Reply to "Left Out--How Baseball Leaves Low Income Kids Behind"

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OK, let's look at it from a different perspective. If we want baseball to thrive, wouldn't we want all kids to play baseball?

Baseball has an aging fan base, compared to most other major American sports. Maybe that's fine. Maybe there's nothing that can be done. Maybe the causes -- like the increase in households without a father present -- are so large and varied that there is nothing baseball can do about them.

I guess it's not the end of the world. Hockey -- with a heavily white, well-off fan base -- maybe is the model?! I don't think MLB owners want to end up with that model:

See www.theatlantic.com/business/a...-oldest-fans/283626/

9/28/1612:27 PM

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