Baseball Is Dying

[sreader3]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Total prima Donna BS. Tell me again how great baseball is. Rooting for this metrics-driven, corporate, robotic MLB these days is like rooting for Bernie Madoff, denying he did anything wrong, even admiring all his accomplishments. Then he got caught.

"Metrics-driven": I love it. I am a stats geek.

"Corporate": Not sure what this means. Most private enterprise these days involves corporations. Hell, I was a one-person corporation for 18 years while I was practicing law. Perhaps you would prefer that baseball be run by the federal government? They do such a great job! I can only imagine the new regs.

"Robotic": Again, not sure what this means. Last time I checked, there were no robots on the MLB diamond. Just flesh and bones fielders, batters, umps and coaches with all of their human foibles.

"Bernie Madoff": I never rooted for Bernie Madoff. The guy made-up stats and defrauded his clients of hundreds of millions of dollars. I haven't seen that in baseball. In baseball, you can watch the game and track the stats. No fraud so far as I can tell. Just big business, big contracts, big money--which you perhaps don't like.

Baseball is rather like our country. Fundamentally sound and flawed; worth preserving and improving.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by sreader3

"Metrics-driven": I love it. I am a stats geek.

"Corporate": Not sure what this means. Most private enterprise these days involves corporations. Hell, I was a one-person corporation for 18 years while I was practicing law. Perhaps you would prefer that baseball be run by the federal government? They do such a great job! I can only imagine the new regs.

"Robotic": Again, not sure what this means. Last time I checked, there were no robots on the MLB diamond. Just flesh and bones fielders, batters, umps and coaches with all of their human foibles.

"Bernie Madoff": I never rooted for Bernie Madoff. The guy made-up stats and defrauded his clients of hundreds of millions of dollars. I haven't seen that in baseball. In baseball, you can watch the game and track the stats. No fraud so far as I can tell. Just big business, big contracts, big money--which you perhaps don't like.

Baseball is rather like our country. Fundamentally sound and flawed; worth preserving and improving.

For all your puffed-up enthusiasm, baseball is still undeniably dying.

[Snapolit1]

As I sat in the Citifield parking lot yesterday for an hour after the game ended waiting to move my car a few more inches I stayed calm by just repeated to my self over and over “baseball is dying ….. baseball is dying ….. baseball is dying”.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

As I sat in the Citifield parking lot yesterday for an hour after the game ended waiting to move my car a few more inches I stayed calm by just repeated to my self over and over “baseball is dying ….. baseball is dying ….. baseball is dying”.

How much was your ticket(s)? How much did you pay to park? Did you purchase beer, soda, peanuts, hot dogs, or any of that? Was it a sellout on a Friday night? How long did the game last? Was it fun? Finally, I haven't checked, did the Mets win?

[Snapolit1]

Even with the disaster that is the Oakland As, baseball attendance in April up meaningfully from 2019 levels, last full season before covid.

Baseball is dying . . .baseball is dying. . . .baseball is dying . . . .

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Even with the disaster that is the Oakland As, baseball attendance in April up meaningfully from 2019 levels, last full season before covid.

Baseball is dying . . .baseball is dying. . . .baseball is dying . . . .

Keep on drinking that Kool Aid, brother!

[John1941]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Keep on drinking that Kool Aid, brother!

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.

[GeoPoto]

Your apparent dissatisfaction with the expense and crowds involved in attending the games, would appear inconsistent with your premise that the game is dying. Kinda like "Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded!" Unless you are making a long-run prediction.

Originally Posted by jingram058

How much was your ticket(s)? How much did you pay to park? Did you purchase beer, soda, peanuts, hot dogs, or any of that? Was it a sellout on a Friday night?