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re: Anyone else surprised baseball is still popular in the United States?
Posted on 4/1/13 at 2:57 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Posted on 4/1/13 at 2:57 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
RA'D. The fact that you haven't been banned for your constant shitty threads/trolling is mind blowing.
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Posted on 4/1/13 at 2:59 pm to bobbyray21
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It isn't... it is a personal preference.... Basketball is boring to me, I would rather watch golf than basketball. You may see baseball in that fashion
So you prefer sports where things don't actually happen?
right....every pitch is a battle, physically and mentally.
what doesnt happen? instant gradification for the viewer? baseball is an intellectual sport, probably why you dont get it.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:00 pm to rutiger
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baseball is an intellectual sport, probably why you dont get it.
these heathens can't appreciate beauty
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:01 pm to bobbyray21
quote:Like basketball
So you prefer sports where things don't actually happen?
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:01 pm to rutiger
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baseball is an intellectual sport, probably why you dont get it.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:03 pm to rutiger
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what doesnt happen? instant gradification for the viewer? baseball is an intellectual sport, probably why you dont get it.
Players using their legs.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:03 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Baseball is a money making machine that continues to get bigger and bigger. It's not going anywhere but up.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:03 pm to tduecen
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Like basketball
I'm not following your logic.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:04 pm to Brian Wilson
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Baseball is a money making machine that continues to get bigger and bigger. It's not going anywhere but up.
This statement is incorrect.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:04 pm to bobbyray21
basketball is boring.... lets dribble a ball and if a player breathes on the wrong player a foul is called.... or lets just walk the ball down and take 15 steps before shooting.... 
I would watch hockey or nascar before the NBA
I would watch hockey or nascar before the NBA
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:05 pm to bobbyray21
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Posted by bobbyray21 quote: Baseball is a money making machine that continues to get bigger and bigger. It's not going anywhere but up. This statement is incorrect.
Try reading. Its already been posted in this thread. Thanks for proving my point.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:05 pm to bobbyray21
quote:Proof? I've shown where baseball has increased revenue and ticket sales yearly....
This statement is incorrect.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:05 pm to Paul Allen
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NASCAR is the one sport that is losing viewers.
And baseball.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:05 pm to alajones
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Its healthier than the NFL.
Okay, I went through all 5 pages and can't believe no one asked you to expand on this.
OP FWIW, I think it is a poorly worded, but legitimate topic.
All I can imagine is the growing controversy about player safety.
Football is by far the most loved sport in America (really popular at both college and pro level), and the player safety thing is really the only significant danger I see to the sport.
It is interesting to think that 100 years ago the most popular sports were baseball, boxing, and horse racing. Two of those suffered huge declines in popularity, which sports we enjoy now will they say the same thing about in decades to come?
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:06 pm to bobbyray21
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The average Major League Baseball team rose 16% in value during the past year, to an all-time high of $605 million. In 2011, revenue (net of payments to cover stadium debt) for the league’s 30 teams climbed to an average of $212 million, a 3.4% gain over the previous season. But operating income (in the sense of earnings before non-cash charges and interest expenses) fell 13%, to an average of $14 million in part due to a 5.1% increase in player costs (including benefits and signing bonuses for amateurs), to $3.5 billion in 2011.
Doesn't seem incorrect to me.
Not to mention the Dodgers filed bankruptcy and are still worth 1.5 billion. Give or take.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:06 pm to tduecen
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I would watch hockey or nascar before the NBA
Well hockey is the greatest sport ever invented so that's not surprising, but nascar?
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:07 pm to tduecen
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Proof? I've shown where baseball has increased revenue and ticket sales yearly..
See graph.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:07 pm to GumBro Jackson
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and the player safety thing is really the only significant danger I see to the sport.
It's very, very significant. Especially if the NFL can't curb the long-term side effects.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:07 pm to GumBro Jackson
quote:Hell that was probably true as late as the 70's.
It is interesting to think that 100 years ago the most popular sports were baseball, boxing, and horse racing.
Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:09 pm to bobbyray21
world series ratings aren't proof.... actually financials are proof.... WS is dependent on which teams are in the WS. And graph doesn't prove your statement correct either, because in fact you are wrong and it is proven within this thread
Just as if Grizz/Raptors made the finals it would be a poorly watched series and ratings would suffer.
Giants/Tigers are great baseball stories but not going to bring in a casual fan way a Lebron Heat squad would because he is a polarizing individuals
Just as if Grizz/Raptors made the finals it would be a poorly watched series and ratings would suffer.
Giants/Tigers are great baseball stories but not going to bring in a casual fan way a Lebron Heat squad would because he is a polarizing individuals
This post was edited on 4/1/13 at 3:10 pm
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