Everyone is talking about the realignment of the MLB that has been being kicked around for several years now. Some options include dissolving divisions, like the AL East, and making it just the American League and the National League.
I don't understand why people think something like this would help baseballs popularity. Baseball is boring people, that's the bottom line. In the playoffs it is exciting, but there are hundreds of games before then that no one except die-hard fans give a fuck about. That's what no one is willing to say. To make baseball more popular, you would need to fundamentally change the sport, and that will never happen.
Another thing is baseball has more throwaway teams than any other league. When was the last time you ran into a die hard Padres fan? Astros? Royals? They have too many teams that no one gives a fuck about.
Look at other sports. Basketball, high energy and even with the long season it is just exciting. There is a lot of movement and athleticism going on. Baseball you get the feeling a few of the players on the field are just doing what you are doing; watching. Football, dudes are colliding and scrapping every single down, there isn't a single player standing in the corner of the field with a dip in just jerking off.
Baseball the sport is too boring. Sorry baseball fans but it is the hard truth.
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