Younger fans a parallel to what we're seeing in younger collectors?

[Hankphenom]

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-younger...&lctg=76862909

[Snapolit1]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-younger...&lctg=76862909

Won't sit well with the "baseball is a dying game" crowd. Nope.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Won't sit well with the "baseball is a dying game" crowd. Nope.

I think they're going to have to get used to it!

[BioCRN]

MLB has done a great job with outreach to younger audiences over the years. Not all of it has been on TV, so it may get missed by some.

Highlights on social media are pumped heavily to people. There's a lot more advertising in local markets when stars are showing up for clinics/exhibitions/etc. The people roped into watching 30-90 second clips of impressive plays seem to be getting turned on to the game.

The parks themselves, especially minor league parks, have a -lot- of interactive youth exhibits. Kids being bored as hell at the ballpark for 3 hours have a lot more things to do to break up the time.

Baseball seems to have successfully currently branded itself as fun rather than boring.

[JustinD]

As mentioned prior, baseball has done an amazing job of becoming a family activity. The affordable fun of minor league stadiums and other sub leagues have made it a more approachable game to build family memories with as others become more prohibitive to attend.

[Snapolit1]

Took my son to CitiField recently to see a Mets game. Just wasn't in the mood to drop a lot of money on tickets, and bought two tickets in the upper tier for $24 each. Where are you going to beat that? Under $50 for two people to get in the door. I could do that for 10 games and it would be less than one lousy concert seat at an arena to see a band.



QUOTE=JustinD;2429487]As mentioned prior, baseball has done an amazing job of becoming a family activity. The affordable fun of minor league stadiums and other sub leagues have made it a more approachable game to build family memories with as others become more prohibitive to attend.[/QUOTE]

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Won't sit well with the "baseball is a dying game" crowd. Nope.

I'm not a member of that crowd, but getting our facts from MLB isn't the best place, they treated Ippei Mizuhara much like the Brady Bunch treated cousin Oliver.

[bmattioli]

If you grow up with the love of Baseball it never will go away..

[Snapolit1]

Speeding up the game and cutting out a lot of the bs time wasting has been huge. Such a better product.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Speeding up the game and cutting out a lot of the bs time wasting has been huge. Such a better product.

+1 Big time! A lot of the new rules I have no use for, but my gosh have they made this a better game to watch with the pitch clock. Takes me back to the two hour games of my youth. My Mom, a refined and mild-mannered lady, became a huge baseball fan in her latter years, and she would yell at the TV, "Throw the ball!" I've always said it's not the length of the games, it's the pace. Me and my buddies used to love Sunday doubleheaders in the bleachers (75 cents!) at Griffith Stadium, and I'll bet we were out no more than six hours including round trip on the bus and streetcar. And man, did we love extra-inning games, the longer the better.

[JollyElm]

Fixed it for you...

Originally Posted by bmattioli

If you grow up with the love of Baseball it never will go away...unless you're a Mets fan!!

[Rich Klein]

Couple of things

1) The pace of game is really important. The new Rangers ballpark has a roof and thus the temperature is moderated unlike the old days where you could be outside in 100 degree weather for hours

And let me tell you, if you sat at either previous ballpark in Arlington, you knew you were going to be in 3 plus hours in that heat. No fun. The pitch clock helps that and it's velocity not the pitch clock causing the pitching injury issues. ESPN just had an article which basically verified that assumption.

2) I'm lucky here in East Plano to be about 15-20 minutes from the Frisco Roughriders ballpark. Lot closer than Arlington, lot less expensive and I don't worry about staying till the end of any game. In fact, although we never could figure out the answer with their game day programs to have what I wanted for my birthday, I spent a good 45 minutes at the Dr. Pepper Field with one of the sales reps just chatting baseball. No way a major league team does that for you.

3) another thing baseball does need to figure out is to fix the Regional Sports Networks (RSN) or local cable issue. It's too difficult to figure out how to watch Rangers games since 2020 when Bally's was dropped by my cable company.

4) And the final thing baseball needs to do is to fix their blackout rules for MLB.TV. The blackout areas are too expansive. I know someone in Austin Texas who is blacked out from watching the Houston Astros (not sure about the Rangers in his case). The radius of the blackout should be smaller.

Regards
Rich