Dodgers and Giants on now...

[Taadow]

Aight baseball fans, now that i've got your attention:

I realized a li'l bit ago that when Jeter retires after this season, there aren't gonna be any more
true baseball "stars". I say this meaning Jeter is the last player in the sport that was part of the
pop culture consciousness. Am I right?

Who else is someone that the average person on the street would know outside of their own local team?

Puig? Harper? maybe Trout?

Do you think is because (1) baseball "fame" is more team-based than it used to be, (2) baseball players
just don't have the personalities they did in years past, or (3) baseball just isn't the draw that it used to be?

 

[Disgustya Stallone]

Aight baseball fans, now that i've got your attention:

I realized a li'l bit ago that when Jeter retires after this season, there aren't gonna be any more
true baseball "stars". I say this meaning Jeter is the last player in the sport that was part of the
pop culture consciousness. Am I right?

no now shut the f*ck up

 

[pete clemenza]

This is one of the rare times we get to watch the Dodgers here in LA.. its a damn shame to cause this team is #blackexcellence personified

 

[Regular_P]

You should change the thread title to get genuine discussion about this topic.

MLB is the worst of the major sports at marketing it's star players. I don't remember if I said it on here or but I doubt most people could recognize players by voice alone outside of their own team. Part of that is because a lot of the best players are Latin and don't speak English very well.

 

[Taadow]

You should change the thread title to get genuine discussion about this topic.

MLB is the worst of the major sports at marketing it's star players. I don't remember if I said it on here or but I doubt most people could recognize players by voice alone outside of their own team. Part of that is because a lot of the best players are Latin and don't speak English very well.

Naw - I knew if I titled it this way people who wanted to talk about baseball would come in, instead of the "baseball is wack" crew.

I'm not sure about your point about Latin players, because they've always been here. Fernando Valenzuela, Sammy, or Juan Gonzalez
weren't the best english speakers either, but they were legit stars...

 

[mozichrome]

in the whole baseball marketing stuff i just wondered
like why are people so pressed that baseball doesnt have stars and stuff
okay the casual person doesnt watch or know the players, so what

 

[Born2BKing]

Hmm tryna think of the last baseball player to have a major commercial ad nationally

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

Hmm tryna think of the last baseball player to have a major commercial ad nationally

I'm pretty sure Mike Trout is on a commercial

 

[Regular_P]

Naw - I knew if I titled it this way people who wanted to talk about baseball would come in, instead of the "baseball is wack" crew.

I'm not sure about your point about Latin players, because they've always been here. Fernando Valenzuela, Sammy, or Juan Gonzalez
weren't the best english speakers either, but they were legit stars...

Those guys were balanced out by a lot of American stars and I think they were a lot more accessible too. Besides David Ortiz, name some current Latin players who are outgoing or want to be seen/heard.

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

in the whole baseball marketing stuff i just wondered
like why are people so pressed that baseball doesnt have stars and stuff
okay the casual person doesnt watch or know the players, so what

Because the demographics for baseball now are old people and once they all die who will watch?

 

[mozichrome]

I'm pretty sure Mike Trout is on a commercial

yeah subway commercials
bryce harper gatorade commercials

 

[Taadow]

Hmm tryna think of the last baseball player to have a major commercial ad nationally

I'm pretty sure Mike Trout is on a commercial

See I haven't even seen a Trout commercial...last one i've seen was the Jeter all the celebrities...
that's kinda what made me think: who else in MLB will matter when they retire like that?

 

[mozichrome]

Because the demographics for baseball now are old people and once they all die who will watch?

so is the game suppose to pack it up and close shop when these old people stop watching

 

[Born2BKing]

I'm pretty sure Mike Trout is on a commercial

Isn't that a MLB commercial though?

 

[Taadow]

Those guys were balanced out by a lot of American stars and I think they were a lot more accessible too. Besides David Ortiz, name some current Latin players who are outgoing or want to be seen/heard.

That's just the thing - nobody jumps out at me. This is kind of what I meant with "number 2" in my first post.