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This thread might create a controversy but it depicts the fact that baseball is on the decline and people refuse to see it. In the pas decade, Major League Baseball can no longer be considered "America's sport". American Football (NFL) has taken over, kids are no longer interested. The common explanation for this is that kids (and most people) find baseball a "boring sport".
Let's take an example, let's say...1975, Dallas , everybody was into baseball, either rooting for the Houston Astros or the Texas Rangers. On those summer days, kids would go to the baseball field, play until the night came and then go home and watch baseball. In the morning, they would pick up the newspaper their father left lying around and flick to the "SPORTS" section and immediatly seek information about their team, standings, stats, news,etc.
In 2005, the summer, you can go to Texas and see most people wearing a Dallas Cowboys (football, for those who don't know) hat and going nuts in front of their television screen to see their quarterback give the ball away with only seconds to go in the crucial game of the Cowboys season and watch with misery the opposing team score. At the same time, the Houston Astros advanced to the postseason and defeating the Braves with an awesome 17-inning win topped off by Chris Burke's winning homer and Clemens pitching three outstanding innings in relief. But, no, they would rather watch their Cowboys QB fumble the ball than Craig Biggio steal third and score the winning run of any of the Astro's 162 games.
Let me continue, I live in Montreal, I recently had to deal with the loss of the MLB franchise know as the Montreal Expos. To this day, I can remember that last game, when Ryan Church popped up in foul ground to Mike Piazza to end the Expo's 36-year legacy.
I am currently a sound, above-average hitting and fielding third baseman.
You have no idea how fast ville de Montreal and the citizens of this wonderful country have destroyed baseball. Mayor of the Island of Montreal, Gerald Tremblay and his associates are currently in the midst of destroying baseball. They are going to replace most of the diamonds with soccer fields. You know why BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T CARE, they DON'T CARE.
Luckily, my baseball diamond will be preserved (because the Quebec Governement makes money off people like me that rent baseball fields during hot summer nights and enjoy ourselves.) the only reason certain fields will NOT BE DESTROYED is because they're making money. There's no more love for Andre Dawson, Tim Raines or Gary Carter up here, now people have love for players you may know (which I also have love for) Alex Kovalev, Saku Koivu and Jose Theodore.
Life can be unnfair, live with it.
Let's take an example, let's say...1975, Dallas , everybody was into baseball, either rooting for the Houston Astros or the Texas Rangers. On those summer days, kids would go to the baseball field, play until the night came and then go home and watch baseball. In the morning, they would pick up the newspaper their father left lying around and flick to the "SPORTS" section and immediatly seek information about their team, standings, stats, news,etc.
In 2005, the summer, you can go to Texas and see most people wearing a Dallas Cowboys (football, for those who don't know) hat and going nuts in front of their television screen to see their quarterback give the ball away with only seconds to go in the crucial game of the Cowboys season and watch with misery the opposing team score. At the same time, the Houston Astros advanced to the postseason and defeating the Braves with an awesome 17-inning win topped off by Chris Burke's winning homer and Clemens pitching three outstanding innings in relief. But, no, they would rather watch their Cowboys QB fumble the ball than Craig Biggio steal third and score the winning run of any of the Astro's 162 games.
Let me continue, I live in Montreal, I recently had to deal with the loss of the MLB franchise know as the Montreal Expos. To this day, I can remember that last game, when Ryan Church popped up in foul ground to Mike Piazza to end the Expo's 36-year legacy.
I am currently a sound, above-average hitting and fielding third baseman.
You have no idea how fast ville de Montreal and the citizens of this wonderful country have destroyed baseball. Mayor of the Island of Montreal, Gerald Tremblay and his associates are currently in the midst of destroying baseball. They are going to replace most of the diamonds with soccer fields. You know why BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T CARE, they DON'T CARE.
Luckily, my baseball diamond will be preserved (because the Quebec Governement makes money off people like me that rent baseball fields during hot summer nights and enjoy ourselves.) the only reason certain fields will NOT BE DESTROYED is because they're making money. There's no more love for Andre Dawson, Tim Raines or Gary Carter up here, now people have love for players you may know (which I also have love for) Alex Kovalev, Saku Koivu and Jose Theodore.
Life can be unnfair, live with it.
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