I'm from Panamá. The winter league is really struggling because there's no advertising for it. Our soccer league is also struggling with low attendance, so there's a lack of support for local teams. Baseball is still king when it comes to FEDEBEIS as most stadiums sell out for the playoffs there. The youth tournament is also very popular.

Fresh off of winning the recent Premier 12 championship, the popularity of baseball is at its all time high. International baseball competition is probably the only thing that can unite the entire country when most of the time the island is heavily divided politically.

German here, I play in the second lowest division in here the Landesliga. The leagues are well organized, the players really do it for the fun and the atmosphere is great. But our sport isn't well known, if I tell someone here that I play baseball they assume I mean basketball or American football. One of the biggest reasons why young people know it, is Wii-Sports.

Im gonna have to disagree with venezuela. I'm from miami so i can't speak for venezuelans in venezuela, but all the venezuelans i met just came to the us all like soccer. Maybe because with the marlins there is no good baseball here besides international events. But i see people with soccer team and the venezuelan national team jeresys than baseball

no bahamas?

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The implementation of the Draft to Puerto Rico is the main reason for the decline. That have a direct impact on Puerto Rico baseball player production. Boxing is a big sport along with basketball among others. That call the attention of younger guys. Also believe it or not if you ask to guys in the street they will rather be a reggaeton artist instead of an athlete.

I remember baseball was also developing in the Bahamas.

when I was in Korea, I saw kids practicing, batting and pitching and fielding in the freezing cold in the winter, whatever the polls say, baseball is a deep part of that country

Baseball was popular here in the Philippines. They used to play at Clark afb and still do at Rizal Park built buy the Americans. Here in Cebu sometimes people play as well. I used to play stick ball with kids in Mactan just a stick and a tennis ball

Mexican here, soccer/football is indeed the most popular in central Mexico which is also the most populous region, but baseball is clear second, then probably basketball However, in north and south Mexico baseball is king...

In the case of Mexico, long ago baseball was number one, but fútbol ⚽ usurped that position with two World Cups in '70 and '86, but the border and coastal states have always been loyal to baseball.

In Czech Republic the top team sports are football and ice-hockey as the clear top-2, then volleyball, basketball, floorball and handball, and then the smaller less-known sports such as rugby, american football, futsal, lacrosse, softball and then baseball. So if baseball can get anywhere close to the top-6 in the country, it would be awesome, but we are still pretty far away from that

Summer championships in Panama have been around longer than the winter Probeis

Last week started the panama national baseball tournament youth and major afterward, almost every stadium were sold out.

Basketball is the most popular sport in Puerto Rico, the local basketball league has way better ratings than the LBPRC same goes for NBA vs MLB, but Baseball is definitely second, it’s far ahead of both soccer and volleyball in popularity

Im shocked to see Panama and Venezuala up in group one. When it comes to hispanic nations and baseball they absolutely do not come to mind like Cuba, the DR, Puerto Rico, and Mexico does

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Ratings are OK, the game is perfect ( just don’t bring “the golden bat rule”), attendances is good; the only problem in baseball, is that players are getting way to much money on their contracts, and that raises ticket prices.

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In my opinion, down. I’m a longtime fan (mid-70’s). Everything is overpriced with the sport from admission price to having to pay premium price to watch and soon to listen to games. The new rules and rules that are proposed are isolating longtime fans like me. I could live with a two league DH even though I don’t like it. I can’t stand banning the shift and the extra inning free runner. Instead of expanding there should be relocating. Example, I live in Chicago. The White Sox are regional unless they are in contention. By regional I mean the Chicago South Side and south suburbs. That’s just not enough with the Cubs in town. I’m a fan of both. Move the Sox to Nashville, Charlotte, or even Portland. The same could be said of the Rays. Go where the fans will support a team. In the 1980s-early 90’s I was able to go to games ten plus times a season on a modest income. I was in my teens and early 20’s. I could not do that now and I am solid middle class. I could think of better things to spend a couple hundred on. I went to one game in five years and only watched one complete game last season and I didn’t miss it. The sport passed me by as if to say they don’t need my fan base anymore. With the expanded playoffs the regular season should be shorter, maybe 145-150 games. That will keep the game from competing with football extensively. Also, cut down the time between innings. They can charge more for commercials and show less. That will cut down a ton of time.

Who tf told you that no1 wants to see a yankees dodgers rematch?

Vancouver is not slightly larger than Portland. It is larger. 3.5 metro compared to 2.4 metro. Vancouver is currently 17 largest metro, will overtake Mineaapolis at 16 and then Detroit at 15.

Baseball would much rather cater to boomers than younger audiences

I think that while MLB has a rising stock once more, it still seems to be lagging way behind football and basketball in terms of attracting the Black American fan. Once that issue is curbed I think the notion that ‘baseball is a dying game’ will really start to dissipate.

They have Ads on Helmets and uniforms now. They can't be doing all that well

I think we’re coming into a new generation of super stars Trout and Harper are getting older and new super stars are being drafted Give it 3 or 4 years for a new generation of stars A new Harper a new Trout

if theres 1 thing thats cauing the death of baseball, its the dodgers

Do you think the A's will actually be moved to Las Vegas? It makes little sense. Vegas locals like the Golden Knights and Aces. They don't like the Raiders and they won't care about the A's.

MLB ON THE RISE? YES

THIS IS WHY ESPN FOOLS ALL FANS OF ALL SPORTS

Cam Newton is mostly irrelevant and will be surpassed in relevance by just about every retired player in the next 5 years

Steinbrenner field is going to be packed at least

I completely disagree on 2 points. 1. You showed it yourself. Ratings don't lie. Yankees-Dodgers world series will ALWAYS deliver better ratings than any other matchup. 2. The absolute last thing baseball needs is expansion. Just move the bad franchises like Oakland, Miami, Tampa Bay to cities that want teams...Miami, Tampa bay are two of the four most recent expansion teams, and they both have weak attendance.

As a latin american im worried that in general baseball is losing it's popularity internationally, atleast in latam. I am of Nicaraguan hertiage and all my little cousins are more into soccer. I have venezuelan friends who are also more into soccer than baseball, and i know puerto ricans who are big into basketball. But i do not know many who like baseball

Honestly I would think a Cleveland Pittsburgh series would be huge. Heartland teams, Cleveland not winning in forever, Pittsburgh taking that place of the cubs for lovable losers up until recently

MLB is on the rise but the rise is slow.

Baseball is cooler than ever. Just gotta keep tightening up the games, pick up the pace of play. Baseball has such a natural flow, when the batters don't leave the box after every pitch. A 9 inning game should be 2 hours long, and viewership will skyrocket. Cut the changeover time between innings in half -that's 18 minutes of total downtime shaved off each contest.

I wish I could go to a game there?

As far as expansion I would love if Raleigh got an MLB team. Growing market, far from existing franchises, and it only has one major pro team unlike Nashville and Charlotte which already have two plus MLS. The Hurricanes have drawn well recently and baseball wouldn't overlap much with the hockey season. I think more action could popularize the sport. The 2023 rule changes have made games faster, but strikeouts remain at record levels and balls in play are low. If we start seeing more contact hitting and pitchers going 7+ innings, that would really challenge the "baseball is boring" conception. I don't know how MLB could incentivize that, as there's not a quick fix like the pitch clock. But as a fan it would be more exciting to watch those sorts of games, and records like 3000 hits or 300 wins would be attainable again. Also I'm begging for Manfred to get some national TV deal in place before 2030-ish. The network for Rangers games isn't currently on any streaming service I have, and it's probably blacked out anyway. MLB could gain SO MANY new fans if they could just see games easily. Overall the league is certainly in a better spot than in 2020, but there's potential for a major renaissance.

I’ve been reading about the demise of baseball ⚾️ for decades, can’t wait until the season arrives

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MLB on the rise

TV ratings appear to be down for everything except for football, and maybe the WNBA. I don't know if this is a baseball specific issue as much as a cord cutting issue.

Cam was an overhyped guy who had one good year in American football where he forgot to do the most important thing when it mattered and so he grifts online trying anything to stay relevant. Baseball will be fine, in fact especially with the global aspect to the game baseball is in a good situation

Hm, I can see a path where a Dodgers vs Yankees rematch would do perhaps even better. Pitch the narrative right, and more might tune in. "The rematch - can the Yankees top the Dodgers this time?"

Baseball still has issues, but it is on an upward trend worldwide. Baseball still needs to be careful, as it can still certainly fumble the momentum. Part of baseball's future needs to be securing not only access to the games for more people to watch it, but also in its development. MLB's current exploitation of the international market absolutely needs to be dismantled (or at least made fair financially) for the long-term benefit of the sport: we simply need more domestic leagues worldwide.

As for being on topic about the video, the A's already had a base in Sacramento. A's and Giants ran central and northern California, that won't be the issue. The issue is their TV market now. Moving out of the bay gives the Giants a massive boost locally, while the A's will admittedly get boosts in Sac and Stockton, which are still large cities admittedly. But we saw it with the Raiders already. Getting their games locally in CA after the move wasn't a struggle, but Oakland and Californians were scorned. We suffered, finally broke a drought, tore down, and moved. Ownership ripped support away from themselves. The A's followed the exact same blueprint. So come their move they'll be watched, but it won't be for them. Just like Mark Brady did with the nation.... yes I'm still scorned and more so after the Mo Pix country rid all the way to an Allegiant takeover

47 seconds?? Last time I was this early my GF got mad