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

[Dolphins23]

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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.

[Shipp_96]

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http://features.rr.com/article/07pJ79kbfH03S

http://reds.enquirer.com/2002/07/11/red_all-star_tv_ratings.html

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/156284-the-best-and-worst-sports-in-terms-of-sportsmanship

Just a couple of articles. I will get your ratings in a second as oppose to footballs ratings, give me a minute.

Now, don't get me wrong, I love Penn State football like nothing else out there . But, your statement was baseball is the worst rated sport. That is clearly your opinion, and you are entitled to dislike baseball.

But to support your opinion as factual, you used an article that is from 2002? The other is a blog piece about sportsmanship that has nothing to do with ratings. Then you pulled one about the Super Bowl, that adds no merit to your argument at all. I do not believe anyone would argue the popularity of the NFL or the Super Bowl in America. The article about last year's World Series is the only one that is actually valid to your point. But that is one event, not an entire season of rating (playoffs, all star game, etc).

I tend to believe the NHL, NBA and MLS are clearly lower ranked than the MLB is. But that is my opinion .

[Dolphins23]

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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]

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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.

[LastingsMilledge85]

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http://features.rr.com/article/07pJ79kbfH03S

http://reds.enquirer.com/2002/07/11/red_all-star_tv_ratings.html

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/156284-the-best-and-worst-sports-in-terms-of-sportsmanship

Just a couple of articles. I will get your ratings in a second as oppose to footballs ratings, give me a minute.

Exactly like I thought, not one of these articles support the fact the baseball is the lowest rated or watched sport in the United States. By pulling out an article about one World Series and one All-Star Game does not support the fact that baseball, is the lowest rated sport in the United States. All you are talking about is one game (Super Bowl, World Series, etc.), what does that have to do with sports ratings in its entirety? You can't tell me that baseball has higher ratings (viewers) than the WNBA, NHL, MLS, etc.

[Dolphins23]

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P.S do you know how much more the games were entertaining when they didn;t take 4-5 hours and batters didn't step out of the box every pitch to tighten gloves, adjust helmets, spit chew out. I was watching the 1986 world series the other day on MLB network and the game was amazing! It was so fast and entertaining. It held my attention span the whole time, all because it felt like it was in fast forward compared to present day. Present day is an absolute joke on how long these games are now. Bud needs to really modernize his game or there will be no baseball 20 years from now. The avg person can't and wont watch a baseball game because of it. But the avg person will watch any team play football and in some cases basketball.

[Dolphins23]

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I don't want to kill this guys thread, because its unfair to him. So if you would like to further debate this, please email me southwestrep808@yahoo.com

Thanks for understanding.


-Matt

[Dolphins23]

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Now I know these sites don't show proof of it being the worst sport, but if people are writing about it then it must be up there. Of course I'm not including tennis or soccer, only major U.S sports.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series_television_ratings

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/08/super-bowl-2010-ratings-m_n_453503.html

If this dosn't say anything then nothing will.

[Dolphins23]

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http://features.rr.com/article/07pJ79kbfH03S

http://reds.enquirer.com/2002/07/11/red_all-star_tv_ratings.html

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/156284-the-best-and-worst-sports-in-terms-of-sportsmanship

Just a couple of articles. I will get your ratings in a second as oppose to footballs ratings, give me a minute.

[LastingsMilledge85]

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Would you really like me to show you?

You saw that I asked, fire away...

[Dolphins23]

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Would you really like me to show you?

[LastingsMilledge85]

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

Where on Earth did you pull this stat from?

[Dolphins23]

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And this is why baseball is where it is today. (Lowest ratings in the nation as far as sports). They have no answers on how to make it better though? Righttttttttt... I couldn't tell you the last time I watched a full length baseball game. I'm a Yankees fan and used to go to 12 games a year. Now I'll go to maybe 1 game every 5 years. Baseball just isn't what it used to be and never will be. Just goes to show how quick the Braves organization will rip off a little girl to make sure they get what they want.

To be honest ever since football started I forgot baseball was even still being played. Now If I feel this way, then there are def other people who feel this way and it's just not a good sign for the lack luster sport.

[kylehess10]

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I too am surprised how the Braves handled that. I'm trying to get a hold of the family though so I can give that girl a better offer for the ball if she can get it back.

[ncbadges]

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I would have thought the Braves would have more class than that.

ncb