Baseball was the most popular sport for most of the 20th century by being the one best suited to newspaper, radio, and regional broadcasts. Those things have been dying for the past couple decades. They keep making money by playing so many games during months with little competition.
The drug issue didn't do much at all to change baseball's popularity. What it did, was show how weird and irrational the fans are. Those are the people who held on to "tradition" even if it meant ending up with just a small fraction of the NFL's popularity. But they're also the people who are able to support 30 teams with an average value of over $1 billion.
The drug issue didn't do much at all to change baseball's popularity. What it did, was show how weird and irrational the fans are. Those are the people who held on to "tradition" even if it meant ending up with just a small fraction of the NFL's popularity. But they're also the people who are able to support 30 teams with an average value of over $1 billion.
Albi you wont be sorry if you do.. I was there about 5 years ago..it was gradual at first..guys like rajon rondo and dwayne wade if born in latin america wouldve been training baseball starting at 11-12.. Those are the type of athletes that are being developed, yet in still u get guys like altuve that defy the odds and become a superstar based on 100 pct ability.. Dudes comin out o
f the pen in waves sitting 98 with plus sliders.. Freaking starters sitting 98.. Delarosa for arizona the other night was sitting 97 mxing a pretty damn good slider and he got rocked.. The ability of these hitters is incredable..obviously the Ks have skyrocketed but lookit the stuff their facing.. Ima post a video of danny salazar for you..striking out 10, yes 10 in 3 and 2/3rd innings.. This is a strater that i saw rhrow a 100 mph fastball in the 8th inning beond his 100 th pitch.. And he is clevelands 3rd starter.. Oh and this dude has arsenal .. Jose fernandez post tj still has morbid stuff.. And syndagaard is throwing somthing noone has ever seen in history, a 98 mph slider with movement that the catcher is having difficulty with.. And i can keep going dude
f the pen in waves sitting 98 with plus sliders.. Freaking starters sitting 98.. Delarosa for arizona the other night was sitting 97 mxing a pretty damn good slider and he got rocked.. The ability of these hitters is incredable..obviously the Ks have skyrocketed but lookit the stuff their facing.. Ima post a video of danny salazar for you..striking out 10, yes 10 in 3 and 2/3rd innings.. This is a strater that i saw rhrow a 100 mph fastball in the 8th inning beond his 100 th pitch.. And he is clevelands 3rd starter.. Oh and this dude has arsenal .. Jose fernandez post tj still has morbid stuff.. And syndagaard is throwing somthing noone has ever seen in history, a 98 mph slider with movement that the catcher is having difficulty with.. And i can keep going dude
NFL is definitely number #1. With their pushing back the start date of the draft, they intentionally wanted to stay in the spotlight later into the spring. Basketball and hockey playoffs are starting so the focus is on them right now. They do have a show called baseball tonight dedicated to baseball but I generally agree that basesball has fallen off mainly due IMO to the post steroids era. Prior to that era it had fallen off due to the labor strikes. Greedy bastards. It's just not as exciting a spectator sport as all the other major sports.
my only point is their waves of dudes like this displaying extraordinary skills in mlb right now.. forget about the aging dudes.. their are some young really exciting players trying to become harness their talent and become seasoned pro's right before out eyes no matter the org just about every org has em both in the its and the next wave on the way in the minors.. even when they flame and don't harness it or master the mental part.. still exciting, on to the next
heres a dude same size and position basically as bobby grich and marty barett (both good 2b) .. do u ever recall them going deep opposite field LIKE THIS? .. not saying caviar baez is gonna be great, i have my doubts.. but shit he just got called up yesterday as he started season on dl and is going to be the cubs super utility player.. like i said i think he will struggle but gonna fun either way, interesting to see if this dude heats up.. this oppo bomb was in last seasons NLDS by the way
kansas city..st.louis.. cubs.. hungry hungry fan bases .. they show up and are into the game and love their players.. when oscar tavares died in car crash last year cards fans reached out to and rallied behind carlos martinez as best they could.. carlos martinez another young superstar on the verge..established himself as a damn good starter last year..wanna watch an exciting player watch this cat pitch in front of his home crowd
Well this is all on paper but most think we have more talented pitchers on the farm now then we did the Glavine, Smoltz, Avery days
