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[@maxschouweiler3726]

Baseball is my favorite sport, but I agree 100% with Colin. Baseball is a slower sport than football and basketball. There are more lulls, more commercial breaks, more conferences between refs/coaches, and a great way to get young fans involved is to have crazy, bizarre, and energetic players and personalities. People want these guys to act like robots out on the field and when you hit a homerun after the guy in front of you is intentionally walked, you should be allowed to flip your bat and talk a little trash. I love the Giants, but Yasiel Puig to me was the most interesting player in the league (this year he's been hurt). I had to watch him play: he was not only off to a fantastic start, but the way he hustled, the way he played with reckless abandonment, his bat flips, it was entertaining as hell. Baseball needs to lighten up a little bit and embrace the personalities and bat flips and celebrating.

[@BMLOOH193]

+Max Schouweiler absolutely agree

[@geffres]

+Max Schouweiler well said

[@richardalvarado-ik9br]

Because everybody is always going to use stall tactics to win or gain an edge in any sport. Football time outs to ice the kicker, Basketball time outs to stop the other team who just ripped off 11 unanswered points. When a batter steps out of the box he realizes that the pitcher is in the zone. Too many pitching changes ,over specialization and starting pitchers not pitching complete games anymore have contributed immensely slowing down the game. Colin is wrong about Baseball because he thinks that if millenials don't like something that they'll stay stuck on their opinions and tastes at 35 or 45 that they had at 20. That's like telling a teenage boy to go play with GI Joe action figures like they're still a 6 yr old. Baseball has some real advantages that football and basketball don't have. Its the most affordable ticket out of the 3 sports try taking a family to basketball or football ( pretty darn expensive ) game. It's considered the best Father & Son bonding sport between the 3 sports. Baseball needs to market itself better to a more family oriented sport demographic just like Pixar does in the movie business ( Walmart, Target, J C Penny, McDonalds, PetSmart, Petco, Home Depot, pickup trucks and SUV's ). Market to late 30 something to 40 something parents who have little boys and quit marketing with the tradition angle to old white males.

[@notoriouseagle1074]

richard alvarado This is why I watch hockey.

[@brians91]

Dominic Parker cricket dude? Reall you’re comparing baseball to cricket. Cricket is lame dude

[@tmlfan7785]

Baseball is the old man at a Christmas party. He’s set in his ways and hates anything new. He’s not very fun.

[@richardalvarado-ik9br]

If I were commish. Shorten the regular season at Labor Day, get rid of the DH and PITCHERS WOULD NO LONGER HIT, there I just solved the DH controversy once and for all, Shorten the game from 9 to 7 innings, besides starting pitchers now days don't go 9 or 8 innings anymore, limit pitching changes and trips to the mound and batters stepping out of the batters box to a whole game just like timeouts in football, pitcher gets a pitch clock just like basketball and football have a play and shot clock, intentional walks will be awarded and not having the pitcher throw 4 pitches (shut up I know traditionalists about errant throws). There should probably a tie like in hockey & soccer as well (because MLB has too many OT games compared to other sports and spring training and the All Star game have a tie).

[@Mr_Spock512]

He's also constipated.

[@kalel311superman9]

Exactly, i never liked baseball anyway

[@tmlfan7785]

richard alvarado hockey hasn’t had ties in over 15 years bruv

[@adamh509]

Ex: unwritten rules

[@ryanolson2308]

I love baseball more than any other sport by far but Colin is spot on here. Hopefully it keeps changing for the better

[@DonCarlosDonCarlos]

Baseball players are too PC, and babies, you can't look at your own home run, or do a small bat flip without someone whining & being pissed.

[@dimercenary3090]

JoeyDailyShow It's a respect thing, it's viewed as showboating to flip your bat after a homerun.

[@AyaReikoTripleElite]

The opposite really. The players and everyone involved from owners to commentators are too Traditionalist. It's a sport and a culture that's been stuck in the past for FAAAR too long.

[@thebee9853]

This literally has nothing to do with being "PC." Stop forcing that into everything!

[@donaldmitchell5582]

@David Austin There are SO MANY FEWER goals in 90 minutes than home runs that it’s a bigger deal than a home run?

[@cnivar1027]

Colin nailed it on this one. Me being Dominican myself Baseball is #1 in my country but as I gotten older I realized it’s become worst every year. MLB is stuck in te past which is why I focus more on the NFL & NBA

[@notoriouseagle1074]

Christian Nivar What about the NHL?

[@notchinham316]

Why would dominicans care about hockey?

[@thebee9853]

@@notoriouseagle1074 hockey's not even an American game.

[@richardalvarado-ik9br]

Colin was fired from ESPN for making a racial remark against Dominican players......and TO ME HE'S STILL HAS A AX TO GRIND OVER IT. Even the speak for yourself show actually talked about the MLB playoffs and not Colin. In the 2000's at ESPN, he spoke regularly especially about the Boston Red Sox since they're the most successful team since 2000.

[@Ace-uc5cj]

@@thenightstreamer4702 I disagree, soccer has 22 players on the field just like the NFL so its not an issue, wearing helmet isn’t an issue and most look cool. Odell beckham jr has had a huge global out reach for being an amazing wide receiver, only place that probably has huge NFL fans is England probably London cause NFL plays so many games there and a super bowl there would be awesome.

[@gregmccarty8476]

They didn't speed up the game... It's actually gotten longer.

[@MichaelWilliams-cd9if]

It's true. Baseball as a whole is just too archaic hence the reason it's relevance starts to fade more every year.

[@maul4133]

Kato Robinson Baseball ratings are increasing so you are wrong

[@leandrest.hilaire3701]

Simon Riley it's a boring sport period stop trying to defend it, the only time baseball was good was the steroid era

[@richardalvarado-ik9br]

I knew you would say that as a African American. Which is why Afro Latino and now increasingly even Afro Euros are replacing African Americans in baseball. There's the racism angle still in this country towards the black player however with Jackie Robinson MLB had more blacks than the NBA and NFL for most of the 1950's. It probably doesn't seem to mix that well with the Hip Hop culture the way football & basketball does and I would say it's base doesn't like loud opinionated players the way especially the NBA does. Baseball is ball & chained to tradition, they don't like dynamic high energy charismatic players like football and basketball does. The NBA Finals has the same TV ratings as does The World Series which at least has to compete with the NFL and College football during it's same time slot. If the NBA finals were going on during the same time they would get a 7 or 8 rating ( Law & Order SVU......Dancing with the Stars would crush the NBA finals head to head ) The NFL is the 800lb gorilla in the room and the NBA acknowledges that.....why do you think ABC doesn't televise against them and waits till after the Superbowl. REMEMBER THE 2007 NBA FINALS GOT BEAT BY THE SOPRANOS!!!

[@NB-hb3uj]

@@richardalvarado-ik9br Racism? why is Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Barry Bonds the biggest names in the sport? They speak of Jackie Robinson retire his number league wide for breaking the color barrier. That is part of the problem you speak of Racism that isnt true speak of an archaic term. USA every one can decide what you want to do with you life if anything things have gotten very good in the USA where i am dont tell me i am racist too because i have a Jamaican wife and African ancestors.

[@SolUFO]

@@NB-hb3uj why do you belive that racism no longer affects people in the U.S.?

[@zepole87]

I wanna see more bat flips, celebrating and a faster paced game.

[@derricksnyder6535]

love this video gives a whole new perspective on how baseball is stuck in the past. i have umpired for years and grew up playing this game. your 100% right emotion has never had a place in baseball. its the way i was taught the game and it fits into all those unwritten rules within the sport. its even carried over to my umpiring, to where I'm stricter than most because of the respect i have for the game. maybe your right though its time for the game to adopt and it def start with umpires at the younger age letting kids be more emotional while still respecting the game.

[@TheGoldeagle99]

Everything you said is true. I just have a problem with baseball players trying to have swag and attitudes like NFL and NBA players.

[@superman31172]

Baseball is so uptight and i stopped watching long ago

[@realitities2]

I played baseball from age 5 to 18. I wasn't great but I was somewhat athletic and felt like it was just what athletic high school kids did. Year after I graduated they started a lacrosse program in spring and I wish so bad I had the chance to try it, cuz it hit me senior year that baseball is torturously boring, both in games and practices, and I literally haven't sat through nine innings since. I've argued with Europeans about the merits of American football as entertainment (there certainly are some) but there are many facets of baseball that require serious logical gymnastics to defend

[@warhawk9466]

lol you played for that long and it took you until your senior year to realize baseball is boring? lol I find that hard to believe.

[@realitities2]

***** no i hated it from about 7th grade on, but i always chalked it up to myself being lazy/disliking practice instead of just realizing that i just didnt actually enjoy playing the game. Like basketball practice was fine, despite being 50 times more physically taxing, because the game itself is stimulating and fun.And ill admit that there was some peer pressure involved (i probably wouldve quit after sophomore year if my friends didnt play, and i suspect a good number of my friends would also have played lax if possible)

[@warhawk9466]

well i completely disagree with you about baseball not being fun if youre good baseball is a fun game to play even though its not as fast paced as basketball. Im sorry that you didnt enjoy it. but thats ur opinion

[@realitities2]

***** im totally aware its my opinion. believe me i know im the minority lol its a preference thing, i know people who hate basketball for the exact reasons that i love it

[@williamshultz4620]

Its tradition?!...i can remember watching baseball in the 90s. I specifically remember griffey and bonds admiring there HRs and no one was bothered by it.

[@laytonhunt6004]

I would rather watch a black tv screen then a baseball game

[@NB-hb3uj]

I would rather watch Baseball that the beauty about USA i would turn the Channel with the NFL or NBA.

[@hmu05366]

N B eh?

[@Ace-uc5cj]

@@NB-hb3uj what?

[@boogitybear2283]

Paint drying on walls is more fun than baseball.

[@dre7147]

@@NB-hb3uj MLB is trash nowadays

[@IlGreven]

There are two things that contribute to the "old school" BS: The "unwritten rules" guys like Papelbon adhere to, and the fact that benches and bullpens clear every time two guys look cross-eyed at each other. That needs to stop, and Manfred has the power to do it: Mandate 10-game suspensions for anyone that leaves the dugout or bullpen when a fight or argument breaks out, except for the managers. (To protect batters and runners, this covers anyone not involved in the fight in the outfield too). Similarly, 5-game suspension for any pitcher who is judged to throw at any batter in a retaliatory manner, because the umpires' warning system is just not good enough.

[@NB-hb3uj]

This started from people complaining about the game and maybe soon not just Baseball will die but maybe all sports because people dont understand that MLB will be just one dominoe falling then there will be no NFL or NBA. People should not wish the death of a league.

[@Monkerey]

That's a bs idea

[@butsikfinkel3483]

It's legit like he's not aware the NHL exists

[@abid.mohammedhassan.6759]

butsik finkel nhl is the least favourite sport in America why do people like it

[@notoriouseagle1074]

Abid. Mohammed Hassan. Because it's the most exciting.

[@CarvedParachute]

butsik finkel exactly

[@Floww23]

No one cares about the NHL 😂😂😂

[@tropicmix8765]

@@notoriouseagle1074 not really.

[@conradbaker]

Too many unwritten rules and they neglect actual rules

[@Mr_Spock512]

Baseball belongs in a museum ... it had it's time but it failed to adapt. Other sports are much more exciting to watch.

[@kadehidalgo6738]

Great take hit the nail on the head 👏🏽

[@Dandeezy]

Colin's commentary on the sport of golf is hilarious

[@MattmanAZ09]

As a youth coach at the rec league level I see way fewer kids than when I played. at 13u the league in our area had 5 extra players and would not place those kids on the other teams. Plus ignoring phone calls from others trying to sign up. The leagues are sometimes poorly ran, and this affects your future fan base too.

[@no40]

Here are my ideas to improve MLB: 1) 7 innings.....tie games recorded after bottom of the 9th during regular season schedule 2) 7 player starting lineup.....cancel DH position......allowing the ability for teams to swap or switch batters between innings 3) 132 regular season schedule.....ending on the last week of August 4) 16 team playoffs, 7 games series.....starting on the first week of September 5) Ability to sub in and out starting pitcher.....during any inning of the game

[@jamalcolorado4260]

No.........NO!!!

[@no40]

@@jamalcolorado4260 Yes.............YES!!!!!

[@GoNotreDame]

Absurd. 7 players? 7 innings? Would the NFL ever change to 9 offensive players? No. Dumb idea.

[@no40]

@@GoNotreDame Actually, they are fantastic ideas, lol

[@Damingo54]

Can you start uploading full episodes on youtube so I can listen to you at work? Would love that.

[@TellyGianoulis]

Damingo54 Has has come

[@alexmatilainen]

I think another reason why I have absolutely no interest in watching MLB games is due to the oversaturation of games. Each team plays 162 games for upwards of 3 hours each, while the NFL plays only 16 games for around 4 hours each. I am not going to spend ~500 hours each year watching baseball, especially with all of the downtime present. The NFL is notorious for commercial breaks and stoppages, but baseball is significantly worse.

[@kdean30]

Exactly! Who has time to watch 3 baseball games every weekend, plus 2 more during the week. It’s way too many

[@BitcoinMotorist]

Infield fly rule tells you all you need to know about baseball. It's a rule that's been around for a century put in place to prevent quick thinking infielders from gaining an advantage over infielders who just go through the motions and play the "right way".

[@nhmkodiaks]

+Patrick Dukemajian I don't think you understand the nature of the rule at all. It prevents easy double plays, and leaves the guy on base who earned the base. Stolen base stats and runs scored are attributed to the deserving player, and on base percentages are not boosted for players who pop up. Also takes out the strategy of getting slower baserunners on base whenever you get the chance. That's an unfair advantage to the defense. Just a few reasons.

[@user-kc8sw1ut6q]

Nope. Dumb comment

[@benkovel4467]

Colin speaking facts

[@twiston43]

Baseball should be more like "Major League Baseball" the movie.

[@ImNotGouda]

Baseball blows

[@Bestoftherest222]

Baseball is a wonderful sport but you're missing a big point Colin. Yes you're right as far as how slow the game is, BUT the biggest issue is parity. The MLB is a joke for most markets who will never win unless they line up the perfect low budget team that can beat a 200m dollar team. Something like 27 of the last 35 World Series have gone to large market teams. I stopped watching because the games took to long and my team will never win a world series with a 50m $ cap going up against 220m $ yankees.

[@xpto41]

The yanks only have 2 ws in 21 years what are you taking about? There's different winning teams In MLB since 2000

[@andu1854]

The issue is baseball is boing and all they do is swing for fences and strike out, the Giants were my favorite team and now I think they suck, last season was a total fluke, and I don’t see them being anything for the future

[@tudormiller8898]

I love baseball watching from London UK 🇬🇧⚾

[@kjarblake]

I've never agreed more with Collin!

[@bobbycardona7766]

I love baseball but i cant stand some of these skippers like I believe Mike Sciocsa from the Angels the skipper from the Baltimore Orioles and theres a few others but these guys seriously need to be injected with some personality, stoic and boring is what comes to mind when I see them and then when they are losing and they are standing there looking all serious, like dude there is 162 games in baseball!!!!! I can understand a 16 game football season and the coach getting worked up on the sidelines, only 16 games, but 162 games and you are standing there looking like a pallbearer because of 1 game that your losing!!!!!!!

[@RealMikeGibbs]

In twenty years, it’ll be soooo much better! We’ll definitely have celebrating/trash talk/and more heart in the game!

[@100timessquare]

Baseball is boring, stopped watching back in the 80s

[@markcampbell8460]

"tHat'S oK, bASebalL iS A smARt mAn's GAme..."

[@kdean30]

Lol

[@kdean30]

Baseball needs to reduce the number of games. 162 games in a season is insane. No one has that kind of time to keep up with so many games. That would be a start to fix baseball.

[@bruhppmouth889]

Rob Manfred is the worst commissioner in any sport

[@kalel311superman9]

I bet you bring a buvuzela (remember those?) To try and bring an atmosphere to the game that thing gets confiscated or you get tossed from the stadium

[@Prince1Tony]

You can say all this about baseball losing fans but in the end it'll attract more players from different ways of life because it offers the most money if you're good enough. And it gives an individual more of the spotlight.

[@richardszablewski1420]

The bottom line is, prices are just way to high, parking, tickets, refreshments and if you take younger children to a game, you buy each one a souvenir. And I am talking about a decent ticket to watch the game. You are talking about, Hundreds of dollars, just for one game. It’s all about greed.

[@halstevens7862]

I'm sure if some teams got the opportunity to BEAM Blake Griffin with a fastball, they would. Ask Mike Malone

[@richardeast3328]

Yeah, everything is awesome today, even haircuts and sandwiches. Celebrate everything that you do.

[@luisojeda682]

I got an idea for baseball let the Latino players be themselves and stop picking on their antics, tell announcers not to say this this player "grew up playing the game the right way", and most of all stop calling it "America's game" because clearly the Latino players didn't grow up playing the game in America if thats what the "right way" means, and second it is clearly not America's game if international players are in the American and National Leagues, wouldn't that make it an international game respectively. In other words baseball more inclusive and share its pastime with the international community.

[@rmkb627]

*Damn !*

[@ShionShinigami]

Haha, I looked up Jose Ramirez bat flip and I did not even get why it was controversial. Baseball is indeed complicated and boring.

[@squidparty2000]

Football is my sport and basketball is my second sport and baseball is my third. I love baseball but it’s just too slow and repetitive compared to football and basketball. I don’t think the next generation will be attracted to this sport.

[@martinlorenz4053]

The game has been a travesty since they outlawed the spitball

[@stumarston6812]

And the five ball walk.

[@stumarston6812]

Pitchers are allowed to celebrate. Not hitters though.

[@ImJiom]

This rant was as boring as watching a baseball game and needed to be speeded up to state its points

[@baldanders]

“you’re allowed to gyrate”

[@satyapratapnayak4853]

Wht abt cricket? Americans?

[@tinkywinkyyoma9290]

replace baseball with cricket

[@lukeyznaga7627]

On a side not, I still don't understand why the NBA doesn't lower the rim? Its not that women are weak or or can't play well, but if you do the Math and percentages, most women are not as tall as men, and even though the rim is not asd tall as the men's, its still unrealistically tall. AS FOR BASEBALL, the sport and its strategies doesn't courage a lot of stealing, it doesn't encourage a lot of bunts and the players take too long at the batters box. And the ads and "TV Breaks" slow the game down.

[@icy6129]

Biggest reason baseball is losing fans is because most teams have no shot every year so you don’t get new fans in those cities

[@andu1854]

Baseball is tedious and boring and all they do is hit home runs and strike out & managers are no longer needed because all it is stats driven

[@esmith6656]

they should make them play in just their jockstraps

[@hovz-zo8lf]

Don't they get a yellow card if they take their shirt off?

[@kcsayhister]

Yes

[@MarcusDailyMedia]

Doesn't stop them.

[@christopherladka2463]

Same for Hockey.

[@blastomanto5687]

Hockey is probably the most exciting sport it has hits,fights, and is a lot faster because they are on skates

[@amarevanhook7453]

CHRISTOPHER LADKA Hockey>>>>Baseball, and it’s growing in the US

[@666kingdrummer]

at least in hockey you're allowed to celebrate without worrying about hurting the other team's feeling, unlike in baseball

[@HerveVillechaize22]

troll

[@Cory-zn5mq]

Modernism is needed and bonds need to be in the hall

[@Pipeline66]

Did they perhaps walk the bases loaded because they needed a double play???

[@bigjoe1387]

That was not a little batflip watch the game

[@Trid3nt861]

if you want baseball to be more interesting, just make it into a battle arena where bats, clubs and other forms of weaponry are used. Let all of the players have a go at one another.... Profit.

[@thomasmalatesta7331]

I think it's worth noting that in hockey, fans love the fights on the ice. They generally let the 2 guys go at it for a minute until they both get tired and that's the end of the drama. In baseball, however, it's revenge for some perceived disrespectful act that could have occurred the previous season. It comes across as petty and childlike. At least that's the way it looks to me.

[@yeomane]

Baseball is a distinctly child's game.

[@jjgreen5206]

Back when Colin wasn't afraid to have strong, unpopular takes

[@jaydesrochers753]

antics...yes...he is right...antics...watch old games..then watch new ones..honestly..you tell me what is a better game..watch game 6 of the 75 world series. u tell me if that isnt better than the modern game of mlb...which is the worst product they have ever produced..by FAR

[@TheGoldeagle99]

Colin has some good points but I never cared for baseball players acting like NBA and NFL players.

[@dre7147]

You don't but most people do.

[@wyrw]

Are you serious, they were freaking out over a bat flip!? I thought they said back flip at first, which would be more understandable

[@AV57]

Ironically, when Ozzie Smith used to do backflips, everybody loved it--even the opposition. And Ozzie is almost universally seen as a really classy player. And that just goes to show that players can be very flashy in baseball, but there's no good reason to rub other players', fans', or coaches' noses in your abilities. The scoreboard does that all on its own.

[@Nalaimissyou]

All of you are wrong.. if you knew the game it was in the late innings and the Indians were up 7-1. Jose Ramirez flipped the bat right infront of the coaches and showed them up. It's an unwritten rule in baseball. If it was a close game and it was late innings it's different story but they were up 6 late in the ball game.

[@catharticwicks]

You never seen a six run inning? Yankees rays game 162?

[@razorpat1996]

Shut up old man

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

Baseball is a game from a slower more methodical era in society. The rest of the world sped up and our brains have been rewired so our bodies tell us, "This is too slow...we need more stimulation." The problem with baseball isn't the culture or lack of marketing or that it's not in line with modern pop culture. The problem is the game can't be modified in a way to make it keep up with the need we feel for constant stimulation. Football and basketball are getting more and more popular because they are in near constant motion or have fast bursts of action at shorter intervals. Baseball is not meant for our time.

[@kdean30]

Very well said!

[@Dwyrm23]

LMAO, Bases a player to disrespect the opposing team, Opposing team homer next at bat show boats with a little bat flip, OMG the level of disrespect lol for real weak sport. After you disrespect me and my team and I home-run believe me a little bat flip is the least of your worries, gonna run does bases talking smack all around to all the opp players.

[@satexman2585]

World game with anyone who can play ? They can't play. They aren't as good.

[@Akaoni21]

Be careful what you wish for that's all I'm gonna say.

[@GS-hh6dk]

Just let players do steroids. Who cares? It's baseball! It'd be cool to see a guy jack 60 HRs in a season thats exciting, not "upholding the integrity of the sport"

[@pjsullivan93]

Luke Smith it wouldn't be fun because you have 20 players blasting 60 HRs a season. It wouldn't be special anymore.

[@boskey10]

If every top hitter was juicing, there would be it least 10 guys with 65+ HR. Not only that, the top 5 would be 70-85+ HR. Big Mac and Bonds hit 70+ in there late 30's when they where on steroids. Just imagine a young 25-28 year old could do.

[@senseiadam-brawlstars9465]

That would make it more fun.

[@oseasgonzalez4307]

Think about it like this: If steroids were allowed, and consequently, those players who initally indulge emerged to be at the top of the sport, it would end up becoming an unofficial requirement to even be competitive. Most players wouldn't have any other choice BUT to start doping in order to be competitive. That's not fun.

[@cyrus565]

Yeah it'd be like everyone having superpowers. It's cool for a few days, maybe. But after awhile it's just as normal as having no superpowers.

[@666kingdrummer]

Why do people that don't know anything about baseball at all, know who Bryce Harper is? Because he acts and talks like an Average Joe. Its a shocker when golf is allowed to show more emotion than baseball. and they wonder why so many people these days think baseball is boring, and why they are having huge drop-offs in attendance.

[@thomasarias773]

Baseball has unwritten rules, Colin. Rules that are as old as the game. You can celebrate a homerun, sure. Go ahead. Expect to be beaned in your next at-bat if you cross the imaginary line of acceptable behavior. It’s that simple. The umpires know what to do. Everything will get worked out. If the young guys have a problem with that, then so what? They’ll eventually be the older veterans and can change the culture. But that’ll never happen because the unwritten rules are as old as the game. It’s that simple.

[@kdean30]

So lets just try and injure players in the head with a 90 mph fastball. Got it!

[@phengov943]

Nba more global than baseball or grid iron, only American sport I watch

[@williamcooper909]

Baseball has changed and it is not the game it once was... Some like it...so don't. For me the game is slow, not enough action and way to many strikeouts... Antics or player displays will not bring fans to the park...Put the ball in play...steal a base...hit and run...etc

[@user-fb7bb5eh3k]

Ur so wrong players and benches celebrate and go crazy all the time, after home runs the whole club house is litt and they fist bump and celebrate at the plate after as well its just the bat flip after the pitcher and catcher and fielders r grueling out there as well and u hit the pitch out the whole team is helpless the ball is uncatchable so its a big in your face to watch it fly out or to flip your bat, u celebrate afterwards

[@Lakeshow0024]

😴

[@lukeyznaga7627]

I am glad that Colin BRIEFLY talked about the gambling at 0:26. Why isn't that talked about more because I believe that WILL be a problem. Look, once you introduce that idea into ANY sports, don't tell me there are not temptations for owners, players and others to rig the game or take a bribe or bet JUST to make money and sacrifice the game or "a fall". Come on. Use your common sense. HOW LONG is it, until ANY MOB organization wants its "cut" into the ONLINE or in person booking bets profits? It is NOT a good idea, because sooner or later, you will have 1,514.6 more PETE ROSE-like-people doing bets against their own teams or points spread. don't be naive. ACCORDING TO THE LAW, nowadays, IT IS LEGAL FOR ANYBODY including the athletes or the coach to do betting in his sport or on ANY TEAM. What if a player puts bets on his own team or the opposing team, in baseball, Football or hockey? WHO WOULD KNOW??? What if a player loses a lot of money on a bet? If he gets killed,, EVEN IF his bet had nothing to do with the game that his team played, will the AUTHORITIES an d commisioners of that sport, care if he dies? Probably not.

[@lukeyznaga7627]

What if the umpires start secretly doing bets or ask for bribes? Is there a watchdog organization that watches them? Remember, sports betting now, is LEGAL.

[@urbantrails4432]

Baseball is life

[@ryanmorrison3699]

And now here we are in 2022 and the MLB’s ratings are tanking because the fan base can’t stand this new game and its culture. I find it hilarious how the complete opposite of what Colin said has happened. The celebrating and the flash has actually lost the MLB fans.

[@Lakeshow0024]

Get off my lawn 😂

[@burntsider8457]

I see it the other way. I'd prefer to have more respectful behavior encouraged in all sports as an example to kids. Too much ME ME ME in our culture. But , I realize I'm a relic and don't like today's mores. My attention to pro sports has waned to nearly zero.

[@themistero]

baseball is so boring. Way too many games. Each game doesn't matter that much. The season is so long. The pace is so slow. Good luck

[@lilSnubby]

Selig ruined baseball.

[@isaiah.lufkin]

As a college ball player we are cool with a bat flip when its a walk off or a shot that ties it but when its 7-1 in the 8th that just unsportsman like. it would be like the warriors putting in steph curry when their up my 20 with a minute left in the 4th and on a fast break pulling up and draining a 3. Its just sportsman like to show up the your opposition.

[@ChrisR-uz4jq]

But most bat flips are big hrs to win, take the lead or tie the game (this ramirez one was big in the game, jose bautista in the playoffs was massive pretty much won a series let alone a game) and they cause big fights and conflicts. Guys arent out there bat flipping in blow out. In fact there was at least two brawls in ncaa baseball this year from bat flips on big hrs People are just too sensitive and cant stand to see others having fun while beating them. You dont want guys to bat flip? Dont give up the hr. You dont want Cam to celebrate a first down or td? Stop him. You dont want nba guys mocking you or showing you up? Dont get dunked on or dont get swatted. Beat them or they can celebrate and talk some trash. Its part of the game i love the emotion

[@ATLKing404]

If you got the skills, show it

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Golf is not the most conservative sport. Not nobody. /

[@144Donn]

Disagree! Play Baseball like a man! And now all these years later we have seen the drastic drop in attendance. This is due to a number of factors one of which is that 60+ year olds, a primary base of the fandom, want to see the game played as it was in the 70's; exciting, motion filled and with no antics!

[@Lakeshow0024]

Get off my lawn!

[@MrArtist7777]

Baseball's slow, boring and a dying sport, no doubt. Boys are flocking to: football and basketball and girls to soccer and volleyball, which they should, those are fast-moving, fun sports. I played 10 years of baseball and HATED it! I spent many, many hours standing in the outfield, bored to death or on the bench, bored there. Fans rank baseball as the most boring sport, hands down.

[@cjones3710]

Disagree not everyone wants nuts out add type games just because they are young. Manfred is ruiming baseball. Respect for your opponent is what makes the game great. Disagree with this guy, more agree w the commentators. You Do not show up the pitcher. This writer understands baseball but hes acting like he does not for.his show.

[@jebronlames1801]

I'm okay with a little fist pump if you hit a homerun or a small bat flip. But don't go to far with it like Jose Bautista. You just have to control it.

[@hectorornelas6182]

Why

[@666kingdrummer]

NO he doesn't, grow up.

[@scottcraigen630]

People who don’t like baseball just don’t understand baseball and I can’t stay this saying “baseball is boring” ummm hello do you not pay attention to the nfl? 3 hour game and 20 min of play! Congrats you get 90% replays and commercials yeah real exciting

[@DaRicanKing8]

I agree with the message that is trying to be conveyed but Cowherd is a hypocrite he is the same one who is pro institution vs pro player when it comes to basketball and football.

[@jonforrest4473]

This is why I prefer minor league.

[@Mirr0rsEdge]

Baseball is BORING 😴

[@bleedblue2695]

Baseball is a thinking sport. Bellinger flips his bats all the time u dont see him getting thrown at lmao who is this collins jones freak ???😆

[@hmu05366]

It’s not a thinking sport, it’s just garbage

[@kdean30]

Stats don’t lie. There is a reason why the ratings for NFL and NBA are way higher than baseball now. That doesn’t make baseball a thinking man’s sport. People will watch what they find entertaining. That’s the bottom line.

[@RETRO_BELL]

Deeezzz nuts

[@jakerodrigues7111]

Yeah what were you watching he tossed the bat above his head not a gentle flip AND stood there for a couple seconds and watched it. Whatever you think is ok, is ok for you, but according to most of the players you don't do that. Everyone knows this.

[@MrJking065]

Mr Cowherd...you have NO CLUE what baseball is about.

[@analyticalinsight]

Jerry Traveler What is it about?

[@eddieduran4956]

hispanic people own baseball. like it or not.

[@ogreman-lll-957]

Eddie Duran I thought most of the players were white

[@dre7147]

But it's boring because of that in America

[@akshajsinha2013]

Baseball has always been the worst

[@SouthsideDarealist]

Sorry but I don’t agree with anyone. Have some class during the regular season. You have 162 games to play. Your telling me your gonna celebrate every single game GTFOH Now if it’s the wild card and post season. Then guess what those guys have the right to celebrate because every hit and defensive play counts.