Perception of pre war baseball players vs other sports

[Lucas00]

I think the direct correlation of the amount of pre war collectables obtainable for pre war baseball greats when comparing other sports explains why very well.

Americans are infatuated with baseball, it's aura and history are far superior for us. Even as other sports have gotten more popular the same feelings of awe did not come with them for us.

Maybe if you asked this question on a European forum you would be surprised how flipped this thought is.

[perezfan]

It's always bothered me that star players like Unitas, Berry, Mackey, Starr, Sayers, Jim Brown, Red Grange, Nagurski, Baugh, Tittle, Otto Graham, Don Hutson, etc. don't get any recognition today. Heck, fans today barely even remember Joe Montana and John Elway.

The NFL and NBA seem to promote only "the here and now". Professional Baseball was popular eons before Football or Basketball, as there was no NFL prior to 1920 and no NBA before 1946. So that explains at least a portion of it.

[Natswin2019]

Was talking to some friends of mine about this and I think its cause baseball is pretty much the same sport as it was 100 years ago and the stats we use are the same. It also helps that some of the major records are held by players of past eras. Football and basketball are pretty different than they were 100 years ago and have and major rule changes in a time that people still remember.