gets interesting it's football season, and it just can't compete with that.
The only people that care about baseball are the local fans of teams that are doing well, and sometimes they don't even care, Tampa Bay. Ratings prove this point very easily.
I would bet the ratings for a Saints-Packers game at 12 on Sunday draw better ratings than a Yankees Red Sox game on a night without a football game, despite the millions of people difference between the cities.
other reasons i dont' watch it even though i did all the time growing up in the 90's:
1. too many times i see lack of effort. Ortiz makes no attempt to get to first base unless he gets a sure fire base hit or home run.
2. too many non-english speaking players, making no attempts to learn english
3. games are too long
4. season is too long
5. because of 4, when a player farts, it strains their abdomen so they sit out 2 weeks.
6. too many stupid unwritten rules that make players look like douche bags.
7. too many fat asses playing
8. The fact that they treat the two leagues as two separate leagues, the dh.
By the time baseball gets interesting it's football season, and it just can't compete with that.
The only people that care about baseball are the local fans of teams that are doing well, and sometimes they don't even care, Tampa Bay. Ratings prove this point very easily.
I would bet the ratings for a Saints-Packers game at 12 on Sunday draw better ratings than a Yankees Red Sox game on a night without a football game, despite the millions of people difference between the cities.
other reasons i dont' watch it even though i did all the time growing up in the 90's:
1. too many times i see lack of effort. Ortiz makes no attempt to get to first base unless he gets a sure fire base hit or home run.
2. too many non-english speaking players, making no attempts to learn english
3. games are too long
4. season is too long
5. because of 4, when a player farts, it strains their abdomen so they sit out 2 weeks.
6. too many stupid unwritten rules that make players look like douche bags.
7. too many fat asses playing
8. The fact that they treat the two leagues as two separate leagues, the dh.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 1:32 pm to TeddyPadillac
The distinct lack of effort on behalf of the players is what turns me away along with the occasional 5 hour pitchers dual, it just becomes boring and uninspiring to watch.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 1:36 pm to TeddyPadillac
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1. too many times i see lack of effort. Ortiz makes no attempt to get to first base unless he gets a sure fire base hit or home run.
you sure are watching a lot to not be watching.
Even if ortiz gave it 100% out of the box, he's not beating a throw to first. So it's not that he wouldn't be out, you just want him to be out by less?
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The only people that care about baseball are the local fans of teams that are doing well, and sometimes they don't even care, Tampa Bay. Ratings prove this point very easily.
How, they're not doing well.
Also Fla is full of transplants. Why would they all of a sudden adopt a new team in favor of the team they grew up rooting for?
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I would bet the ratings for a Saints-Packers game at 12 on Sunday draw better ratings than a Yankees Red Sox game on a night without a football game, despite the millions of people difference between the cities.
Is the ratio of occurrence of saints/packers game the same as yankees/redsox?
I don't think anyone would argue that the NFL is the most popular American sport right now, but why does it have to be at the exclusion of MLB being very popular also?
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3. games are too long
nope, they're still 9 innings, just like when you watched in the 90s.
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5. because of 4, when a player farts, it strains their abdomen so they sit out 2 weeks.
of all the injury updates i get for my fantasy team I missed this one. (I get its hyperbole but if you really wanted to make a foolish point for filler you should've gone with sammy's sneeze from years back).
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6. too many stupid unwritten rules that make players look like douche bags.
Is this better or worse than written rules that make players look like douchebags. Because i hate to break it to you, but athletes...they're often douchebags.
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7. too many fat asses playing
So NBA and Soccer are the only ones that should be popular?
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8. The fact that they treat the two leagues as two separate leagues, the dh.
DH is terrible. I agree. But interleague play happens every day so i don't really see the issue anymore. Also it'll likely be in both leagues (sadly) within the next 5 years.
This post was edited on 9/15/14 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 9/15/14 at 1:38 pm to dfontenot
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The distinct lack of effort on behalf of the players is what turns me away along with the occasional 5 hour pitchers dual, it just becomes boring and uninspiring to watch.
Fortunately there are typically about 10 other games going on at that time, where your above complaints aren't occurring.
Can baseball games be boring...absolutely, but that's not unique to baseball. There are just so many games played that it's easy for you to single a few out.
This post was edited on 9/15/14 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 9/15/14 at 1:50 pm to RedRifle
NFL and NBA are boring to me.I watched a total of about 3 minutes yesterday. But Dodgers took 2 of 3 from Giants! 
Posted on 9/15/14 at 2:15 pm to Jcorye1
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Did I get it all?
The strike killed baseball.
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