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First Speaker

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25. The game has *always* been a "business" for the players, and they *never* had any "team loyalty"...

Mon Sep 30, 2019, 06:29 PM

Sep 2019

...any more than the owners had any "loyalty" for them. The idea that baseball before free agency was every bit as mercenary as it is now, and a lot more unfair...

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Baseball had its worst attendance in 16 years [View all] yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2019 OP

If they would stop with the ceaseless trades, Aristus Sep 2019 #1

I agree 100% icymist Sep 2019 #12

Maybe. But team-shuffling was also common in the 90s... First Speaker Sep 2019 #24

All the HRs and Ks ain't doing it for me Bradshaw3 Sep 2019 #2

I haven't watched five minutes of a baseball game in thirty years or more. lpbk2713 Sep 2019 #3

The strike of 1993(?) did me in rurallib Sep 2019 #9

That turned me off the sport as well. Dagstead Bumwood Sep 2019 #46

I can't afford to take my family...tickets, parking, food. I should be able to take a family of 4 cbdo2007 Sep 2019 #4

Add in that salaries for America's workers have been stagnant rurallib Sep 2019 #10

Ya we need them to drop ticket prices and build cheap-price seating Volaris Sep 2019 #39

Surprised??? NOT who can afford it?? The very rich I suppose Thekaspervote Sep 2019 #5

The Rich bdamomma Sep 2019 #37

It isn't affordable any more. murielm99 Sep 2019 #6

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2019 #14

Baseball season's extremely long too sakabatou Sep 2019 #7

They're making baseball unwatchable Green Line Sep 2019 #8

It is the same for football exboyfil Sep 2019 #26

Bottom line is that baseball is boring. Unless your kid is playing, it is the most dull of games. unitedwethrive Sep 2019 #11

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The difference is that in chess you eventually see the strategy. unitedwethrive Sep 2019 #18

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100% agree obamanut2012 Sep 2019 #21

Terrible weather can explain drop easily enough beachbumbob Sep 2019 #13

With the analytics, endless drawn out games and all or nothing at bats, the game is unwatchable. BlueTsunami2018 Sep 2019 #15

Too many commercials. Doc_Technical Sep 2019 #17

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The game has *always* been a "business" for the players, and they *never* had any "team loyalty"... First Speaker Sep 2019 #25

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I was a Reds fan in Southern California in the 1970s exboyfil Sep 2019 #30

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I like baseball just the way it is. Kingofalldems Sep 2019 #22

You and me both GusBob Sep 2019 #23

I do too, but... kwolf68 Sep 2019 #27

Me Too!! Dave in VA Sep 2019 #42

Families and young fans are being "priced" saidsimplesimon Sep 2019 #28

The game has become a farce... First Speaker Sep 2019 #29

Football and the culture around it awful. Kingofalldems Sep 2019 #31

Money has ruined MLB baseball Yeehah Sep 2019 #32

Haven't been to MLB in several decades. But, I have been to a few minor league games. Hoyt Sep 2019 #35

Big Yankees fan here. I like baseball just the way it is as a game. stopbush Sep 2019 #36

Sorry MLB but you have to lower prices. kacekwl Sep 2019 #38

Went to a Phillies game this year Trenzalore Sep 2019 #40

Too expensive The Genealogist Sep 2019 #41

Games are available on TV and streaming. No need to go to the games. Yavin4 Sep 2019 #43

When Drayton McClain owned the Astros they had a great farm system that produced Dustlawyer Sep 2019 #44

I don't know about you, but I resent paying for ballparks with our tax dollars... blue neen Sep 2019 #45