Baseball is returning to the game we loved as kids; great pitching, hitters earning their home runs, tight low-scoring games. But today’s kids aren’t paying attention; ratings are down, attendance is down. We talked NBA into the summer, and now we’re talking football. Is the end of the steroid era also the end of baseball? If they don’t attract the kids, it will die a slow death. The blacks certainly aren’t playing any more, and all the dads nowadays want their kids to be football stars. Can baseball find a way to be relevant without selling out to the offensive game again and turning every game into a home run derby? Will America ever again be a culture where we appreciate the nuances of a 2-1 game? Soccer fans don’t seem to mind. But America is now defined by football and all that implies about us.
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