(04-04-2023, 06:51 AM)JagsorDie Wrote:

(04-04-2023, 02:50 AM)Eric1 Wrote: Baseball is still dying though. Changing the game by making new rules and shaving off 20 minutes of game time isn't bringing in new viewers. All it's doing is making the same old viewers happy, or mad.

Happy because they don't have to waste an extra 20 minutes watching a baseball game, or mad because they paid X amount of $$ to get less of a show and have to go home earlier.

It may be a 20 min average but the pace is far quicker imo. I don’t watch baseball much at all(may have watched two or three games in last 4 years) but have watched two games already this year because it is much more enjoyable for for a casual fan like me.

Maybe it is just me but it also appears to be much more offensive with higher scores than in the past. It has to be easier for a batter to know the pitch is coming within X amount of seconds. That is also coming from a casual fan so I could be wrong. 

With basketball going in the wrong direction as far as rules and style of play(simulating fouls to get to the free throw line and refs seemingly blowing the whistle more often than not in the paint) I think baseball has a great opportunity to move up in ratings.