re: What's the life blood driving MLB?

Baseball is much more watchable now which has helped a ton. Games are 2.5 hrs instead of 4 hours. The pacing has saved it in my opinion.

I’ve watched every game of the Detroit Tigers the last few years and it’s been enjoyable except for the fact that they seem to love blowing leads.

Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani

Stadium attendance/capacity is always an interesting discussion. Outside of the teams playing in minor league stadiums last year, the bottom 3 MLB teams by attendance got like 14k-18k fans per game. If that sounds bad, consider that in the NHL/NBA, there might be a couple arenas that get 20k but generally a sellout is 16k-18k fans. So the "bad" attendance MLB teams would still sellout NHL/NBA arenas all season long. Now factor in MLB teams play about double the amount of games as those other two leagues. By just the raw numbers, more people are going to MLB games than those other two leagues and its not even close.

Lots of folks pointing to attendence but I'd guess the majority of MLB revenue comes from corporate sponsorship deals,media rights and other outside revenue streams (stadium mgt,real estate)

The Braves made more profit from the Battery than they did from all the revenue generated from attendence, media rights etc.

So you saw the Rangers take 2 out of 3 from the Cubs.

Speaking of the Cubs, if you haven't been paying attention they're pretty dang good this year. Wrigley has been packed and the place is jumping.

Take a kid to an MLB game and watch their eyes light up. The crowd, the smell of the ballpark, the entire atmosphere is something to soak in, even in a half full stadium.

Heck, my 9 year old will fire up the MLB app on the TV and watch a Cubs game on his own. Kids are into baseball.

Every once in awhile while taking Uber, the driver, instead of listening to some sham music like auto tune Pop, will be listening to the Ball game (and the driver is always semi-retired looking)...

This I can understand.... Not a terrible way to pass the time in a Car.

Or if you're younger, don't have a family or steady employment, I can see someone passing the time during the afternoon, midweek at the Ballpark,, munching on hotdogs.

For everyone in the middle... Following MLB steadily has never made practical sense unless you were the guy in the past who just checked the Standings in the morning paper while sipping your Coffee before work. Its a good question by the OP....because Baseball fandom by working America has never made practical sense.

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What's the life blood driving MLB?

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THE JUDGE

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For everyone in the middle... Following MLB steadily has never made practical sense unless you were the guy in the past who just checked the Standings in the morning paper while sipping your Coffee before work. It’s a good question by the OP....because Baseball fandom by working America has never made practical sense.

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Incredibly odd post that makes zero sense

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Lots of folks pointing to attendence but I'd guess the majority of MLB revenue comes from corporate sponsorship deals,media rights and other outside revenue streams (stadium mgt,real estate)

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MLB dominates local TV markets

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Source of revenue (% of total) for Major League Baseball according to Sportico:
1) Ticket sales – $3.4B (31%)
2) National revenue – $2.8B (26%)
3) Local media – $2.5B (23%)
4) Team sponsorships – $1.2B (11%)
5) Concessions/Parking/Other – $1.0B (9%)

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