Parity gets you TB vs PHI in the WS like 11 years ago when literally NOBODY watched. It’s better for baseball when Boston, Chicago, NY, or LA are in the WS
Parity gets you TB vs PHI in the WS like 11 years ago when literally NOBODY watched. It’s better for baseball when Boston, Chicago, NY, or LA are in the WS
Possibly in the short-term financial sense, but not for fans of TB or PHIL. The reaon "nobody watched" the TB/PHIL WS was because fans had no interest in those teams for any reason.Originally Posted by jacksonianmarch
Many fans have gotten tired of the same teams doing all the winning. These fans will watch the WS just so they can see TBTMCB (The best team money can buy) lose. They want to see teams like Houston - who was an abysmal team just a few years ago - have a legitimate chance at a WSC. Everybody likes an underdog.
It's a mere moment in a man's life between the All-Star game and the Old Timer's game.
-Vin Scully
Except when it's ovak- like it is.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
That's what the NBA figured out and now makes sure that never happens anymore.
When you say it's gonna happen now
When exactly do you mean?
I watched that series.
MLB, and really no sport, should just cater to certain fans. Leave that kind of bias to the NCAA...
Then why was Golden State (from OAKLAND) playing Cleveland in the finals every year?
The NBA should want an annual Lakers/Knicks final. And they’ve never had one...
The best World Series’ of all time are either the clash of two titans or the underdog story up against the titan. When two underdogs go up against each other, the story fades and people lose interest. Super teams are what makes baseball great and watching them win or fail is a storyline that fits with our country’s entertainment expectations. Think about it.
Imagine if TB made it to the WS and faced the Brewers. There are no fans in TB. Milwaukee is a place where most Americans have never traveled to and are essentially stereotyped to beer, cheese and brat-land. Not a soul would watch outside of Milwaukee (there are no Rays fans, so TB doesn’t count).
Baseball is running into a declining fan base problem. As much as parity helped their growth of fan bases in the other 24 markets, having the Dodgers, Yankees, Angels, Mets, Red Sox, Cubs, or White Sox brings in an established, massive fan base and immediately increases viewership. That’s important in a game exceedingly being forgotten by the younger generations. Baseball ops got sick of seeing the Yanks win and geared rules entirely towards them and now it’s affecting the viewership. They need to lessen them again and let the big markets bring the fans back
I mostly agree, but as Sox fans we can't really complain, because we still do have an advantage over teams like the Rays. We can spend about triple what they can on payroll.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_...vision_ratings
Viewership was down significantly for last year's World Series between the Red Sox and Dodgers.
Wait. So are you saying it would be a good thing if MLB stacked the deck for the richer teams? Like they did all through the 1990’s and 2000’s?
The deck isn’t stacked against the Sox and Yankees just because they are forced to play under the same rules as everyone else...
MLB has stacked decks for years. They let players stack themselves with PEDs and it wasn’t until the national outcry that they listened. They allowed certain MLB teams to be farm systems for juggernauts in the middle of the 1900s. The MLB is about one thing, money. Not the game, but money. Otherwise, why the hell would they have playoff games on at a time when most kids are in bed? If they cared about the growth of the game, they’d have day playoff games. If they cared about viewership, they’d have less restrictive spending and less profit sharing from the bigger fam based teams. But they don’t. It bodes poorly for the future of the game
MLB already has more parity than any other sport.
All teams win 40% of the time and lose 40% of the time, and the ones that don’t aren’t outside that range by much. That would be like the entire NFL finishing between 6-10 and 10-6 every year.
MLB also has more teams win titles than the NBA or NFL. The NBA in particular is pathetic in this regard, with only 10 different teams winning titles since 1974 and only 11 since 1962. MLB has had 10 different champions in what? The last 12 or 13 years?
Because not every child lives on the east coast?
1. They had day playoff games for years, but you’re only considering one coast. Want a 1pm game in NY? That’s a 10am game in LA.
2. I don’t think allowing richer teams to spend even more will grow the game outside of maybe in 3 or 4 cities. The small market teams are already at a spending handicap, and the way to expand interest isn’t to magnify it.
Want to grow the game? Keep everything in the CBA as is, but add a salary floor that prevents pocketing revenue. Install a program where revenue sharing can only be spent on free agency or signing bonuses, and if you don’t spend it, you lose it. In short, financial penalties for those who pocket money...
True, but close to half the U. S. population lives in the Eastern time zone.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
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