[jingram058]

Originally Posted by John1941

You seem overly invested in this, to be honest. I think baseball could be a lot better, but it's not dying, at least not yet.

I am no way invested. But to say there is nothing wrong or imply everything is wonderful I just do not understand. The OP was not written by me, and I have read many other similar viewpoints. Of course I understand MLB isn't going to talk about any sort of decline; neither are those who make their living talking about it. My grandfather, dad, and I used to attend, watch on TV and listen on radio to countless games. I don't do that anymore. There are many reasons why. That's just me. No one I know, other than my overly positive wife, does to any degree either. Baseball didn't change that much, relatively speaking, over the decades. But in the last 20 or 25 years it sure has. And to just about everyone I know, and quite a few people I read, the changes compared with all the various outlets available to entertain with the advent of the internet and smartphones, just aren't good. At first I thought perhaps it was just me. That is not the case.