Would somebody please remind me that baseball is dying? I'm afraid I might forget.

[Kemba]

• Combined attendance from the first two weekends of the season was 3,093,382, the highest figure in history. And this isn't one of those gets-better-every-year numbers. The previous record was 2,978,303, set in 2005. So it's a 10-year high in addition to being a record.

• Both weekends have drawn 1.5 million fans, the first time in history the first two weekends of the season have brought out that many people.

• Only once in MLB history has combined attendance reached 1.5 million on two April weekends. That was 2012 (and it wasn't the first two weekends of the season). There have never been three April weekends in which 1.5 million fans have turned out, so we'll see if attendance can reach that mark again next weekend.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-b...first-two-weeks-of-2015-season-185440752.html

 

[Swiggy]

 

[MikelArteta]

no one said its dead

its dying, in this instant gratification, must have it now, baseball is a old relic

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

Baseball ain't going anywhere. Way of life in the northeast. It cracks me way the fukk up when people try to tell me otherwise when the numbers say otherwise.

 

[mastermind]

baseball isnt dying ya'll

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

It ain't dying but damn idk why they had to add in the reviewing plays rule

 

[tremonthustler1]

no one said its dead

its dying, in this instant gratification, must have it now, baseball is a old relic

But you never answer why YOU'RE worried about something you won't see in your lifetime.

 

[timothy_strickland]

But but but baseball is dying @Emperor_ReinScarf


How about your Blue Jays breh?

If they return to contender status like back in 1991-1993(world series champs 2 years straight 1992, 1993) would you be a fan, and follow baseball more closely?

 

[HHR]

It ain't dying but damn idk why they had to add in the reviewing plays rule

So they can get them right?

 

[Savior]

Baseball aint going anywhere....the whole baseball is dying thing is one of the sillier movements on the coli. If anything I see baseball gaining even more popularity as more black QB's start coming into the NFL and taking over

 

[315]

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

Baseball doesn't connect with the youth in 20 years it will be dead

 

[Blackout]

Baseball is boring.

 

[How Sway?]

Baseball ain't going anywhere. Way of life in the northeast. It cracks me way the fukk up when people try to tell me otherwise when the numbers say otherwise.

and the south
and the mid west

it aint going anywhere

 

[IllmaticDelta]

no one said its dead

its dying, in this instant gratification, must have it now, baseball is a old relic

this


MLB is hanging on from older white men. The younger generation is moving on



MLB Struggling To Attract One Key Demographic

Fresh off a thrilling World Series in which TV ratings were up from last year, not everything is look good for Major League Baseball.

One key demographic -- children ages 6 to 17 -- is conspicuously losing interest in the sport. According to the Wall Street Journal, kids accounted for 4.3 percent of the average audience for the ALCS and NLCS this year, down from 7.4 percent one decade ago. Kids made up about 4.6 percent of the World Series audience. That figure is lower than the number of kids in the 6-17 range who watch the NFL, NBA, NHL and the English Premier League.

Making the situation more troublesome for MLB is that fewer kids are playing Little League. Matthew Futterman of the Wall Street Journal notes that 2.1 million children played Little League baseball last year, down from 2.6 million in 1997.

The problem with the national pastime isn't just that it's past bedtime. More likely it is that baseball is slower and less action-packed than most other sports.

There is at least one positive sign for baseball. Bob Bowman, chief executive of MLB Advanced Media, told the Wall Street Journal that fans downloaded 10 million copies of MLB.com's mobile app this season. That's an increase of 3.3 million from last season. Many of those downloads are likely coming from kids.

"We know that with kids today, that is the best way to reach them," Bowman said. "And in some cases that's the only way to reach them."

Still, this downward trend feels ominous for many baseball enthusiasts. If fewer kids are following the sport now, what will viewership be like in 10, 20, 30 and 40 years?