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Originally Posted by jimpiano
Boy you are all over the place.
Florida has never been a hotbed for MLB.
FSU and Miami are struggling in college football, and have been for several years.
Florida, is the defending National Champion, but has won only 2 in its history.
The only reliable "hotbed" in Florida is the NFL.
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The state of Florida has one of the highest rated areas for baseball players coming out of HS. I was not talking about MLB. They tend to have a lot of top players because they can play baseball year-round. It is also a well recruited football state where some of the best football players in the country come from. I think you need to do a little research. This also applies to other states like California and Texas that also are highly recruited in both football and baseball. FSU, Miami and Florida in college baseball tend to be ranked every year as well as Texas and many California or west cost teams. Not sure where you got the college football references from. I was not talking about college football.
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Originally Posted by jimpiano
The NFL makes sure that the competition is keen by giving successful teams tougher schedules the next year, and easier ones for the struggling teams. The draft gives the worst team first dibs on the best college player and revenue sharing insures that small market teams get an infusion of cash to bid for the more costly players.
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The draft works the same way in MLB. This year was the first year they had a live telecast of MLB draft and hardly anyone watched. Most of the baseball players you will not ever see make it to a MLB roster ever in their career. The NFL and the NBA drafts will almost always see the first view rounds of players playing on those teams at some point. The NBA you are almost guaranteed a spot unless you are from oversees where those draft picks have some options.
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Originally Posted by jimpiano
Baseball can use its postseason to showcase what is still a great game.
But putting it on the air with rain coming down and fans shivering under parkas and slickers up against the NFL when it could have easily waited for a better night is silly.
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Well almost every post season in football has a game or two with bad weather and the fans not only love it, they relish in the experience (shirts off in 30 degree and lower temperature). Some of the most famous games in NFL history were played in the elements. Dallas-San Francisco in the rain and mud. Oakland-New England in the "tuck rule" game in a covered snow. When the Buffalo Bills had their run, they played many games in the post season in bad weather on the way to the Super Bowl. Those fans (and there were many more in the stadium) did not seem to complain and the weather was not nearly as bad on Sunday as in the examples I just gave. So I have two words for those fans. "Man UP!!!"
Peace