What could be more American than Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and Chevrolet?
Major League Baseball is doing just fine. Unlike the N.F.L. and the N.B.A., it has been free of labor strife for nearly 20 years. It has more exciting young stars than I can ever remember. It has even achieved that elusive “competitive balance,” with seven different champions over the last decade. Teams across the country are playing in brand-new ballparks that they somehow persuaded local governments to help pay for. Over the last 20 years, baseball revenues have grown from roughly $1 billion to nearly $8 billion.
But the game that we affectionately call our national pastime seems to have lost its cultural relevance — at least compared to football and basketball, and now SOCCER!
Will you be watching?
I prefer baseball. It is more American and has been a free strife for nearly 20 years. Also it's a well paid healthy game.
ReplyDeleteI would watch the game if base ball was a fast as it used to be. It says the game would be under and hour and fast like in the 1910's. I have work tonight and no time to watch it.
I would change the speed and some of the players in the game. I feel tv makes it to friendly than what the actual teams feel for each other. When James earl jones narrates baseball it sounds very interesting.
The 2nd thing I would change is different rules. In the 50-60's it had the worlds undivided attention. But it's the same outcome every time and they could change things with different rules.-Brice