The Best Time of the Year Begins Now
Yesterday was the baseball trading deadline and now it is time for the home stretch when there will be so many important games for the teams still in the race for the playoffs. I was listening to a sports talk radio host in Utah yesterday who was talking about how the Yankees making the "biggest" trade in baseball was a sign of "the slow death of baseball." From what I understood, he was saying the Yankees desire to win now and make trades to improve their club combined with the lack of a salary cap like the NFL has is one of the things that has been killing baseball over the last couple of years. Truth is baseball is not dying, at least not according to the attendance numbers. According to the website www.ballparksofbaseball.com the 90's was the decade with highest decade of attendance at major league baseball stadiums than any other decade with over 600 million tickets sold. The 90's even included a strike. Attendence in the 90's was 150 million more than the 80's which was the second highest decade for MLB attendance. The 2000's could even be better than than the 90's. Three times in the 90's attendance was over 70 million a year and that has already happened 4 times in the 2000's. This does not even include attendance at minor league and college baseball games which have increased in popularity over the last couple of decades. It may be true that the NFL and NBA have increased in popularity too but that doesnt mean it has to take something away from baseball. Baseball is still strong. Enjoy the post season push.

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