Does Major League Baseball have a "superstar problem"?

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Don't Think I Buy That

Baseball has always been rooted in its own past. That is why when i was growing up, every kid i knew had Cobb's hits, Ruth's homers, Gehrig's consecutive games, Koufax's SO record, etc. memorized.

Baseball lends itself to looking back on it's great players. Geez, Ted Williams won the triple crown and didn't win the MVP, but now their is reasonable consensus he's the best hitter of all time.

And i don't think you can compare to football and basketball. As far as butts in the seats, 75% of people in a b-ball arena can see the faces of the players from where they sit, and in football, the game changed so much that newer fans don't know who Mean Joe Greene was.

I just think the laconic nature of baseball makes it more about the game itself and not the players. I'd bet you that the majority of sports fans think Wayne Gretzky when they hear hockey, even though he hasn't played a game in years.