"Baseball is a dying sport"

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Sniff my penis.

 

[Shanemansj13]

NBA basketball is the least watchable sport on the planet, I would rather watch Pakistan vs Madagascar in a lawn bowling match than watch a single minute of an NBA game, less kids watching baseball doesn't mean it's dying, with video games being so popular I would imagine kids are watching less of every sport, basketball remains relevant because you can have an IQ of 12 and still play it and all it takes is one ball and anything you can throw shit into, pretty much the same reason soccer remains so popular.

This is just your opinion. Baseball is my favorite sport but the fact is basketball has almost double the fans as baseball does in the world. Close to 350 million more, it's sad but true.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

This is just your opinion. Baseball is my favorite sport but the fact is basketball has almost double the fans as baseball does in the world. Close to 350 million more, it's sad but true.

"In the world."

Who gives a fuck? The shitshow that is soccer is the #1 sport in the world, but America doesn't consider what the 3rd world World likes when making decisions.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Worldwide basketball is ahead of all the major U.S. sports.

If we are talking about just the U.S. than yeah Football is easily the most popular sport than you have baseball and basketball.

 

[Shanemansj13]

"In the world."

Who gives a fuck? The shitshow that is soccer is the #1 sport in the world, but America doesn't consider what the 3rd world World likes when making decisions.

Well yeah who gives a fuck bc look at the top 5 sports. Football easily is the favorite in America

 

[SteelersPride]

Did you ever play much baseball? Not an asshole question, serious. I ask because I felt the same way about golf. When I could go to the Nelson it was cool because of the atmosphere but couldn't watch it on TV. Then I tried to play it. Now I can watch it on TV because I can appreciate it more. I think baseball is the same way. If you play, or even coach little kids, you get more of a feeling for how good the teams are. When all I did was watch golf it was "so what, everyone makes those shots".

Which is why youth sports are so important. Get kids playing and appreciating the ins and outs of the game and you can hook them watching on TV.

I played for about 7 years , not a lot though no.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

That to me is the beauty of baseball. No single game is so important that you must drop everything to see a game. Sometimes, it is just cool to catch an inning or two, or go over to the high school and watch an entire game.

True.

Up until he passed, my dad (born in '25) always listened to baseball games, never got into watching on TV. Maybe that's why I can listen to a game easier than I can watch a full game.

 

[Shanemansj13]

"In the world."

Who gives a fuck? The shitshow that is soccer is the #1 sport in the world, but America doesn't consider what the 3rd world World likes when making decisions.

Well you do realize a lot of players from each sport aren't from the U.S...while that doesn't matter to me as far as most watchable sports in the world basketball is up there. In the U.S. football will not be touched and speaking of not being touched that is what the sport is about nowadays

 

[Shanemansj13]

Top 10 Most Popular Sports in America List

Sport Favorite TV viewing record
(since 2005)
American football 38.8% 111.9m National Football League 8.9 million 249 (249M + 0W) 50

Basketball 15.3% 30.8m National Basketball Association 24.4 million 698 (351M + 349W) 50

Baseball-Softball 14.8% 40.0m Major League Baseball 23.3 million 589 (298M + 291W) 48

Soccer 8.2% 27.3m Major League Soccer 13.6 million 531 (205M + 332W) 50

Ice hockey 3.8% 27.6m National Hockey League 3.1 million 95 (59M + 36W) 15

LOL @ hockey

 

[Center Ice]

Most of them are people who really like the nba.

Basketball isn't a real sport!

 

[kburjr]

True.

Up until he passed, my dad (born in '25) always listened to baseball games, never got into watching on TV. Maybe that's why I can listen to a game easier than I can watch a full game.

I got my love of radio baseball from my dad also. Working around the farm as a kid, if there was a game on the radio, we listened to it as we worked.

I have a small collection of games from the 50s on cassette. During the winter I listen to one of teh games maybe once every 2 weeks. I have got to get them digitized before I lose them.

 

[Indrid Cold]

I would say the swarm of maniacs paying a fortune to park around and get into Fenway and then freeze in tiny seats while their team played like shit on Tuesday would argue there is plenty of demand for baseball in Boston, at least

 

[Carnzo]

I would say the swarm of maniacs paying a fortune to park around and get into Fenway and then freeze in tiny seats while their team played like shit on Tuesday would argue there is plenty of demand for baseball in Boston, at least

Truth.

 

[Carnzo]

Other leagues do well in the North East.
AAA teams like the Paw Sox and where I live the Cape Cod Baseball League: Home for the upcoming college guys play in the summer.

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

It's a peaceful sport. Sometimes you don't feel like hearing loud racket and obnoxious voices trying to take over the sound.

 

[Wolverine830872]

If baseball is dying I suppose that explains why the Mariners are all of a sudden a competent team.

 

[SU Nittany Tide]

Basketball isn't a real sport!

I enjoy college basketball.

 

[StanMarsh51]

Mlb has more fans than the nba. It's not that close. Mlb is dominated by local markets. The nba has a few teams people like to watch so national games get better ratings than mlb but the mlb teams get huge local market tv contracts. That's why they more money than the nba.

Hard to say, because the NBA has significant international appeal.


In China for instance, the NBA has become huge....

NBA's massive growth in China 'beyond what anybody could have anticipated'

 

[The Derski]

Basketball isn't a real sport!

Every single hockey goal ever is like 90% luck.

Closes eyes.

Swings stick.

Maybe if it ricochets off 3 people it will go in.

 

[eaglesnut]

Baseball gives out the biggest contracts in sports. Of course it's not dying.