Reply to "Where Are The Baseball Players Going?"

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Smitty28 posted:
This article in today's WSJ claims that the number of people playing baseball has grown 21% since 2014 and is the hottest sport. Sorry, it's behind a pay wall.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i...95?mod=hp_lead_pos10

That corresponds to what I'm seeing.

Similar article from last year about soccer's decline:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0...r-youth-decline.html

Quote: "Yet in recent years, while soccer continued declining, baseball and basketball experienced upticks, buoyed by developmental programs begun by Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association."

2/22/192:55 PM

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