Replies to post #177348 on Baseball Chat (BASEBALL)

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That is 100% different to me not nearly the same thing. if a pitcher can't throw to the base, and the ball is hit back to him tough, he a fielder he has to make the play, you can't play laser tag there. LOL. you can't stop the running game to help the pitcher either this affects the other part of the game.

And intentional walk builds up a pitcher's pitch count, which you know managers are slaves too sometimes to almost idiotic levels. The ball almost never gets by the catcher. it affects generally the next batter more. and whether you give a pitcher where he doesn't have to throw 4 pitches or not, it doesn't change the result of the game the other situations affect the result of the game. this is just absurd. boost pitchers counts, waist a 1-2 minutes until we get the next batter up, throw a pitcher off so we got him not hitting the plate and making the game unwatchable, which often leads to long innings and lengthening the game I am a big fan of this new rule it is absurd to do it any other way in my opinion, and your not changing anything other then saving the pitcher pitchers, possibly getting them not to lose their rhythem, and what are you giving up i can't remember the last time I seen a pitcher throw a wild pitch on and intentional walk, so it is not like that happen. just always seemed like a waste of time for me that the pitcher has to throw 4 pitches for many reasons, I could get into more reasons then I gave, I personally surprised it took this long to change that in my opinion.

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MLB is trying to get younger fans interested in baseball - Baseball has the oldest viewers of major sports, with half of its audience 55 or older.

As spring training for Major League Baseball gets under way there is another battle taking place off the field to find a new generation of supporters.

Although Major League Baseball has brought in record revenues for the past 13 years in a row, including a $500 million increase to $9.5 billion in 2015, the sport risks taking a steep dip in viewership as the next generation steps up to the plate.

Baseball has the oldest viewers of the top major sports, with 50% of its audience 55 or older (up from 41% a decade ago), according to Nielsen ratings. The average age of baseball viewers is 53 compared with 47 for the NFL and 37 for the NBA, according to the ratings.

And fewer young people are playing the sport: The number of people between the ages of 7 and 17 playing baseball in the U.S. decreased by 41% from 9 million in 2002 to 5.3 in 2013.


Changes are being discussed within MLB to increase viewership and lifelong fandom, including rule changes, partnerships and cutting edge streaming options, said sports media consultant Lee Berke.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/5-ways-mlb-is-trying-to-get-younger-fans-interested-in-baseball-2017-02-22