Olbermann Breaks Down MLB's Awful TV Ratings

[The War Report]

I hated baseball all my life. Let me tell you why.

The game is two slow. They need a shot clock for pitches. There is no reason for a 5 min rest after every pitch

There is no cap. Can't even take them seriously. If all teams could compete maybe more people would watch

fukk your ADHD, breh.

 

[jfkennedy]

I hated baseball all my life. Let me tell you why.

The game is two slow. They need a shot clock for pitches. There is no reason for a 5 min rest after every pitch

There is no cap. Can't even take them seriously. If all teams could compete maybe more people would watch

So about that cap thing, explain the Yankees not making the postseason, but the A's, Pirates and Rays. In fact, for the second year in a row, half of the playoff teams rank in the bottom half of the majors in terms of Opening Day payrolls.

 

[HHR]

Speed the fukking game up. It's tooooo slow. Too many times I'm watching batters perform turret syndrome like rituals each and every time they step in the batters box, in-between every pitch. Some of these batters take a fukking stroll after every pitch. Each pitcher has to walk off the mound every pitch, look at the outfield to spot their fam, adjust their caps, lick their fingers, and all other types of shyt.

It's just too fukking long. Use a 24 second pitch clock. If the pitchers can't get ready by the time 24 seconds tick off, it's an automatic ball. If it's the batters fault automatic strike.

Speed it up, make it exciting. Put pressure on these guys.

The slowest pitchers in baseball take just about 24 seconds between pitches

 

[mozichrome]

funny, same folks that always say they gonna tell they kids to play baseball because they saw them huge contracts saying they cant stand to watch it

 

[pete clemenza]

Folks wanna either see someone hitting 500 ft homers. or someone striking out some juiced up @sshole who could possibly hit a 500 ft homer. Bud Selig is an idiot.

One of baseballs greatest fables was "The Mighty Casey At Bat".. And you knowl Casey was roided up to the fullest degree

 

[DrX]

baseball boring.......nfl got the country by the balls

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Speed the fukking game up. It's tooooo slow. Too many times I'm watching batters perform turret syndrome like rituals each and every time they step in the batters box, in-between every pitch. Some of these batters take a fukking stroll after every pitch. Each pitcher has to walk off the mound every pitch, look at the outfield to spot their fam, adjust their caps, lick their fingers, and all other types of shyt.

It's just too fukking long. Use a 24 second pitch clock. If the pitchers can't get ready by the time 24 seconds tick off, it's an automatic ball. If it's the batters fault automatic strike.

Speed it up, make it exciting. Put pressure on these guys.

the average NFL game is around 3h 10m long..and a baseball game is just under 3 hours long at 2:58

Take this Clayton Kershaw clip in real time to understand how fukking stupid a 24 second pitch clock is..... a pitch clock, would effectively make the game much longer and less exciting.



he strikes him out, in less than 1m40s real time....and threw 6 pitches.

 

[mson]

I gotta say I only watch when the Mets are competitive.

So you never watch baseball?

 

[concise]

yea it does trend on twitter though so what point are you tryna make?

Yeah, you caught me making a blanket statement, which I rarely do. And I don't like to do. I should have put "hardly ever".

I have a feeling it'll still agitate you though.

 

[who_better_than_me]

Ive never thought of this angle.

Its weird because baseball is dying nationally but is strong as fukk locally. Dont think they care that much though.

How could y not think about this when our team is in a bitter battle with Peter Angeleos over local tv contract.

The yes network is worth more than bobcats franchise. The money that baseball team make off of RSN's is prolific.

You know the Padres make upward of 70 mill a year alone off of their RSN. That's a fukking NBA payroll

 

[who_better_than_me]

You think the Red Sox care about WS ratings. fukk outta here, there RSN is NESN. NESN is valued at $840MM+ (red sox have an 80% share). Imagine how much the Red Sox make a year off that alone.


But the even bigger question you should be asking yourselves is, if baseball is dying then why do baseball teams make all this Guap off of rsn and not basketball, football professional teams

 

[NYC Rebel]

How could y not think about this when our team is in a bitter battle with Peter Angeleos over local tv contract.

The yes network is worth more than bobcats franchise. The money that baseball team make off of RSN's is prolific.

You know the Padres make upward of 70 mill a year alone off of their RSN. That's a fukking NBA payroll

Exactly. MLB teams KILL from local revenue. They aren't beholden to a national star unlike the NBA which is a league anchored to the legs of its stars.

Stars retire.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Yo, was this last night?

Barry Larkin's reaction

 

[Mr swag]

So about that cap thing, explain the Yankees not making the postseason, but the A's, Pirates and Rays. In fact, for the second year in a row, half of the playoff teams rank in the bottom half of the majors in terms of Opening Day payrolls.

who won the most world series

 

[BStapies]

Football and basketball are my favorite sports but baseball is trash

It's boring AF. And it seems like every year, some "childhood hero" or popular player is getting busted for roids.

Its a trash league and even worse sport. You wont catch me watching no world series.