So I think the goal of this article is for the Baseball Mafia to convince us that baseball didn’t actually die and that it’s super popular locally. The new thing is to say how the RSN’s do better than the OTA networks, which is nice and all but what does it mean in a Netflix Fortnite world? Also more people in Colorado search for the Rockies on Google than the Broncos. Baseball is back baby!
According to YouGov’s ratings of active sports personalities, 91 percent of Americans have heard of LeBron James and 88 percent have heard of Tom Brady, but only 43 percent have heard of Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels, baseball’s best player.
Source: How Popular Is Baseball, Really? – The New York Times
And no I don’t hate baseball. I hate that baseball is dead. Enjoy The Opener and the 4 hour game with 7 Pete Alonso HRs.
