Baseball is more popular than basketball (Finally) and I genuinely think it could rival Football as America's game if they'd just implement a fucking salary cap alreadyYes, as it turns out if you pay the best players more money than anyone else, you're going to have a better team. Congratulations. Without competitive roster building there's no actual competitive spirit, it's just a question if your local team's owner wants to spend more money than anyone else
Counting or not counting Banana Ball?
Start a women's league. Girls in baseball uniforms are fucking hot. Way better thing to astroturf than the shit ass WNBA
>>154725061so, softball?
>>154724651>I genuinely think it could rival Football kek no, it's eternally battling for third place
>>154725061>>154726315Yea just watch softball. It's pretty good too. Lot quicker than baseball
>>154726599How is this calculated? Because it's not feasible for an MLB fan to watch every single game but a casual football fan can watch every game their team is in
>>154726681highest ratings each sport got in 2025 (almost always the finals)best of X series get averaged
>>154726713That's a little inaccurate then since baseball, basketball, and hockey play best x out of y and the Superbowl is just the Superbowl
>>154726725that's why they're averagedaveraged over 7 games is as accurate as you'll get
>>154724651>I genuinely think it could rival Football as America's gameit's too boring
>>154726625women physically cannot play baseball, the biomechanics of their shoulders prevent them from pitching at an acceptable speed. they also lack the physical strength to accurately place the ball in the batter's box at that distance. there's a reason softball was invented. if we had a women's baseball league, it would just be a ton of wild pitches, walks, and infield HRs because the outfielder girls can't field in time. it would be a giant clownshow, which I guess would be amusing in its own way but still.
>>154726681bravo, youve figured out why the stat and footballs popularity is completely faux. people like to call things "tik tok" when theyre easy to consume with little need for investment or commitment, ive yet to seen that used for football, which is such a competitively devoid sport that an entire season is as long as another sport's playoffs. And such a "highly strategic" sport is so much easier for the casual retard to understand, whereas when football season ends and the retards come to flood nba discussion, they can never properly judge the sport beyond "haha flopping man!" or whatever retarded normie shit. That problem doesnt seem to exist as much with football, and if it does, it doesnt affect the viewership's understanding enough to care.
>>154727262Hi sir good morning
>>154727040You can watch the women's baseball world series on youtube and the biggest problem is that the field is just too big for them. Baserunners have an advantage because defensive players are slow to field and their throws aren't as fast. Softball is better because the field of play is more suited to women.
>>154726725If you just use the highest rated game from each sport: MLB climbs to 26.88M, NBA goes to 16.35M, and NHL to 2.76M.
is 30 too old to get into baseball? I never played as a kid and have no connection to it
>>154729219What do you mean getting into it? Like playing it or being a fan?
did the Dodgers save baseball?
>>154729658No the rule changes saved baseball, the Dodgers are making it boring
>>154731598>No the rule changeswhich ones?
>>154726713>highest ratings each sport got in 2025 (almost always the finals)>Canadian team in the world series>US viewership onlyYankees vs Dodgers would have been up there with CFB
>>154732025Pitch clock and challenging are the big ones
>>154729219perfect time to learn to love baseball again. It's slow enough you can multi-task while it's on. Its on damn near everyday from April-October, so you always have a game to look forward too. It's the one sport that doesn't lose anything when transitioned to a radio broadcast, meaning you can listen to day games at work ezpz. In stadium tickets are the cheapest out of the big 4 making go to see a game in person very affordable. And for me, it's the best sport to watch in person.
>>154726736Not really since only a Game 7 has the same definite finality
>>154725061a leauge of their own is unironically a great movie, MLB should push it more. Title IX already exists for soccer, dont know why they only push womens college baseball
>>154732096lmao no, usa vs canada and 7 games is literally the highest possible ratings baseball can get ESPECIALLY as it was going into the olympics AND USA vs Canada is at a near all time high
>>154732580ABS challenging is still a fucking retarded waste of time. Just use ABS the entire time.
>>154734518they tried but ump union voted against it
