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Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:41 pm to UMRealist
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:41 pm to UMRealist
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IMO there are too many teams and I wish they would insert some rule that's a mix between football and what they use to have. Either you can go straight from hs to the NBA or if you go to college/Europe you have to wait 3 years before being eligible again.
Yeah, the one and done thing is weird. They should get that figured out better.
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:41 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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And MLB is as healthy as ever, with attendance and interest on the up.
This link from July 2013 says otherwise FWIW LINK
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:42 pm to Aubie Spr96
quote:I'm in Montgomery. I can go on a brewery tour without going to a baseball game.
Are you in Bham? If so, you need to check out a Barons game and brewery tour.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:45 pm to tduecen
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you really expected less?
not at all.
But I think you're taking this too seriously.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:46 pm to UMRealist
using national rankings when MLB has gotten smart and each team has their own broadcast rights which is why regional markets are flourishing quote:
Major League Baseball attendance for 2013 exceeded 74 million, which is the sixth highest ever. There have been 30 teams in baseball since 1998 so perhaps the relevant comparisons for attendance should focus on the past 15 years, but even then the past ten years have seen the ten highest-attended seasons in that time frame, which is a pretty good trend line, especially considering the 2008 recession from which we’re still not really recovered.
MLB has achieved record revenue for ten consecutive years with last year reaching $7.5 billion
Competitive balance, which many who like to slam baseball enjoy citing, actually favors baseball these days. Indeed, 26 of the league’s 30 clubs have made the playoffs at least once in the last 10 years.
But don’t just take my word for baseball’s health. Take the word of the people who are actually gambling their own money on the health of the sport. In the past year, Fox, ESPN and TBS each signed new eight-year rights agreements with Major League Baseball to the tune of $12.4 billion. That’s a 100% increase over the previous rights deals. And that’s just national broadcasting. The local broadcasting — which is how most folks watch baseball — is booming too, with RSNs and other outlets shelling out insane money for the right to broadcast baseball games.
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Baseball, as a television product, is not competing for eyes or ad dollars with 1979. It’s competing with programming from 2013. And as far as that goes it’s doing quite well, thank you. In 2012 — A series which many cite as a low water mark — the World Series beat every entertainment show on the fall primetime schedule in multiple key age groups: Men 18-34, Men 18-49, Adults 18-34, and Adults 18-49. On Saturday night — the night Sports Media Watch referred to Game 2 as the “fifth lowest World Series game ever – Fox averaged a 7.4 rating for the game, which was up 21 percent over last year’s Saturday night Game 3. It drew a 37.2 rating in St. Louis. It drew a 32.4 rating in Boston.
It’s not the NFL, obviously — pro football is other-worldly in its success and is an exception to the overall rule about audiences getting smaller — but it’s not getting beat by much else, if anything, including college football (Game 2 drew better than all of the national prime time college games on Saturday combined).
In terms of total viewers, The World Series typically delivers to FOX the equivalent of an entire season of a top 10 entertainment program over the course of one week. Again, it’s not what it was back when your father was your age, but to spin its current ratings as some sort of failure takes an awful lot of work and the application of an awful lot of filters that bear no relation whatsoever to what television and advertising professionals consider important in 2013.
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Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:47 pm to pvilleguru
I hear the Biscuits have a great stadium. The Barons Thirsty Thursday is a legit venue if you are 30 or below. I'm sure the Biscuits have something similar. You are also close enough to check out the occasional Auburn game. In either case, it's not as much about the game as it is everything that surrounds the game. 
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:48 pm to cas4t
Not at all, I expected more of these threads on the MSB board, those who don't like baseball are the most vocal about their dislike of the sport than any other group.
They argue the season is too long (which is false)
They argue their is no parity (which is false)
They argue television rating show it is dying (which is false)
They argue the season is too long (which is false)
They argue their is no parity (which is false)
They argue television rating show it is dying (which is false)
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:50 pm to tduecen
I think the MLB is thriving still.
I personally stopped watching when they started busting guys left and right. Idk what happened. I grew up watching baseball though.
I personally stopped watching when they started busting guys left and right. Idk what happened. I grew up watching baseball though.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:51 pm to tduecen
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They argue the season is too long (which is false)
well this is an opinion.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:52 pm to Aubie Spr96
quote:I've been to a few Biscuits games, even on a Thirsty Thursday. Nice stadium, still a shite sport. I'm not going to an Auburn game because I'm a Bama fan. I used to live a block away from the Sewell-Thomas, and I still avoided baseball games like the plague. As far as everything "surrounding the game", I can see better "surroundings" at other places in town. Baseball games aren't the only places females go.
I hear the Biscuits have a great stadium. The Barons Thirsty Thursday is a legit venue if you are 30 or below. I'm sure the Biscuits have something similar. You are also close enough to check out the occasional Auburn game. In either case, it's not as much about the game as it is everything that surrounds the game.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:53 pm to cas4t
There's nothing better than sitting at a ballpark with an overpriced beer in your hand on a 65 degree day. Watching baseball on TV, on the other hand, I think I'd rather put my dick into a blender.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:56 pm to cas4t
The season isn't longer than any other sport
Baseball:
Feb-Oct 9 months counting spring training and post season
NFL:
July-Feb 8 months counting training camp through Super Bowl
NBA:
September- June 10 months counting training camp to NBA Finals
Baseball:
Feb-Oct 9 months counting spring training and post season
NFL:
July-Feb 8 months counting training camp through Super Bowl
NBA:
September- June 10 months counting training camp to NBA Finals
Posted on 3/31/14 at 8:01 pm to tduecen
I do wish that things ended early October, instead of late Oct and early November.
I wish the regular season ended mid Sept instead of at the end of the month.
I wish the regular season ended mid Sept instead of at the end of the month.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 8:01 pm to tduecen
Ok, ok I get what you're saying.
I'll rephrase. I think with the number of games played, it makes it hard to care.
I'll rephrase. I think with the number of games played, it makes it hard to care.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 8:03 pm to cas4t
Because there is a game every night so if you miss one or two it isn't a big deal, but I think it does a great job with the length to weed out teams and the best teams rise to the top.
I actually watched basketball when they had the reduced season due to the strike, probably first time since Shaq was with Orlando
I actually watched basketball when they had the reduced season due to the strike, probably first time since Shaq was with Orlando
Posted on 3/31/14 at 8:40 pm to tduecen
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but I think it does a great job with the length to weed out teams and the best teams rise to the top.
i've never really looked at it like this
interesting
Posted on 3/31/14 at 9:22 pm to tduecen
That's why the NBA is great. The best teams always rise just like baseball. Which is why I love both but have severe issues with the idiotic wildcard game.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 9:36 pm to DMagic
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That's why the NBA is great. The best teams always rise just like baseball. Which is why I love both but have severe issues with the idiotic wildcard game.
What league doesn't have the best teams rising to the top?
Posted on 3/31/14 at 9:40 pm to Sleeping Tiger
Just comparing the two by the length of the season nothing more. You're reading too much into my statement.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 9:50 pm to DMagic
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Just comparing the two by the length of the season nothing more. You're reading too much into my statement.
If all pro leagues are the proper length to determine the best teams then I don't see the value in your comment - 'that's what is so great about the NBA'.
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