Cecil Harris: Baseball needs an extreme makeover. Players and owners need to talk about that. - NBCNewsTHINK
Essentially, in the past 20 years, baseball has lost more than half of its World Series audience. And with an incredible number of entertainment options available, the decline of America’s former pastime is likely to continue.
Don’t get me wrong: I’m not a baseball hater. Baseball is the first sport I ever loved. When I was a boy in Brooklyn, my dad took me to Yankees and Mets games. I got to watch the best players and the best teams in the American and National leagues. And I remember when World Series games were played on weekend afternoons — a time accessible to all generations — which cultivated a new generation of fans. I became a Yankees beat writer for Gannett newspapers in the ’90s.
Many players don’t even run hard out of the batter’s box anymore. It’s a turnoff for those of us who grew up playing in neighborhood parks to see major leaguers being so nonchalant when the average annual salary is
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