Here in Boston we have a team that is 62-29 and there is little buzz over the Red Sox.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The Red Sox may be red-hot, but baseball is striking out in every way
Is it any surprise that MLB attendance is taking a hit? Twenty one of 30 teams are down from last year and baseball is on pace for its lowest total attendance since 2003.
Folks are staying away and who can blame them? The product is not keeping up with the times and it is not very good.
Here in baseball-savvy Boston, the Olde Towne Team is playing at a near-record pace, but it seems that local sports fans only want to talk about the Celtics and NBA free agency. Tom Brady and Julian Edelman. Try to find good baseball conversation. Spend an hour alternating between the Sports Hub and WEEI and take note of how little baseball conversation you hear. Unless there’s yet another caller bashing David Price, the Sox don’t generate much sports talk these days.
Baseball has become the sanctuary of senior citizens. Hardcore baseball fans are the same people who have land lines in their home and still read daily newspapers. Anybody seen my Sporting News?
Pace of play has made the game largely unwatchable on television. The estimable Tom Verducci recently put his stopwatch to work and calculated that the average time between balls in play is 3 minutes 45 seconds.
This is unacceptable. It is killing the sport. There is simply not enough action.
People still love baseball and it is supported well at the minor league level where a head of household can use their debit card to take the family to the game instead of a credit card.
Hockey and MLB share the same problem as one the local team is out of contention or eliminated there is no interest in the sport, while the NBA can market star power and the NFL is in another universe.
MLB attendance is down but that is more because so many teams are already out it with the biggest drop in Toronto. Miami is a disaster, Detroit is down and the White Sox are close to being irreverent.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The Red Sox may be red-hot, but baseball is striking out in every way
Is it any surprise that MLB attendance is taking a hit? Twenty one of 30 teams are down from last year and baseball is on pace for its lowest total attendance since 2003.
Folks are staying away and who can blame them? The product is not keeping up with the times and it is not very good.
Here in baseball-savvy Boston, the Olde Towne Team is playing at a near-record pace, but it seems that local sports fans only want to talk about the Celtics and NBA free agency. Tom Brady and Julian Edelman. Try to find good baseball conversation. Spend an hour alternating between the Sports Hub and WEEI and take note of how little baseball conversation you hear. Unless there’s yet another caller bashing David Price, the Sox don’t generate much sports talk these days.
Baseball has become the sanctuary of senior citizens. Hardcore baseball fans are the same people who have land lines in their home and still read daily newspapers. Anybody seen my Sporting News?
Pace of play has made the game largely unwatchable on television. The estimable Tom Verducci recently put his stopwatch to work and calculated that the average time between balls in play is 3 minutes 45 seconds.
This is unacceptable. It is killing the sport. There is simply not enough action.
People still love baseball and it is supported well at the minor league level where a head of household can use their debit card to take the family to the game instead of a credit card.
Hockey and MLB share the same problem as one the local team is out of contention or eliminated there is no interest in the sport, while the NBA can market star power and the NFL is in another universe.
MLB attendance is down but that is more because so many teams are already out it with the biggest drop in Toronto. Miami is a disaster, Detroit is down and the White Sox are close to being irreverent.