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Old 09-26-2016, 07:25 AM   #31
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all the major sports are basically an east coast sport with handful of fans in other states
30k more people went to Tuscaloosa Alabama to see The Tide play Kent St than went to St Pete to see the Red Sox play in 3 combined days
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    As for the subject matter of the thread, I can kind of see what OP is getting at here. Baseball seems like it has the least amount of interference from the top end, meaning the commissioner/owners.

    In the NFL, the owners control everything and Fuhrer Goodell makes it happen. There are so many mandates handed down from the commissioner's office. Rules are changing/being added every season, there are very strict guidelines about uniforms, it's the most fun to watch on TV but it's also easily the most regulated.

    The NBA had the Stern conspiracy theory going for forever. There is also one confirmed case of a ref taking some scratch to have an impact on the games regarding spreads and totals. So there will be that shadow over the league for a long time.

    I don't follow the NHL quite as closely but I feel like people absolutely despise Gary Bettman.

    Baseball, for all its flaws with steroids/PEDs, at the moment seems to be the most "pure" regarding outside/upper level interference. The stuff about the umps is just silly, though, there are umpiring decisions involved on literally every single pitch, so to say that it's the least officiated sport is factually inaccurate. Also, Jim Joyce/Armando Galarraga shows just how much impact an ump can have on one game.
    I'd argue against that. I know this has been posted and reposted 100 times, but - http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014...02852055561406

    I'm honestly over the NFL (and football in general). I'm a firm believer in Cuban's opinion of the NFL.

    I guess I understand the questions a little better...I don't think anyone can look at the NBA and say that's it. Look at the Chris Paul trade. It's clearly not the NFL with the Wizard of Oz and his ball inflating nonsense.

    So we're down to MLB and the NHL. Bettman and the NHLPA took one complete season and another half season completely away from us, so definitely not them. Plus the trapezoid is fucking garbage.

    Which leaves MLB. So I guess it wins by default? The pushing of the all-star game to determine home field is pretty dumb, and them trying to recreate the magic of the end of the 2011 season with these wild card games is pretty dumb, too...but not as bad as the shit every other league does.

    So yay MLB?
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    Well run, or the easiest not to fuck up? I would say other than the NHL, refereeing/Umpiring in MLB is the worst out of the rest of the major sports.
    I think it seems worse b/c they make a call on every single pitch. So, there's probably at least 2-3 calls in a game that you disagree with. That's out of hundreds of calls. Given that the error rate is pretty low. 1-3% maybe? Compared the the NFL where every call they make seems like the wrong one.
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    30k more people went to Tuscaloosa Alabama to see The Tide play Kent St than went to St Pete to see the Red Sox play in 3 combined days
    What's your point? 135,000+ showed up last year to watch the Minnesota high school hockey tournament.
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    30k more people went to Tuscaloosa Alabama to see The Tide play Kent St than went to St Pete to see the Red Sox play in 3 combined days
    Probably shouldn't use Tampa Bay as a basis for comparison.
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    Well run, or the easiest not to fuck up? I would say other than the NHL, refereeing/Umpiring in MLB is the worst out of the rest of the major sports.
    NBA is BY FAR the worst.
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    I think it seems worse b/c they make a call on every single pitch. So, there's probably at least 2-3 calls in a game that you disagree with. That's out of hundreds of calls. Given that the error rate is pretty low. 1-3% maybe? Compared the the NFL where every call they make seems like the wrong one.
    Correct, MLB is probably the most subjective when it comes to umpiring/officiating.
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    well Tampa sucks for all sports teams.
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    NFL Is the worst officiating of the 4, and ruin the game. Its almost as if the refs feel that fans are paying to watch them do their jobs.
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    Well run, or the easiest not to fuck up? I would say other than the NHL, refereeing/Umpiring in MLB is the worst out of the rest of the major sports.
    That's not even remotely accurate. NBA and NFL have a monopoly on horrific officiating. NHL I can't say because I'm not as familiar with the rules of hockey or how well they enforce them, and I really only watch the playoffs. But NBA and NFL officiating are laughably bad.

    If you watch MLB at all, most broadcasts have some type of "K-zone" now, and home plate umpires are remarkably consistent with keeping their calls in line with that technology. Sure, they'll miss the occasional call, but when you're dealing with well over 200 pitches per game, you're going to miss a few. When you think about watching a small ball come at you from 60 feet away at 75-100 mph and movement, and you have to accurately judge not only if the ball went over the plate, but if it was between the knees and letters on the hitter, being that accurate is insanely difficult.
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    I'd argue against that. I know this has been posted and reposted 100 times, but - http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014...02852055561406

    I'm honestly over the NFL (and football in general). I'm a firm believer in Cuban's opinion of the NFL.

    I guess I understand the questions a little better...I don't think anyone can look at the NBA and say that's it. Look at the Chris Paul trade. It's clearly not the NFL with the Wizard of Oz and his ball inflating nonsense.

    So we're down to MLB and the NHL. Bettman and the NHLPA took one complete season and another half season completely away from us, so definitely not them. Plus the trapezoid is fucking garbage.

    Which leaves MLB. So I guess it wins by default? The pushing of the all-star game to determine home field is pretty dumb, and them trying to recreate the magic of the end of the 2011 season with these wild card games is pretty dumb, too...but not as bad as the shit every other league does.

    So yay MLB?
    I see what you're saying about football. Even though there's only 11-12 minutes of actual plays being run, you could easily say the same about baseball. How much time is wasted between mound visits, guys stepping out of the box, throwing around between batters after outs, replays. Hockey is great because you're guaranteed 60 minutes of action in the 2.5-3 hours it takes to watch a game. Basketball is pretty continuous, but the ends of games can be brutally dragged out.

    The thing that's great about football is more the week-to-week stuff, seeing how teams/players bounce back from a bad performance, the injury drama, etc. With the advent of fantasy the past decade and what seems like a resurgence/popularity in straight-up gambling the past 5 years, there are more people invested in watching the NFL than ever before. And even within the game itself, there are battles for field position, plenty of excitement during the plays themselves, etc. So even though by the numbers there's only 11-12 minutes of actual action, it's still a pretty encapsulating 3 hours of TV to watch a football game.
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    all the major sports are basically an east coast sport with handful of fans in other states
    This is a bad take
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    some might say it is a hot take
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    That's not even remotely accurate. NBA and NFL have a monopoly on horrific officiating. NHL I can't say because I'm not as familiar with the rules of hockey or how well they enforce them, and I really only watch the playoffs. But NBA and NFL officiating are laughably bad.

    If you watch MLB at all, most broadcasts have some type of "K-zone" now, and home plate umpires are remarkably consistent with keeping their calls in line with that technology. Sure, they'll miss the occasional call, but when you're dealing with well over 200 pitches per game, you're going to miss a few. When you think about watching a small ball come at you from 60 feet away at 75-100 mph and movement, and you have to accurately judge not only if the ball went over the plate, but if it was between the knees and letters on the hitter, being that accurate is insanely difficult.
    NHL is by far the worst, its a consistent mis-interpretation of the rulebook or refs trying to influence games by "letting players play". NBA is inconsistent, but to me its more of the league allowing things to continue as they do, the amount of walks etc, just to let the superstars be superstars. NFL is bad, but again, its the amount of rule tweaks more than the actual officiating, and I actually think its gotten slightly better the last couple years.

    I just think the missed calls in MLB can greatly affect the outcome of games, especially when things are so important this time of year. I just hate the old adage of "things even themselves out throughout the season"
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    I'd argue against that. I know this has been posted and reposted 100 times, but - http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014...02852055561406

    I'm honestly over the NFL (and football in general). I'm a firm believer in Cuban's opinion of the NFL.

    I guess I understand the questions a little better...I don't think anyone can look at the NBA and say that's it. Look at the Chris Paul trade. It's clearly not the NFL with the Wizard of Oz and his ball inflating nonsense.

    So we're down to MLB and the NHL. Bettman and the NHLPA took one complete season and another half season completely away from us, so definitely not them. Plus the trapezoid is fucking garbage.

    Which leaves MLB. So I guess it wins by default? The pushing of the all-star game to determine home field is pretty dumb, and them trying to recreate the magic of the end of the 2011 season with these wild card games is pretty dumb, too...but not as bad as the shit every other league does.

    So yay MLB?
    Didnt know you felt that way. I love it, personally.
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    Probably shouldn't use Tampa Bay as a basis for comparison.
    tv ratings then?


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    the 'biggest baseball rivalry' got about a million viewers... Alabama Ole Miss got 8m.



    or should we use something that doesn't count fans in attendance or tv ratings that will satiate the east coast folk?
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    tv ratings then?


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    the 'biggest baseball rivalry' got about a million viewers... Alabama Ole Miss got 8m.



    or should we use something that doesn't count fans in attendance or tv ratings that will satiate the east coast folk?
    But Jake, the only baseball attendance that matters are those in NY, Boston, Chicago and StL
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    Is Florida not on the east coast anymore or am I missing something?
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    tv ratings then?


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    the 'biggest baseball rivalry' got about a million viewers... Alabama Ole Miss got 8m.


    or should we use something that doesn't count fans in attendance or tv ratings that will satiate the east coast folk?
    Yeah, I'm not too sure it matters.

    You're comparing an Alabama football game to a Tampa Bay Rays baseball game and expecting people to agree with your argument.

    Yes, college football fans historically love the Tide and yes, the Rays get historically low attendance and TV viewership. Not real sure how that proves MLB isn't a majorly popular sport. Which it quite obviously is.
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    Are we even arguing popularity here? Who cares?

    Maybe I'm missing the point of the thread.
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    Are we even arguing popularity here? Who cares?

    Maybe I'm missing the point of the thread.
    That's what I'm cajoling with Jake about, not sure about everybody else. Seems not too many people really know what this thread's about and there's a couple different conversations going on.
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    We're not arguing popularity
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    Cool, that's what I'm talking with Jake about.
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    I honestly don't know what the question is here...
    me either. As Lombardi once said, what the hell is going on in here?
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    Baseball is an east coast sport with fans in Chicago & St Louis.
    Yet there is not an East Coast team in the top 5 of home attendance this year. Also, the 69-87 Angels are outdrawing the Nats, Mets and Orioles this year while the three East Coast teams are either comfortably in the playoffs or have spent the past few months in thick of the Wild Card hunt.
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    Are we even arguing popularity here? Who cares?

    Maybe I'm missing the point of the thread.
    My take on this thread is that the OP is trying to ask whether baseball remains the purest of the majorly popular sports in that its rules have been the least tinkered-with over the years.

    Nobody's going to argue that college football is not insanely popular in the southeastern region of the United States. Baseball is still majorly popular throughout the country as a whole. Football in general has had lots of rule changes since its inception to favor both safety and offense, and the officials' calls in football can have great impact on the game, but so can an umpire's bad call in baseball.
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    maybe Soccer
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    "Is baseball the only true majorly popular professional sport left in America?"

    no

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    tv ratings then?


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    the 'biggest baseball rivalry' got about a million viewers ... Alabama Ole Miss got 8m.



    or should we use something that doesn't count fans in attendance or tv ratings that will satiate the east coast folk?
    Game was on ESPN... Lucky they pulled 1m viewers.
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    Nobody's going to argue that college football is not insanely popular in the southeastern region of the United States.
    This is all I'm saying. It's dumb to compare it to baseball in Tampa Bay in an effort to argue that MLB isn't majorly popular.
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