What ruined Major League Baseball the most

[TMC]

Steroids



Free agency



Interleague play



Playoffs



Analytics

[rusty spike]

I always thought their player strikes were detrimental to the "National Pastime".

[biffbronson]

I like interleague play, but only on a very limited basis. And when it makes sense historically, like the Braves playing in Boston where their franchise originated.

[AMackII]

I think Steroids ruin the MLB completely in the first place because it impact some of the players

[TMC]

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Major League Baseball had a tough week. The week started with Rob Manfred being embarrassed by overreacting to the Trevor Bauer situation. The week got progressively worse for Major League Baseball...as ratings and attendance for the Wild Card Round were disastrous.

We reveal and react to MLB ratings for the postseason. We question why Rob Manfred started the MLB Playoffs during the middle of the afternoon on Tuesday. We explain the biggest problem in Major League Baseball...while also explaining why Major League Baseball will never be a TV-friendly product.

[Dude111]

Yes quite NWS (Volume low)

[TMC]

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[Dude111]

I say Steroids!!

[Duster76]

The big fix for baseball isn't evident at least not at this time, there are a few little things that can be done as the sports prepares for another jump the shark moment.

Fix the over the air presentation, this is not football, the sport doesn't need an analyst to discuss every event that takes place. All the clutter of information is a turn off to the casual fan that may be interested in sitting through a few innings without being inundated with graphs, charts, pitch speed, location issues, and that's just the beginning. The games were shorter this year, but the presentation of the game is so overloaded with stats that it seems just as slow.

End the season earlier. It's Alice through the looking glass at this point, the postseason has been expanded to what I consider to be an absurd point, the American League had 8 teams finish above .500, six made the postseason. only one (Seattle) won more than 85 games and didn't make the postseason. In the National League nine teams finished above .500 with 84 wins being enough to get a postseason berth. And it's going to get a lot worse, when baseball expands to 32 teams at the end of 24 or 25 the postseason will be top 8 in each league, and four best of seven rounds. You don't need 162 games when the standards are that low. If a team cracks .500 they'll be in. The season should end Labor Day weekend or the weekend after with the playoffs starting in September. Baseball is no match for football why make matters worse by running the postseason up against both the NFL going full throttle and college football as it gets into its premium match-ups.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by Dude111

I say Steroids!!

The steroid era of baseball took place from the late 1980s through the early 2000s, where home runs increased to record levels. The sudden spike was due to PEDs, or performance enhancing drugs. Steroid testing did not begin until 2003. In 1998, McGwire hit 70 home runs to set the MLB mark, and just 3 years later, Barry Bonds hit 73. Bonds would go on to hit 762 for his career and rack up 7 MVP awards, both MLB records. These achievements would become tainted in the years that followed. In a time where guys were hitting 50, 60, and 70 home runs a season, many players were overlooked, including when they eventually made it to the Hall of Fame ballot. This video will highlight some of the most under appreciated hitters that played during the steroid era.

Players relevant to the video: Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Carlos Delgado, David Ortiz, Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez, Albert Belle, Sammy Sosa, Jim Edmonds, Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen, Edgar Martinez, Willie McCovey, Willie Stargell, John Olerud, Larry Walker, Jason Giambi, Rafael Palmeiro, Jose Canseco, Jeff Bagwell, Ken Griffey Jr., Jeff Kent, Andres Galarraga, Dante Bichette, Vinny Castilla, Ellis Burks, Ken Caminiti, Kenny Lofton.

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:04 Carlos Delgado
• 2:55 Manny Ramirez’s Shadow
• 4:51 Hall of Famers’ Shadow
• 6:33 John Olerud
• 8:21 Mark McGwire’s Shadow
• 11:11 Barry Bonds’ Shadow
• 13:05 Big Cat
• 15:21 Blake Street’s Shadow
• 16:37 Cleveland’s Shadow
• 18:02 Conclusion

[TMC]

Originally Posted by TMC

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Major League Baseball concluded their Divisional Rounds last week...with MLB ratings continuing their downward trend. MLB ratings for the Wild Card Round were down double-digits...with MLB ratings for the Divisional Round being saved by one series from potential record lows.

We reveal and react to MLB ratings for the playoffs. We discuss the marketing problem in Major League Baseball...by comparing the lack of marketing in MLB to the NBA and NHL. We also explain why Rob Manfred doesn't help MLB with the scheduling of games...and question why Rob Manfred puts MLB in a position to compete against the NFL.

[TMC]

In this video we deep dive into the broadcasting rights of MLB. Why are there blackouts? Why does this matter? What can solve it?

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:42 The RSN Golden Era
• 1:47 A Cord-Cutting Nightmare
• 4:00 The Blackout Era
• 6:37 Death of RSNs = Death of MLB?
• 9:27 Streaming Wars: A New Hope?

[Dude111]

Greed

[TMC]

In today’s video I want to answer the question what killed the popularity of Major League Baseball?

I don’t just mean attendance, or television ratings, I mean overall relevance. For a game that was at one time rated the most popular sport in America.

The reason why people don't know the name Shohei Ohtani, but everyone has heard of Babe Ruth...

What made baseball popular in the first place?

When was the peak of popularity?

When and why did it lose popularity?

[Dead2009]

Who voted for free agency? Lol. The only aspect of FA that I agree ruined baseball is the teams with unlimited spending like the Dodgers.