Comments on: Baseball…still America’s Past-Time? http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/baseballstill-americas-past-time/ Opinions on sports business and sports marketing Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: sierra http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/baseballstill-americas-past-time/comment-page-1/#comment-11308 sierra Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:21:23 +0000 http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/?p=321#comment-11308 i am wrighting a newspaper in class about baseball and i need a short and sweet history and why is baseball known as americas past time i am wrighting a newspaper in class about baseball and i need a short and sweet history and why is baseball known as americas past time

]]> By: SportsAgentBlog.com - I Want to be a Sports Agent» MLB Players Race Issues Recruiting Sports Agents » Does Baseball Need To Diversify Its Portfolio? http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/baseballstill-americas-past-time/comment-page-1/#comment-928 SportsAgentBlog.com - I Want to be a Sports Agent» MLB Players Race Issues Recruiting Sports Agents » Does Baseball Need To Diversify Its Portfolio? Wed, 28 May 2008 13:28:40 +0000 http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/?p=321#comment-928 [...] League rosters hit a 20-year low at 8.2 percent in the 2007 season. That’s the negative, and Emmett Jones of Sports Business Digest thinks that it might make baseball’s title of America’s pastime extinct. The positive is that [...] [...] League rosters hit a 20-year low at 8.2 percent in the 2007 season. That’s the negative, and Emmett Jones of Sports Business Digest thinks that it might make baseball’s title of America’s pastime extinct. The positive is that [...]

]]> By: sportsattitude http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/baseballstill-americas-past-time/comment-page-1/#comment-858 sportsattitude Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:24:38 +0000 http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/?p=321#comment-858 Baseball is a day out, a form of entertainment like a movie or a play. Sure, it is a major sport. But, in most cities it is really just a way to get out for some sun and eat a hot dog and...by the way...there's something periodically going on in front of you. Sure, in Boston, New York and a handful of other major league cities it is passion for the home team, but a lot of places treat baseball like a trip to the cinema or a restaurant. Something to do. The game is secondary. It's downright boring at times. I think most athletes - black, white or otherwise - look to play basketball or football first and foremost because its true competition at a sporting pace, not more like a golf pace. Baseball is a day out, a form of entertainment like a movie or a play. Sure, it is a major sport. But, in most cities it is really just a way to get out for some sun and eat a hot dog and…by the way…there’s something periodically going on in front of you. Sure, in Boston, New York and a handful of other major league cities it is passion for the home team, but a lot of places treat baseball like a trip to the cinema or a restaurant. Something to do. The game is secondary. It’s downright boring at times. I think most athletes – black, white or otherwise – look to play basketball or football first and foremost because its true competition at a sporting pace, not more like a golf pace.

]]> By: Shaun http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/baseballstill-americas-past-time/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Shaun Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:56:57 +0000 http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/?p=321#comment-850 You know, I think baseball fits in really well with our ADD culture, precisely because there are big gaps in the game with nothing going on. Look up, watch the play. Look down, mess around on computer/iPhone/BlackBerry, etc. I know I love to watch baseball games in the background because you can semi-ignore them until you hear the crack of the bat without missing much. You know, I think baseball fits in really well with our ADD culture, precisely because there are big gaps in the game with nothing going on. Look up, watch the play. Look down, mess around on computer/iPhone/BlackBerry, etc. I know I love to watch baseball games in the background because you can semi-ignore them until you hear the crack of the bat without missing much.

]]> By: emmettjones http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/baseballstill-americas-past-time/comment-page-1/#comment-849 emmettjones Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:50:57 +0000 http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/?p=321#comment-849 hahaha! Mitchell your take on the article is pretty funny. I guess I never really thought of blacks migration from baseball as covert racism against white people by the NBA. Most blacks are just not in areas conducive to playing baseball, or at least are in areas more conducive to basketball or football. Does MLB have some diversity initiatives in place? of course, but there's no way they could reach all of those kids who are watching LeBron play basketball in the playoffs. Its definitely an uphill battle. hahaha! Mitchell your take on the article is pretty funny. I guess I never really thought of blacks migration from baseball as covert racism against white people by the NBA.

Most blacks are just not in areas conducive to playing baseball, or at least are in areas more conducive to basketball or football. Does MLB have some diversity initiatives in place? of course, but there’s no way they could reach all of those kids who are watching LeBron play basketball in the playoffs. Its definitely an uphill battle.

]]> By: Mitchell Blatt, JSB http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/baseballstill-americas-past-time/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Mitchell Blatt, JSB Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:27:18 +0000 http://sportsbusinessdigest.com/?p=321#comment-848 Well, this article kind of has two points. Is baseball our national pastime? And why don't more blacks play baseball? Some people have pulled the race card to answer that. But, wait, blacks made up 1-in-6 players in the past. And while the % of blacks in MLB has declined, the % of them in the NBA has increased. So, I guess it's racist that there aren't more whites in basketball. Well, this article kind of has two points. Is baseball our national pastime? And why don’t more blacks play baseball? Some people have pulled the race card to answer that. But, wait, blacks made up 1-in-6 players in the past. And while the % of blacks in MLB has declined, the % of them in the NBA has increased. So, I guess it’s racist that there aren’t more whites in basketball.

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