Is Baseball Dead?

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<p>Is anyone watching baseball anymore? Except for a few markets such as NY, it does not appear that many people follow American’s pasttime.</p>

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<p>I’m sitting in front of the tv right now watching baseball…and I’m a Phillies fan…not an easy thing to be :)</p>

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<p>Momfirst–I"m a Mets fan…sorry…</p>

<p>Razorsharp–every game i’ve been to has been sellout or near to it.</p>

<p>Nationals/marlins are two cellar-dwelling teams. overall, baseball numbers are great–not only not dead, but doing absolutely fine!</p>

<p>Can’t wait till post-season!!!</p>

<p>Edit: just checked, the attendance for the three games I attended was 56,137, 56,227, 52,655. (In April, May, and August). Seems pretty healthy to me.</p>

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<p>momfirst- Phillies fan here, too. GO PHILS!</p>

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<p>Tigers fan here. Still hard to get tickets. We love our sports</p>

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<p>Love My Yankees!! Will It Be 8 In A Row Tonight?? Yessss!!!</p>

<p>PS Although I must say I have absolutely no interest in watching any other team play - unless of course they are playing the Yankees!</p>

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<p>Razorsharp:</p>

<p>You should move to Boston. Fenway Park seems to be sold out every time!</p>

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<p>Actually, thats a good reason not to move here. Fenway has been sold out for every game for the last 3 years. Bleacher seats (face value $25) go for $150. For the Yankees this weekend, $200.</p>

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<p>Diehard RED SOX fan here - been to several games :slight_smile: - all sold out :smiley: - there is NO place like FENWAY :):):)</p>

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<p>One HUGE Phillies fan (my 15yo S- bought a subscription to mlb.com to watch every single game online- and the hooting and hollering out of the study lately is very entertaining!), and H is a big time Yankees fan.
Actually, any and all games are watched in this house. For me, it’s only college hoops!</p>

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<p>WOW! I didn’t know there were so many Phillies fans on here! </p>

<p>I’m not alone!</p>

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<p>Cardinal fan here… been a rough year in Cardinal Nation.</p>

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<p>Red Sox Nation - making almost every park the Sox play in (except Yankee Stadium) feel like a “home” game.</p>

<p>When the Sox won the World Series, the next day a lot of people were seen in graveyards, sitting next to gravestones, talking and bringing little tokens. They went to “visit” their fathers, grandfathers, and other relatives who lived their whole lives without seeing a championship and never gave up on their team, and to tell them their loyalty had finally been rewarded.</p>

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<p>Woody, sorry that Frank ruined your wish for tonight. :slight_smile: The Jays attendance has improved in recent years but it’s about half of what it was back in the early 90’s when they won two World Series and welcomed 4 million plus fans for three years in a row. I think they’re averaging about 30,000 a game these days. Baseball certainly isn’t dead in Toronto but it’s not difficult to get a ticket, unlike hockey, where it’s pretty near impossible.</p>

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If Boston will have me, I’m there! Thanks for the invitation.</p>

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<p>Marlins attendance has been sucking for years, nothing special. They won a series and then the owner promptly gave the team an acid bath, selling off parts of value and leaving a near-dead husk in its stead.</p>

<p>Still rooting for the Cubs from 2,000 miles away, hoping for a Cubs-Bosox series. I’m in a mixed marriage…TheMom is a Cardinals fan.</p>

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<p>I’ve heard that Red Sox fans travel to other cities to watch their team play, because they can’t get tickets at Fenway. True?</p>

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<p>I don’t know if that’s the case or if they travel out of loyalty. I read that at at home Tampa Bay matches, there are more Sox fans than Devil Rays fans. Maybe Double Play can tell us whether that’s correct.</p>

<p>But Fenway Park is smaller than many other baseball venues so it’s easy for it be sold out.</p>

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<p>Go Brewers.
Baseball alive and well in the Midwest
Just had a discussion with a mom at a soccer game as to why she wanted her son to play soccer instead of baseball when he was little.
Said baseball was too much individual pressure and didn’t want her son to feel badly when he struck out or missed that pop-up.
I say that’s what makes baseball a character building sport with the right coaches.</p>

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<p>Go to Venezela to see rabid fans. Unbelievable!</p>