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This guy...Also fuck this fuckin' DH in the NL bullshit
The DH sucks. Removes strategy from late game situations, rewards players that are such fatasses they can't even man first base or a corner outfield spot. Every player who bats should have to field a position and every player who fields a position should have to hit. If you're going to reap the benefits of a bat like David Ortiz you should have to suffer the consequences of his defense.This guy...
It was definitely the '94 strike, I still know a handful of people that refuse to ever watch again because of thatRemember when "Baseball, America's passtime" was more than just an old-timey expression? It is wild that within our lifetimes, baseball has deteriorated from legitimately being America's favorite sport to now being a distant, distant third and just barely fending off hockey in fourth place.
Thinking of baseball being America's favorite sport feels like hearing that musicals with Fred Astaire and whoever used to be America's favorite movies. It doesn't even sound plausible, tastes have changed so much.
What do you think was the final nail in the coffin? The point where they gave up any hope at ever returning to the top spot in American sports? I've always thought it was the '94 strike.
Steroid fallout was pretty bad. MLB pretending everybody didn't know the whole ass time. Watching legendary guys like Sosa, Clemens, Palmeiro, Bonds, McGwire go down in flames.Remember when "Baseball, America's passtime" was more than just an old-timey expression? It is wild that within our lifetimes, baseball has deteriorated from legitimately being America's favorite sport to now being a distant, distant third and just barely fending off hockey in fourth place.
Thinking of baseball being America's favorite sport feels like hearing that musicals with Fred Astaire and whoever used to be America's favorite movies. It doesn't even sound plausible, tastes have changed so much.
What do you think was the final nail in the coffin? The point where they gave up any hope at ever returning to the top spot in American sports? I've always thought it was the '94 strike.
Speaking of technology, kids that would have played baseball 50 years ago would rather play video games today. That's a big reason for a decline. More distractions today.games getting longer and more boring while resisting technological improvements
Didn't hurt basketball or football any. They've gotten bigger. Only baseball has declined.Speaking of technology, kids that would have played baseball 50 years ago would rather play video games today. That's a big reason for a decline.
If it does, it will be for the same reason soccer and boxing are surging in the US. Latino population growth.So basically, basball isn't coming back. Maybe not ever.
Works for football.Might as well have 3 teams.
Too many injuries in football for everyone to play iron man. That isn't the case for sports like baseball or basketball.Works for football.
Hey, give a little credit to Major League Socceris baseball the worst major league sport? Yes.
According to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the final World Series was played in the late 21st Century, won by the London Kings in front of a crowd of 500.So basically, basball isn't coming back. Maybe not ever.