At first blush, you might think I am talking about the lockout and that certainly is what appears to be the biggest problem, but if you look deeper, you will find that baseball popularity is on the wane – that is the Deep Trouble that MLB is in. Jeff Dominique wrote about it yesterday in a masterful article. I also have a few thoughts about it. Look at this:
Baseball Attendence
- 2021 – 45,304,709
- 2020 – Pandemic
- 2019 – 68,649,736
- 2018 – 69,649,736
- 2017 – 72,670,423
- 2016 – 73, 159,068
Do you detect a trend?