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[MileHighGrowler]

(06-26-2020, 03:07 PM)Truck_1_0_1_ Wrote: TF you talking about?

Waning interest doesn't mean no interest; Baseball will continue to be a top 3 team sport in NA (I believe it is #2), forever.

I'm in Toronto and even with the Championship last year, fans of the Jays are still ALMOST at the level of the Raptors.

There is interest, of course.  People still show up at stadiums, but numbers have been decreasing. They still watch games on TV.  But really and truly, what are the ratings these days and the trends in recent years?  What's the demographic that follows baseball?  It's people over 50.  That's not a trend that's good for the sport if they're trying to remain viable.  Not to mention that with COVID, the same demographic that's most at-risk and least likely to go to games and probably more likely to shift their focus to other areas of life is the same demo that's following MLB.      

I maintain that I think it's really sad that "America's Sport" is being dismissed by more and more Americans.  It was my childhood, it's what I dreamed of all summer long every year playing with my friends daily.  It was the magic of going to a night game.  It was talking with my buddies about players and stats.  I don't want to see baseball go away or become the past time of "old guys" but the reality is that's exactly what it's become.  And if it stays with that demo, it simply can't last.