Yes, pay has grown outrageously...to the detriment of fans (ticket prices, streaming prices, ...) but the players are doing great.
BTW did anybody else notice that, no matter how desperate NFL teams are for a quarterback (looking at you, Philip Rivers), nobody calls Colin Kaepernick?
Hey, hey! That's a photo of the Wrigley Field scoreboard--a wonder of early baseball presentation that still thrives today. It's a fascinating history on its own: https://chicagology.com/baseball/wrigleyscoreboard/
Great post. Yes, it has become very expensive to go to a baseball game; I used to get into Pittsburgh Pirates games when I was a student back in the 1990's for $5. Even back then, it was cheaper than going to see a movie on a Friday night. But that's free capitalism for you. The owners certainly didn't do themselves a favor when they were caught colluding to keep salaries down in the 1980's. And while older fans like me retreat to the nostalgia of past seasons, it's hard to see that younger fans are taking our place. Time will tell if the economics of the sport can continue to be viable.
Yes, pay has grown outrageously...to the detriment of fans (ticket prices, streaming prices, ...) but the players are doing great.
BTW did anybody else notice that, no matter how desperate NFL teams are for a quarterback (looking at you, Philip Rivers), nobody calls Colin Kaepernick?
Hey, hey! That's a photo of the Wrigley Field scoreboard--a wonder of early baseball presentation that still thrives today. It's a fascinating history on its own: https://chicagology.com/baseball/wrigleyscoreboard/
Great post. Yes, it has become very expensive to go to a baseball game; I used to get into Pittsburgh Pirates games when I was a student back in the 1990's for $5. Even back then, it was cheaper than going to see a movie on a Friday night. But that's free capitalism for you. The owners certainly didn't do themselves a favor when they were caught colluding to keep salaries down in the 1980's. And while older fans like me retreat to the nostalgia of past seasons, it's hard to see that younger fans are taking our place. Time will tell if the economics of the sport can continue to be viable.
Thus, the game died...
That’s one perspective. But I’ve been a baseball fan since 1971, and for me the game is still very much alive.
Is this the round ball?