Sunday, April 20, 2008
Number Three: Poor Ole Baseball
When the hockey season starts, there are no playoffs being played in another sport. When the football season starts, no playoffs are being played. The same is also true for basketball. So why is it that when the baseball season starts, they have to contend with the NHL and NBA playoffs cutting into their time? Sure, some fans come out to see baseball, but most of them are seeing exciting basketball or hockey action in a packed house. It is rare to see a packed house in baseball anymore, especially during the first month or so, and that is because playoff action is more exciting and has more team impact than the regular season. Why would people want to see players give a 50% effort on the diamond instead of elbows flying in an intense playoff match up? The answer is they don't, and baseball has to do something about it. They could shorten the preseason and start the season sooner, giving people a chance to see the opening couple of weeks of hardball instead of ditching baseball for a more exciting match up. Whatever they do though, they should probably do it quick, because if baseball loses fans and people don't go to the games, they will lose some serious dough.
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I definitely agree. I think that baseball has its fans but not more than basketball and hockey combined. And what about those people that like both? Is it really fair to have to choose between your games. I don't think so!! Good Post!!
Hi Lucas McSports,
You sure know a lot about sports!
I think people in the US care about baseball and Canadians care about hockey, so it doesn't really matter that that the hockey playoffs are at the same time as baseball, but what do I know!
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