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

[HookersandIceCream]

Every year this thread gets made
Every year revenue goes up

 

[Jamaal]

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

This site is like a bubble sometimes, especially when it comes to baseball. Even though not as many people here care for baseball as football or basketball, it is still popular offline. It's hard for me to go somewhere around here and not find someone bleeding orange-and-black or green-and-gold.

 

[1stPick]

Baseball will always have it's niche markets (California, New York, Chicago, St.Louis, Boston) but outside of those markets, Baseball has lost cultural relevance. It still does good numbers attendance wise because it's a cheap fun night out with good weather so people go for that (as opposed to the game itself) but let's check the National Ratings for Baseball because that tells the REAL story

 

[1stPick]

Baseball will always have it's niche markets (California, New York, Chicago, St.Louis, Boston) but outside of those markets, Baseball has lost cultural relevance. It still does good numbers attendance wise because it's a cheap fun night out with good weather so people go for that (as opposed to the game itself) but let's check the National Ratings for Baseball because that tells the REAL story

 

[Maluma]

so many idiots in this thread. As long as the following teams exist:

Yankees
Cubs
Dodgers
Red Sox
Cardinals



baseball ain't going nowhere. You dudes really don't understand the national following these 5 teams have above all else. Considering they hit every major region of the country (both coasts and the midwest, plus college baseball is huge in the south)...

 

[Big Mel]

Lotta empty seats. Shrink the stadiums. Make it MLB Jam status. 200 homers a year!

 

[Oville]

I think baseball "issue" with young people has more to with the fact that young people don't watch nationally televised games and I think its mostly due to the lack of marketing in the sport. But there's plenty of young people at the stadium and their local tv ratings are mad high and they got the highest selling mobile sports app. Young people are watching their just not watching many games outside of their own team

 

[Oville]

Also from this year

Baseball breaks spring training attendace record
http://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybr...ce-record-eclipsing-4-million-for-first-time/

MLB's at bat app keeps growing subscribers
http://sportsvideo.org/main/blog/20...es-5m-dowloads-mark-adds-apple-watch-support/

 

[Illuminatos]

Professor just asked if anyone in class watched baseball and no one raised their hand.

 

[Maluma]

Professor just asked if anyone in class watched baseball and no one raised their hand.

ITP: your community college speaks for the entire nation.

 

[Illuminatos]

ITP: your community college speaks for the entire nation.

Be insecure about your boring sport breh.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

people don't die in a year... but you see where this shyt is headed

 

[Maluma]

Be insecure about your boring sport breh.

ITP: anger when people find out you go to community college.

 

[Oville]

people don't die in a year... but you see where this shyt is headed

SMH other than the superbowl everything on television has declined due to more programming options. Thats why even though total numbers are down the baseball (unless its going up against football) the baseball playoffs usually win the night when it comes to ratings cuz all ratings are lower than what they used to be. Look at the this listhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_watched_television_broadcasts

If you look at the top rated tv show on network tv, the total number of viewers for the top shows has declined