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RJM posted:
2019Dad posted:
Youth baseball participation up:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i...-sports-11550613795?

At the high school level, baseball participation is also up:
https://www.statista.com/stati...igh-school-baseball/
The discussion is about MLB. These numbers have absolutely nothing to do with MLB. If they did attendance and viewership would be increasing, not in decline.

Well I thought it was relevant because in the thread above were the following comments:

"Less kids are playing baseball. It means less fans in the future."
"Declining kid participation"
"Travel leagues destroyed Little League and made children's baseball into a money, time and life sucking monster"

MLB has had declines in attendance the last few years (it was 4% last year). Of course, average ticket prices are up over 15% in the last five years: https://www.statista.com/stati...-the-mlb-since-2006/ Strange that there is less demand at a higher price, right?

8/21/193:33 PM

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