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Reply to "MiLB - Experimental Rules"

MLB is concerned about diminishing TV contracts because the average age of TV viewers is older and thus the average age of baseball fans watching games on TV is also older.  it's much ado over nothing.  younger generations don't watch network tv.   dinosaurs following TV revenue because that's where the money was made in the past.  dead end thinking.  wake up.

MLB should be looking at ways to capture younger audiences.  online highlights and social media are the two most obvious paths.   once the casual fan sees one home run they've seen them all.  there is little to promote visually in a HR other than a distance travelled metric and that doesn't hold anyone's attention very long.  younger people want action.  and lots of it.  not long periods of guys striking out or walking with an occasional HR that looks essentially like every other HR you've ever seen in your life.  boring!  What MLB should be doing is making HR's rare and making contact easier.  in basketball, nobody just watches the ball go thru the rim.  it's the pass/the drive/ the athleticism of the players leading up to the shot or dunk that excites fans.  world class athletes making amazing plays are exciting.  put the ball in play and plays will happen that fans will re-tweet.  lower the mound.  deaden the ball.  move the fences back.  whatever it takes to create more contact.  then when a rare HR happens, it's noteworthy and gets some legs on highlight video, and at the same time diving plays in the OF and bang-bang plays on the IF are something that excites fans.   that's how you capture the attention of current generations.  JMHO.

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