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JAttractive · 10-03-2002, 11:51 AM

I can understand your viewpoint but this is not a healthy sport (like football is). Do you want to keep it the traditional way even if it may mean baseball continues to decline and perhaps one day disappear almost entirely?

Of my whole circle of friends I am the only one that watches or even cares for baseball (they prefer hockey, rugby, football, soccer, basketball etc.). None of them can understand how I can enjoy such a "boring" sport and YET these same guys did watch the Jays in their playoff runs and cheered just as loudly beside me. So they could be pulled over but they need to feel that excitement more often. Not feeling any drama for years at a time will not keep fans who are just sitting on the fence right now.

I guess you could argue "we don't want those types of fans" but I disagree. As the number of fans declines you run the risk of the sport disappearing from the major news events or sections entirely which could be a death blow to the sport and league. You also will see fewer and fewer talented players as athletes take up other more "exciting" sports leaving us with a less enjoyable product. Finally sitting at a stadium when it has 50,000 fans cheering is a hell of a lot more exciting than with 10-20,000. Even if this sort of fan is there for a different reason than I am just having the extra people at the game makes it more fun for me.

I definitely understand where you are coming from but I think it is time to adapt to baseball's sad situation. If this was an increasingly popular sport, even one maintaining it's popularity, I would agree however.

10-03-2002, 11:51 AM	#32
JAttractive All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Posts: 1,135	I can understand your viewpoint but this is not a healthy sport (like football is). Do you want to keep it the traditional way even if it may mean baseball continues to decline and perhaps one day disappear almost entirely? Of my whole circle of friends I am the only one that watches or even cares for baseball (they prefer hockey, rugby, football, soccer, basketball etc.). None of them can understand how I can enjoy such a "boring" sport and YET these same guys did watch the Jays in their playoff runs and cheered just as loudly beside me. So they could be pulled over but they need to feel that excitement more often. Not feeling any drama for years at a time will not keep fans who are just sitting on the fence right now. I guess you could argue "we don't want those types of fans" but I disagree. As the number of fans declines you run the risk of the sport disappearing from the major news events or sections entirely which could be a death blow to the sport and league. You also will see fewer and fewer talented players as athletes take up other more "exciting" sports leaving us with a less enjoyable product. Finally sitting at a stadium when it has 50,000 fans cheering is a hell of a lot more exciting than with 10-20,000. Even if this sort of fan is there for a different reason than I am just having the extra people at the game makes it more fun for me. I definitely understand where you are coming from but I think it is time to adapt to baseball's sad situation. If this was an increasingly popular sport, even one maintaining it's popularity, I would agree however.