Baseball in Cricket stadiums

[Cryomaniac]

Originally Posted by ukhotstove

I'd have to go with the NFL having a much larger fanbase than the MLB in the UK, no solid facts but going of the fact that Sky show the NFL and don't show MLB games would have me believe that more money is to be made from the NFL games rather than the MLB games. Setanta show MLB games over here along with Channel 5 but you'd think if there was money to be made then Sky would outbid them.

I dunno, Setanta and Five between them have a decent audience, but yeah, I'm suprised Sky haven't outbid either of them yet.

Originally Posted by shefffred

American Football is more popular than baseball here, although gridiron is on the wane here.

I don't agree that it's on the wane here. I know more people than I ever have who are gridiron fans, and, to me at least, the following seems to be growing.

[darkcloud4579]

All very interesting perspectives!

[canadiancreed]

Originally Posted by eriqjaffe

"Very Large Portion Of Cheese Fries"

This isn't an article on baseball in Quebec

[andy m]

Originally Posted by shefffred

American Football is more popular than baseball here, although gridiron is on the wane here.

are you kidding? it was on the wane through the 90s and probably the early parts of the 21st century but are you aware of:

http://www.nfllondon2007.co.uk/

half a million requests for tickets were received! american football is at it's greatest level of popularity here since the days of the 85 bears.

[andy m]

Originally Posted by ukhotstove

purists want test match cricket and county cricket and the Playstation genre want limited overs cricket and fast scoring games.

both have their merits. i love test match cricket, but 20-20 will bring new fans to the game.

[eriqjaffe]

Originally Posted by andy m

american football is at it's greatest level of popularity here since the days of the 85 bears.

That was largely due to the notoriously mercurial British pop music machine and "The Super Bowl Shuffle", right?