Why baseball is now our third major sport.

[bosoxmal]

For several decades prior to WW2, baseball shared the stage with boxing and horse racing, Remember the "bible", The Daily Record? Baseball took over as both racing and boxing faded away. Now it looks like it' baseball's turn. I would give odds of 10-1 that if you turned on ESPN this very moment, you be seeing football or a commercial (probably for automobile or insurance). Are kids today more interested in a Big 10 football coach's salary than they are in a MLB 11 game winning streak? It looks that way. This happens with over exposure and money. There's a lot that can be dome about both.

 

I propose an MLB schedule that would be reduced to 132 games. This would be made up of (12) 5-day weeks and (12) 6 day weeks. Tues thru Sat one week; Mon. thru Sat the next week. Leave Sundays to the beach, the NFL, the NBA and family dinners. The Sox would play 6 game home and home series games against the rest of the AL. That's 84 games, The other 48 would be 2 and 3 games series against NL teams. (No home and home needed)

 

1) The players would stay healthier.

2) MLB home areas would not have to put up with playing 18 or 19 games against one another.

3) The end would not come for the worst teams quite so soon; hence, more interest.

4) More variety, and less of the same old, same old/

 

MLB would need a new schedule manager; one who understands that a good IBM, er could get on the keyboard and come up wiuth a schedule that makes sense. And maintains a higher interest level.

[User Name]

The MLBPA and the owners would never allow for the reduction in the revenue stream.

[mvp 78]

The MLBPA and the owners would never allow for the reduction in the revenue stream.

 

Or those holding tv contracts, vendors, etc.

 

They will never reduce the amount of games.

 

Also, I don't think it's the 162 game schedule that is causing the drop in popularity. I think pacing and cost of tickets play a larger role.

[bosoxmal]

Oh, I have no doubt they will stick with the status quo. I am not predicting, just suggesting. Today's Pardon the Interruption lineup was, get this,

 

J.J. Watt, USC, Notre Dame, Steve Curry and Tim Tebow. All with baseball standings finishing their final week! The owners' greed is getting way out of hand. They will kill the golden goose before you know it!

[Jasonbay44]

Oh, I have no doubt they will stick with the status quo. I am not predicting, just suggesting. Today's Pardon the Interruption lineup was, get this,

 

J.J. Watt, USC, Notre Dame, Steve Curry and Tim Tebow. All with baseball standings finishing their final week! The owners' greed is getting way out of hand. They will kill the golden goose before you know it!

Well Tim Tebow's was baseball related to be fair lol.

[moonslav59]

Increase the ML roster to 30 players. The players and union would love that.

 

Bring back doubleheaders, and shorten the season's days but not the number of games.

 

Find a way to limit the amount of pitching changes you can make in a game. That's what is dragging these game out.

 

Mandate a certain percentage of seats that are $10 or less for 50% of the games.

 

[mvp 78]

Well Tim Tebow's was baseball related to be fair lol.

 

Dingers ! Dingers! Dingers!

[Bellhorn04]

What's going on? Is MLB's total revenue tumbling?

[Maxbialystock]

MLB has easily the largest attendance of all professional sports in the USA and probably the largest TV audience for the same reason. Every team plays an unreal 162 games in pretty big ball parks. Unlike the NFL, they don't have the concussion issue. The NBA is the only one of the three that is truly international, but MLB still gets the bigger crowds in the USA.

 

I honestly don't see how MLB is broken.

[sk7326]

For several decades prior to WW2, baseball shared the stage with boxing and horse racing, Remember the "bible", The Daily Record? Baseball took over as both racing and boxing faded away. Now it looks like it' baseball's turn. I would give odds of 10-1 that if you turned on ESPN this very moment, you be seeing football or a commercial (probably for automobile or insurance). Are kids today more interested in a Big 10 football coach's salary than they are in a MLB 11 game winning streak? It looks that way. This happens with over exposure and money. There's a lot that can be dome about both.

 

I propose an MLB schedule that would be reduced to 132 games. This would be made up of (12) 5-day weeks and (12) 6 day weeks. Tues thru Sat one week; Mon. thru Sat the next week. Leave Sundays to the beach, the NFL, the NBA and family dinners. The Sox would play 6 game home and home series games against the rest of the AL. That's 84 games, The other 48 would be 2 and 3 games series against NL teams. (No home and home needed)

 

1) The players would stay healthier.

2) MLB home areas would not have to put up with playing 18 or 19 games against one another.

3) The end would not come for the worst teams quite so soon; hence, more interest.

4) More variety, and less of the same old, same old/

 

MLB would need a new schedule manager; one who understands that a good IBM, er could get on the keyboard and come up wiuth a schedule that makes sense. And maintains a higher interest level.

 

Aside from the NFL, all sports are "niche" sports - that is all

[Spudboy]

MLB has easily the largest attendance of all professional sports in the USA and probably the largest TV audience for the same reason. Every team plays an unreal 162 games in pretty big ball parks. Unlike the NFL, they don't have the concussion issue. The NBA is the only one of the three that is truly international, but MLB still gets the bigger crowds in the USA.

 

I honestly don't see how MLB is broken.

 

What the f*** are you saying? Hockey is not international?

 

News to me.

 

Oh, baseball is not international either? Lol.

[bosoxmal]

I wonder how many kids are out playing baseball today, compared to those out playing football. I also wonder what proportion of media coverage baseball and football will get today. And this is playoff time!

[mvp 78]

About 5M play baseball and football is half of that. Both numbers are on the decline though.

[Spudboy]

But we have the very exciting E sports being shown on TV.

 

Lovely.

 

Almost as stupid as card games on TV.

[a700hitter]

What the f*** are you saying? Hockey is not international?

 

News to me.

 

Oh, baseball is not international either? Lol.

Hockey is not international-- too many foreigners. LOL!

[mvp 78]

But we have the very exciting E sports being shown on TV.

 

Lovely.

 

Almost as stupid as card games on TV.

If NASCAR is a sport, Counterstrike can be too. s***, golf and Wii are the same thing.

[Spudboy]

If NASCAR is a sport, Counterstrike can be too. s***, golf and Wii are the same thing.

 

Have you ever been to a Nascar "Big Boys" race?

 

It's pretty intense and the drivers have to be in excellent shape to compete.

[Bellhorn04]

Golf is a physically demanding game, seriously, when you play 4 rounds in 4 days on the monstrous courses the PGA guys play on and you walk every inch of it. The average man would be in tears by the end of it.

[mvp 78]

Golf is a physically demanding game, seriously, when you play 4 rounds in 4 days on the monstrous courses the PGA guys play on and you walk every inch of it. The average man would be in tears by the end of it.

 

6 miles a day wouldn't make me cry.

[Bellhorn04]

6 miles a day wouldn't make me cry.

 

But you are no ordinary man.