I think that the team owners are more to blame than the players, but I am wishing both sides give a little soon. I don’t believe baseball is a dying sport. While baseball TV ratings are a fraction of what they were a few decades ago, they still lead the regional cable/broadcast ratings in almost all markets. That said, I think baseball can tighten up its game and not have the games run so damn long! Bringing ticket and concession prices back down to earth would help tremendously as well. When I go to Nats Park, I usually bring food from outside the ballpark where it’s cheaper. You can also bring beverages from outside as long as its in a closed container. Finally, its become fashionable to dismiss baseball as a sport that “skews old”, but if Millennials and Gen Z can make vinyl records, dead tree books and even audio cassettes hip and cool again I see no reason that they can’t do the same for baseball if it tightened up its game and made it more affordable. The teams ain’t nothing without their fans, after all.
I think that the team owners are more to blame than the players, but I am wishing both sides give a little soon. I don’t believe baseball is a dying sport. While baseball TV ratings are a fraction of what they were a few decades ago, they still lead the regional cable/broadcast ratings in almost all markets. That said, I think baseball can tighten up its game and not have the games run so damn long! Bringing ticket and concession prices back down to earth would help tremendously as well. When I go to Nats Park, I usually bring food from outside the ballpark where it’s cheaper. You can also bring beverages from outside as long as its in a closed container. Finally, its become fashionable to dismiss baseball as a sport that “skews old”, but if Millennials and Gen Z can make vinyl records, dead tree books and even audio cassettes hip and cool again I see no reason that they can’t do the same for baseball if it tightened up its game and made it more affordable. The teams ain’t nothing without their fans, after all.