Braves make trade with teen for Chipper's 450th HR

[Dolphins23]

Look at the superbowl/ world seires ratings. It says it all. Collin Cowherd says it best my friend. Now I'm not trying to down play the die hard fans. Because I know a lot of guys on here love the hobby of collecting there past time. And that I can appreciate. But its just the fact that the game itself is boring. The collecting is cool, but the game IMO ehhh.

[Dolphins23]

I said major sports

Football
basketball
hockey
baseball

And take the Marlins for instance. Some fan base 305 people at a game this year. My dolphins who play in the same stadium draw a lot more and they are horrid. Why is that?

[Dolphins23]

I know im going to take heat from all the baseball fans saying show me the proof and all that, but truth of the matter is they just don't want to accept the fact that baseball is on its way down every year. Until they develop a salary cap its going to continue to have no excitment for the avg city fan.

And what the Braves did to that girl was an absoulte joke and they took advantage of another baseball fan, just like they did the jeter 3000th kid. They just don't think of the fans and could care less.

[Dolphins23]

http://bizofbaseball.com/index.php?o...ion&Itemid=122


Heres another credited source. MLB itself!

[LastingsMilledge85]

And this is why baseball is where it is today. (Lowest ratings in the nation as far as sports)

I said major sports

Football
basketball
hockey
baseball

Not once you said that

And take the Marlins for instance. Some fan base 305 people at a game this year. My dolphins who play in the same stadium draw a lot more and they are horrid. Why is that?

The Marlins play how many home games in a season? 81. Your Dolphins? 0. The Miami Dolphins? 8. That's a big chunk as to why.

[Dolphins23]

Not once you said that




The Marlins play how many home games in a season? 81. Your Dolphins? 0. The Miami Dolphins? 8. That's a big chunk as to why.

If the Dolphins played 1000 games there a season they would draw more then 300 fans.

[Dolphins23]

Lastings I understand you love baseball and your going to defend it and I would do the same if I loved the sport. So I'm not saying there are no fans out there. What I'm saying is the Avg fan will not watch a baseball game over a football fan. Not talking the Die hards who grew up going to the games and watching the games when they were great! That ended in the 90's for me though.

And If you can honestly say that the game is a better sport today than it was in 1980's than thats your opinion.


Now I ask Lastings. Is the sport better today? Or better back in the 80's-90's

[LastingsMilledge85]

If the Dolphins played 1000 games there a season they would draw more then 300 fans.

Is this a joke? 1000 games, I know you are exaggerating but your numbers are laughable. The Marlins averaged 18,770 fans per game in 2009 (2010 stats aren't released yet). It's going to take a lot more than 300 fans per game to reach that number. The Marlins are in the worst market for baseball, so you are comparing the worst team attendance to a middle-market NFL team.

Lastings I understand you love baseball and your going to defend it and I would do the same if I loved the sport. So I'm not saying there are no fans out there. What I'm saying is the Avg fan will not watch a baseball game over a football fan. Not talking the Die hards who grew up going to the games and watching the games when they were great! That ended in the 90's for me though.

I love baseball and football, but I'm going to stand behind sanity and realism. I'm not sticking up for baseball per say. There's a reason why I rarely post on here anymore, and posts like these speak volumes. But when I see ridiculous false statements on here, someone has to stand up.

Now I ask Lastings. Is the sport better today? Or better back in the 80's-90's

Well, the '90s was the steroids era, so the sport wasn't better, but the homeruns flocked people to the games and television. '80s? Wasn't watching.

[OaklandAsFan]

I said major sports

Football
basketball
hockey
baseball

And take the Marlins for instance. Some fan base 305 people at a game this year. My dolphins who play in the same stadium draw a lot more and they are horrid. Why is that?

well first and foremost you are talking about 81 home games a year vs 8 so of course more people are gonna show up.

[Dolphins23]

well first and foremost you are talking about 81 home games a year vs 8 so of course more people are gonna show up.

No I know you guys are right. I guess its a hard argument when dealing with opinions.

I just feel baseball dose not have the appeal to me that it once had. Just my opinion. I used to love baseball growing up because it was an outdoor summer sport that was awsome to go watch. But now I just can't stomach it anymore. I guess It's because I'm young and need more action to keep attention spane. They say with age you learn to appreciate the pace of baseball a lot more. So maybe when I'm in my 40's-50's (taken I live that long) I will appreciate the game more than I do now.