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re: Anyone else surprised baseball is still popular in the United States?
Posted on 4/1/13 at 9:53 pm to tgr4ever
Posted on 4/1/13 at 9:53 pm to tgr4ever
quote:
I live in Georgia and youth baseball is dying while Lacrosse is quickly replacing it.
I've noticed a big uptick in Lacross in Alabama too. Like I've said, baseball is a pretty boring sport to most kids. They want to be active, not sit in a dugout waiting for their turn to bat.
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Posted on 4/1/13 at 10:03 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
quote:
And how much longer do you give it?
Long season, long games, little action, lopsided payrolls, daytime games throughout the week when people are at work (not that anyone watches all the regular season games either....too boring)
With the ADD/ADHD generations getting older, will baseball's popularity die off within 20-40 years? Is it kinda like soccer where all kids play when they're little, but stop playing & watching when they get older? Anyone here watch more than 50 full games in real time throughout the season?
Terrible post.
Is this a joke?
And no I didn't read the other 12 pages. Just doesn't seem worth it.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 10:15 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Let's take a quiz. Is the OP
a) black?
b) redneck from the south who views football as his priority A, B, C, and D?
c) a soccer fan?
d) originally from another country?
e) a combination of the above?
a) black?
b) redneck from the south who views football as his priority A, B, C, and D?
c) a soccer fan?
d) originally from another country?
e) a combination of the above?
Posted on 4/2/13 at 12:40 am to Bench McElroy
Baseball is still big in the major cities up north/east and west.
Attendance leaders last year:
1. Philly
2. New York Yankees
3. Texas
4. San Francisco
5. Los Angeles Dodgers
6. St. Louis
7. LA Angels
8. Boston
9. Detroit
10. Chicago
Did not make the playoffs.
Attendance leaders last year:
1. Philly
2. New York Yankees
3. Texas
4. San Francisco
5. Los Angeles Dodgers
6. St. Louis
7. LA Angels
8. Boston
9. Detroit
10. Chicago
Did not make the playoffs.
Posted on 4/2/13 at 1:12 am to barry
quote:
Hire a consultant company.
Just cause its not easy doesn't mean its not a legitimate way to measure it.
Will you be hiring this consultant company? Because I won't.
Posted on 4/2/13 at 1:17 am to Bench McElroy
quote:
Let's take a quiz. Is the OP
a) black?
b) redneck from the south who views football as his priority A, B, C, and D?
c) a soccer fan?
d) originally from another country?
e) a combination of the above
I'm not the OP, but I don't like baseball and:
(a) no
(b) no
(c) god no
(d) no
(e) no
Posted on 4/2/13 at 7:21 am to bobbyray21
quote:
bobbyray21
Did you really try to use WS television ratings as an indicator of baseball's success on pg 6? The format of the WS is set up for failure with today's "give me more, now" mentality. It will likely continue to dwindle down.
C'mon now. You can't be that thick-skulled. Whether you want to believe it or not, baseball makes a ton of money. Go look at team and league financials. It would really make you sick.
Posted on 4/2/13 at 7:50 am to Brian Wilson
quote:
Did you really try to use WS television ratings as an indicator of baseball's success on pg 6? The format of the WS is set up for failure with today's "give me more, now" mentality. It will likely continue to dwindle down.
C'mon now. You can't be that thick-skulled. Whether you want to believe it or not, baseball makes a ton of money. Go look at team and league financials. It would really make you sick
Yes, I really did. And, no, I don't believe my skull to be thicker than average. And, yes, I believe that television ratings are an excellent indicator of popularity.
quote:
pop·u·lar·i·ty [pop-yuh-lar-i-tee]
noun
The state or condition of being liked, admired, or supported by many people
Now, I don't watch a ton of television, but let me tell you what I do watch:
1. college football
2. south park
3. it's always sunny in philadelphia
4. tennis
The reason that I choose to watch the above-mentioned programming is because that is what I LIKE. If I sit down to watch TV one night, and I have two viewing options; namely:
(a) a south park rerun
(b) The World Series, game 7
I will choose option (a) every single day of the week. And why? Because I LIKE option (a) more than option (b).
So we have established that WS television ratings have continually declined. This means fewer people are watching the WS. And this means that fewer people LIKE baseball. Because if they did like baseball, they would watch the WS.
Because popularity is the state or condition of being LIKED, then a gradual decrease in WS television ratings does indeed speak to the popularity of baseball, for the reasons articulated above.
I hope that helps.
This post was edited on 4/2/13 at 7:51 am
Posted on 4/2/13 at 9:15 am to Choupique19
quote:
It will stay popular way longer than basketball. Ask any of your buddies/neighbors with kids if their boys play in a youth basketball league. Then ask them if they play youth baseball.
uh huh
Posted on 4/2/13 at 10:34 am to UFownstSECsince1950
Yo , first of all : " UFownstSECsince1950" = GTFO 
..second , beisaball is solid in the larger cities where the teams locate.... C'mon , man ..
..second , beisaball is solid in the larger cities where the teams locate.... C'mon , man ..
Posted on 4/2/13 at 10:43 am to bobbyray21
... TV ratings , especially in sports , depends heavily on which teams are playing .. WS in particular . You cant really use "ratings" as an indicator. Say , if they were on TV , you "rated" on a college football weekend Ball State v Oerlin College , Memphis v Central Arkansas , etc etc ( you get the point ) ratings would be weak indeed ... but , even the "big" schools/teams that suck in a particular season , also would have low viewer ratings ... its all fluid .. your analysis is full of holes .. 
Posted on 4/2/13 at 1:34 pm to TreyAnastasio
quote:
Ok, why is it so boring?
Bump.
And it's not, it requires intellectual people to enjoy it. I wouldn't expect some knuckle-dragging football blowhard to understand.
Posted on 5/16/13 at 7:53 am to PurpleandGold Motown
quote:
e:
I live in Georgia and youth baseball is dying while Lacrosse is quickly replacing it.
I've noticed a big uptick in Lacross in Alabama too. Like I've said, baseball is a pretty boring sport to most kids. They want to be active, not sit in a dugout waiting for their turn to bat.
lacrosse isn't hurting baseball - it is taking kids that would have played football, hoops or soccer though -
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