The Decline of Baseball in America

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by smokew11

yeah, i dont agree with using the 2001 WS as a measuring stick

Absolutely not, it's the exception for a G7, not the rule... for every reason that spoot mentioned above.

[BAHHHTIWaC]

Originally Posted by scrock25

Absolutely not, it's the exception for a G7, not the rule... for every reason that spoot mentioned above.

"Yeah, but the ratings from 2014 are way down from 2001, so I don't acknowledge anything you've just said. How do you explain that drop in ratings from 2001 to 2014?!?!"

[scrock25]

lolo....

[neumdogg]

Originally Posted by YankeesDMB41

The 01 world series game 7 had close to 40 million people watching it...this year's game 7 was like 24 million...to me that says something...to do it doesnt, which is cool with me. I've gotten to ths point where I just dont feel the need to argue this point. you have your facts to argue your point, and I have mine.

If 9/11 happened in 2014 to a city that was represented in the WS, you bet your ass 40 million people would be watching. That says nothing about popularity. It says everything about world events.

[neumdogg]

The issue here is that he is blatantly ignoring facts that people have presented. He has is so far down this rabbit hole that he created, he will never admit defeat. Defeat doesn't necessarily mean that everyone is right and he's wrong though. It's very black and white to him.

Everytime in this thread where he says "that argument doesn't work for me" shows that he just needs to be validated.

[neumdogg]

Originally Posted by YankeesDMB41

mentioning regional attendance and regional tv ratings tells me nothing about the national popularity of the game, So i dont bother answering to those. I know people watch their teams, that's nothing new. The only real measure of national popularity is the All-Star game, ESPN, FOX, and Playoff games

How do you argue with someone who blatantly just says he's not going to argue with your facts? It's impossible to argue with Yankees.

[cazzie34]

He probably thinks global warming isn't happening because 1998 was really hot. WE'VE PLATEAUED!

[cruscott35]

Originally Posted by YankeesDMB41

I made the qb thread bc i wanted to see what the concensus was after the superbowl...this thread i made bc i had this thought and wanted to see what people thinked..if u read the first 4 pages, people agreed with what i was saying...dont know why you re attacking me

The first four pages of this thread should've been aborted. Really bad takes in there.

[neumdogg]

Happy Decline day to everyone!!

[thebridge15]

wasn't opening night on espn 2 last night? probably not the best time to bump this thread

[Rebecca De Mornay]

Originally Posted by thebridge15

wasn't opening night on espn 2 last night? probably not the best time to bump this thread

well yeah but that's because women's college basketball was on regular ESPN.

[Rebecca De Mornay]

speaking of last night, tuned in for a few innings, had no idea what a cluster fuck the situation is with the bleachers at wrigley. doesn't sound like it could be avoided but wow, that's got to be killing the cubs revenue wise.

[Absolute34]

Originally Posted by Rebecca De Mornay

speaking of last night, tuned in for a few innings, had no idea what a cluster fuck the situation is with the bleachers at wrigley. doesn't sound like it could be avoided but wow, that's got to be killing the cubs revenue wise.

I heard they considered playing all home games in Milwaukee at one point. Bathroom situation was supposedly atrocious as well.

[thebridge15]

Originally Posted by Rebecca De Mornay

well yeah but that's because women's college basketball was on regular ESPN.

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[Rebecca De Mornay]

Originally Posted by Absolute34

I heard they considered playing all home games in Milwaukee at one point. Bathroom situation was supposedly atrocious as well.

that would have been even worse. there's another major league team in chicago, they wouldn't have considered sharing that stadium before going to Milwaulkee.

Originally Posted by thebridge15

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sorry, my post was dripping in sarcasm.

[sbuzzz]

Originally Posted by Rebecca De Mornay

that would have been even worse. there's another major league team in chicago, they wouldn't have considered sharing that stadium before going to Milwaulkee.

I think they discussed that, becuase due to the roof, all the games could be scheduled and confirmed that they were going to be played.

[Rebecca De Mornay]

Originally Posted by sbuzzz

I think they discussed that, becuase due to the roof, all the games could be scheduled and confirmed that they were going to be played.

well that just makes sense.

[sbuzzz]

Originally Posted by Rebecca De Mornay

well that just makes sense.

Sorry. I will excuse myself ffrom thr thread. I am certain OP did not want any actual sense talked in here.

[DMBZeppelin]

Originally Posted by Rebecca De Mornay

that would have been even worse. there's another major league team in chicago, they wouldn't have considered sharing that stadium before going to Milwaulkee.

Milwaukee was considered before U.S. Cellular because the White Sox owner wouldn't be willing to help the Cubs out. It take MLB twisting his arm to make that happen. It also probably wouldn't be a good look if the Cubs outdrew the White Sox at their own park.

[BAHHHTIWaC]

Guys the Yankees weren't playing Opening Night and so the game was on ESPN2 and so nobody watched and there was a weird box on my tv all night and so that led me to stop watching which means everyone stopped watching and then the score was only 3-0 which means people were bored (because offense) and so they stopped watching and if the Yankees don't win the World Series or the Red Sox don't overcome an 86-year drought BASEBALL'S GONNA BE DEADER THAN IT ALREADY IS!!!!

[RiotAct]

what happened with the Wrigz bleachers?

[DMBZeppelin]

Originally Posted by RiotAct

what happened with the Wrigz bleachers?

All of Wrigley is under construction. They tore the bleachers out completely and actually expanded Wrigley. The two way street by the bleachers is now a one way street.

The bleachers got delayed because last year they realized the water main system was really old. So the city wanted to replace it since the area was all dug up anyways. That delayed construction. Winter cold lasting longer also delayed construction. They could have caught up but the mayor declined to extend construction hours because he's in a runoff election.

[Absolute34]

opening day and i'm already bored. baseball needs to be euthanized.

[Roose13]

Originally Posted by thebridge15

wasn't opening night on espn 2 last night? probably not the best time to bump this thread

Can you imagine if the women's FF doesn't get ESPN coverage? It would be a mess. Right decision to put that on ESPN and baseball on 2. Baseball fans know where to look. Nothing to do with a decline.

[sbuzzz]

Does anybody get ESPN and NOT get ESPN2?

[snow1868]

Originally Posted by sbuzzz

Does anybody get ESPN and NOT get ESPN2?

Doubtful.

[MOWJO8185]

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/201...e-2010/385351/

[bartender_man]

Originally Posted by neumdogg

Happy Decline day to everyone!!

[Klize17]

I saw this on Twitter today and thought of this thread.

@MLB_PR: The cumulative attendance of 3,093,382 for the first 2 weekends was the most ever, eclipsing 2,978,303 during the first 2 weekends in 2005.

[sbuzzz]

Originally Posted by Klize17

I saw this on Twitter today and thought of this thread.

@MLB_PR: The cumulative attendance of 3,093,382 for the first 2 weekends was the most ever, eclipsing 2,978,303 during the first 2 weekends in 2005.

Yeah, but how many household names were there?