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Originally Posted by PeteBooth
How is that rediculous
Example: Who was watching the Rockies / D-backs series unless you live in Arizona or Colorado however,
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And it does not help that the series ended around 2:00 am (Eastern) on a Monday night. Even the biggest fan on the eastern side of the country probably did not stay up to watch that series.
The NFL does a much better job marketing their sport and allowing the average public to watch their sport. The NFL Championship game is a national event and holiday.
You can talk about attendance all you want to, but there are college stadiums that fill a stadium with 100,000 people and their team is sorry (Michigan was 0-2 and they filled their stadium every week and I was there during the Oregon game). The Atlanta Braves in their most successful period almost never sold out their stadium when they made the playoffs year in and year out.
Baseball does not get the best athletes anymore from this country and the average public is not paying attention at the most interesting time of the season (or what is supposed to be). When I have more people watching a youth sport that has no news coverage compared to a sport that is in the paper or covered in the media, there is a problem. Ump25, you and I live in an area where a few years ago the Gatorade Player of the Year in Baseball came from (Neuqua Valley Pitcher, who I cannot even think of his name right now) and I have not seen or heard anything about him since he entered the Minors but when I talked to his coach last season). Illinois Mr. Basketball 2007 was featured on an ESPN SportsCenter Highlight during Midnight Madness (practice) this past weekend. And you wonder why kids are not playing baseball?
Peace