Gary V Tells A-Rod How He Would Save Major League Baseball

Gary V tells Alex Rodriguez how he would stop everything the MLB is doing with marketing and save the sport of Baseball.
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[@SteveMcCleary]

In 2014, me and my buddy started posting Vines of highlights during Royals games. We gained about 5k followers on Twitter in KC, people loved them. Half way through the season MLB sent us an email demanding we stop. I mean, how dare we offer FREE advertisement for them!

[@Creech786]

S McCleary898 MLB should approach you for social media type content instead of pushing you away from it. Little things like this make sports fun. Most major sports encourage this kind of thing.

[@PinkStarburst717]

Should have kept goin. They can't make you do anything

[@Airplane299]

Same thing happened with Dodgerfilms here on KZbin, except that was more disgraceful on MLB's part. Makes no sense.

[@SteveMcCleary]

Pink Starburst We did. Just stopped posting Vines and did videos on Twitter

[@SteveMcCleary]

Kpatel They need all the love they can get on Social Media. Average fan is taking viagra.

[@richdubC]

I think ARod is a perfect metaphor - people hated him as a player but really Warmed up to him once he opened up as a broadcaster

[@thomash.l.9382]

once you know him on a personal level... but i also do think its a bit of a act. He gives off this fake-ness at times.

[@jeffgregg2221]

kinda like tony romo

[@Sandorgantes]

Let me tell you I really dislike Arod but man he speaking some truth and giving great ideas 💡

[@dschapin]

@@thomash.l.9382 I absolutely hate him as an announcer, he comes off badly. ANd let me tell you every single MLB fan i talked to during the playoffs could not stand him or even big the whole crew of ex players covering the games acting like complete jack asses. It wasnt funny, it was cringe and ego maniac territory.

[@thomash.l.9382]

the thing i like is he goes into great detail on how to the game is played, whether is talking about hitters getting their front foot down softly at a 45 degree angle to keep the front hip close and asking in detail how other players do it. I like that kinda stuff. he dives deep into the game... i do have one question, how high of a level did u play baseball?@@dschapin

[@candorconvos26]

"Do you know how many MLB players are married to supermodels?" *A-Rod nods*

[@nofood1]

lol

[@andrewblanco1656]

Alex Rodriguez has been a student about everything since he came into the league. You see him taking notes? And you wonder why he has such great skill and knowledge about baseball.

[@travismccoy3927]

Shit. As soon as I read this, i looked up and saw him look down and write something! 🔥🔥

[@ryanlankford8634]

Andrew Blanco the answer is steroids.

[@gregory8901]

Eliminate shortstop position because it doesn't represent a base. 3 in outfield and 4 + pitcher in infield makes no sense. DH represents a base "mound" shortstop is just an extra guy.

[@mhartleroad]

I didn’t follow him when he was playing and this was really the first interview I’ve watched. He really impressed me.

[@mhartleroad]

Gregory, short stop plays 2nd and 3rd, second plays 2nd and 1st. Pitcher covers home. If you removed short stop, ever grounder to the grass would be a double

[@iamthepkmaster]

How is this video not viral Gary vee literally just gave the solution to baseballs problem for free

[@randymorrison1761]

People do not listen.

[@DishnVeronica]

Not people, MLB owners. They make money, why would they want to make fans happy?

[@Crimsontide1694]

Yeah but Vados, they’d make MORE money

[@iamthepkmaster]

can you not envision the long-term? he clearly says it in the video that theyre prioritized the short term over the long run. they should want to make the fans happy, that's how they maximize their revenue instead of having it die like it currently is @@DishnVeronica

[@Chris-yf1bn]

Yves Saint Laurent I’m sure Arod showed the commissioner and every executive

[@finalsecretofchrono1339]

The best idea here was for MLB to open up mlb content to anyone who wants to run with it. KZbin. Instagram. The idea that MLB has been so obsessed with copyrights, that their iron fist mentality is killing baseball in the digital era, is spot on.

[@WoodT92]

As a red Sox I always hated ARod but ever since he retired he’s been cool. He’s insightful and he seems to have humbled himself. Love the passion he has for baseball

[@johnmcnamara8741]

I say the same thing about Papi, I'll always hate him lol, but he is fun as a broadcaster.

[@HusseinDoha]

Why would you hate ARod?? Just because he plays in a rival team??? Hate is a big word. Grow up!!

[@Anthony-lg3vx]

John McNamara took the words out of my mouth lol.

[@jmorel42]

This is my relationship with Romo

[@travishill1692]

Favourite part of going to games is showing up early. Love watching the players get prepared. I would love a way to see some of the stuff before and after games and BP

[@crumbsmakebread890]

I've been teaching middle school PE for 26years, kids today don't even know how to put a glove on or how to hold a bat correctly. I would say 90 percent of my students have never owned a baseball glove EVER. It's sad, baseball was a huge part of my childhood.

[@OhNikk]

Where do you teach though?

[@crumbsmakebread890]

@@OhNikk Phoenix Arizona (inner city)

[@gustavolazio8]

F o o t b a l l

[@ericgutierrez6197]

Why dont they do some kind of hardknocks series through the season following multiple stars. From trout, judge, Betts, Baez etc..

[@jayfeev215]

Eric Gutierrez I think this is a great idea. I'm a baseball fan in small doses simply because the league is so pretentious. I watch more MLB network, than actual games. I feel your idea could work but it's going to take the right team and personalities to start it off well. Preferably not the Yankees, but I know they probably would be first.

[@ericgutierrez6197]

@@jayfeev215 doesn't have to be one team for the whole season. The season is long enough to follow multiple teams or stars. When the postseason starts they can pin point one team and follow them through it. Just my 2cents on how to get them more exposure.

[@kylekondor1189]

Amazing idea

[@gregory8901]

Do we have 4 outfielders? 1 person per base makes legitimate sense. A DH represents a pitcher position "mound base". Shortstop represents an extra player. Anything will change the game as in a pitch clock. Eliminate shortstop.

[@nohbuddy1]

Hard Knocks does nothing for the NFL

[@cajholt4016]

Hey Gary do you mind just like purchasing Major League Baseball PS: all baseball fans

[@EXE-Edits]

As a content creator, I support this message.

[@jarretthoogerhyde1633]

The MLB has promote the GAME for younger kids, not the league itself. Everyone today has already made up their mind about baseball.

[@23ofSeptember]

I agree. I think a huge part of that is making baseball cards affordable. These days, you can't get a pack of cards for under $3 bucks. Make a pack of 10 or 12 cards $1 and young kids, especially boys will start collecting them again, showing interest in players, teams, statistics, and that translates into a passion for baseball. Thats how I got so hooked into baseball.

[@swgroove]

Story telling!!! EXACTLY!!! The NFL does it perfectly. All of those documentaries of the players are incredibly compelling and inspirational. Let's go!!! Do it!!!

[@no40]

MLB biggest problem is not how they choose to advertise the game and/or its players. It's the on field product. It takes too long and it's slow. Here are my ideas on how I would fix the on field product of the league: 1) Shorten the regular season by 30 games from 162 to 132. Start on the first week of April and end on the last week of August. 2) Postseason playoffs should be lengthen and expanded. Start postseason on the first week of September with 16 teams, 8 from each league, 7 game series in each round, just like the NBA and NHL postseason. The more teams will bring some needed excitement and drama for many lower seeded teams. 3) Make the overall game shorter. Reduce the innings from 9 to 7 innings. Tie games recorded during regular season but have a runner at second for extra innings during postseason play. 4) Teams are granted at most two chances to substitute and switch players from their lineup or rotation in any innings during the game. For instance, if the game is tied entering the last inning, each team has the ability to bring back their best players to face each other to see who will win the game.

[@rugerREL07]

Leave the actual game of baseball alone but let youtubers and IG highlight makers make content

[@has3219]

why is every other league allowed to make changes to the sport except baseball. In 2007 nba was 10x more boring than baseball. The finals had scores in the low 70's thats boring as fuck. The nba changed rules to soften defenses and look what happened offense exploded and with lebron goin to miami the popularity sky rocketed. MLB needs to increase action. Shifts need to be limited because they adversely make it harder for even good hitters to get hits so they only aim for homeruns making the league a three true outcome league. Did you watch the playoffs? Some guys hit it perfectly up the middle and someone was standing there because analytics tell you EXACTLY where you are most likely to hit it.

[@treverp206]

In my 20s and love baseball.

[@dantehernandez2706]

rare

[@TCHAINZzz]

It shouldn’t be Rare tho

[@DaksEdits]

I’m 19 and I watched an average of 157 of my teams 162 games these past few years

[@kdot621]

I’m in my 20s and I absolutely love baseball with all of my heart I’m born and raised in St. Louis MO it’s everything out here I’ll save baseball if I have too

[@Renewed_Mind]

21 yr old here.. i dont know much about baseball.. ive gone to a royals game but I was ready to leave by the 4th inning ... its boring to me. Idk whats going on / i dont care about the players. Nba on the other hand. I love watching games. Especially the players I follow when I hear about the stuff they say outside of the games ...i look forward to watching them perform. Its like watching your friends playing. I dont get this from baseball and not sure how to.

[@maxheadroom1207]

This generation is missing a Ken Griffey JR. Someone that the kids aspire to be. As great as Mike Trout is I kind of agree with Manfred. He kinda has the personality of Kawhi. Bryce could've been that but he has an arrogance about him that makes him unlikeable. Griffey had style, grace, was marketable, was a great player. He even had his own sneaker.

[@THEHamBot1]

Javier Baez, Giancarlo Stanton, Jose Altuve, Christian Yelich, Ronald Acuna, Shohei Ohtani, Clayton Kershaw, Aaron Judge, etc etc. There are a lot of guys in the MLB that are easily "marketable", but they fail to do so. The MLB needs a video game (for both consoles) like Madden or NBA 2K that is played by kids. I remember 2K used to make a MLB game and it was really good

[@ripkobe248]

Judge and Stanton m def has made the NY market of baseball explode. MLB just needs better more exciting players so the games don’t get boring

[@maxheadroom1207]

​@@THEHamBot1 I agree about the video games. I think a very underrated factor of the NBA gain in popularity is 2K. A lot of kids who weren't even into basketball played 2k cause the game was so popular amongst friends.The game was basically one of the highest grossing games in the history of video games and got a lot of kids even adults into NBA.

[@lloydhinshelwood]

Brian Javi Baez is that guy just not as good as Griffey

[@shutthefupdonny]

There will never be another Griffey!

[@Hacksaw_HIM_Thuggin]

A Rod has a good mind for the business because he was a phenomenal player and knows the mind of a player and he understands professionalism. I believe if MLB wants someone as a higher up, definitely give him an interview

[@tommypeters9982]

Love the 4-7pm inside look into the batting cages idea. I don’t have time to watch Tv anymore but I would spend a few minutes watching my favorites hitters hit, especially during batting practice.

[@DoctorJ42]

I thought I was going to hate this because everybody who has had said something about how to fix baseball says something idiotic...however, this was really good. Storytelling is the key...Mel Allen doing TWIB was great storytelling for the TV age. Time to update and expand...allow highlights and access, skip over ESPN, who isn't looking out for the sport anyway.

[@fellawithashotgon]

*THE GANG IMPROVES BASEBALL * ... I swear he reminds me of the dude from always sunny in Philadelphia

[@DanielBowen]

When I was in college (2007), I interviewed a prominent Bay Area baseball player. I was super excited with how the content came out. I put the video on KZbin and the MLB instantly flagged it. I used all of my own footage (no B roll from MLB content), but they still said it was in violation of their policies. This was over 10 years ago. I can not agree more with what you said.

[@stevenygabbyperez695]

A-Rod is a perfect example. I'm a reluctant Marlins fan. That organization ruined my passion for the league and I haven't watched or been to any games in a couple years. But this year, while I haven't watched any games I have watched a ton of content from the like of A-Rod, Big Papi, and Pedro Martinez. Personalities will bring people back to the sport. That and the league cannot allow teams to he run the way the Marlins are because that is terrible for the sport in every way.

[@lcmp5527]

Jose Fernandez was that personality guy the Marlins neeeded unfortunately we know what happened and backed up the franchise ...

[@SaundersClark]

I love this video and I’m happy people with influence care about the sport like I do. I’m a lifelong die hard baseball fan. It is MY sport, it’s the ultimate game. I couldn’t agree more with what has been said and I’d like to add a few things to the conversation. FYI I’m a 39 year old white male. I grew up playing baseball, lots of baseball. When I wasn’t playing baseball, I was making up a game revolving around baseball. We played card games, and video games, but most of the time we were outside playing some form of baseball. Hot box, home run derby, long toss, wall ball, it never ended. In 2005 I started noticing some trends in my state, Utah. Little League was slowly being replaced by “super league” teams. Early on it was only the best players with quality coaches. Quality coaching is now a thing of the past. Local leagues and ball teams are all but eliminated. Recruiting is the way to make a team, no draft at the park down the street. Those with money and talent get the opportunities. Maybe that’s life. Without the local league, what is the need for a city to maintain a ballpark that sits empty? In Utah, Riverton park was the oldest little league park in the state. It had lights and was a privilege to play a rare night game if you were lucky enough to make an All-Star team. Riverton’s league dwindled, due to players choosing super league, until there weren’t enough players to form four teams needed for a season. Riverton leagues that used to have 16-20 teams each year, at each level, now have none! Riverton city couldn’t justify keeping a large park with three fields without using it. Renting it out to “super league” wasn’t worth it. The 100+ year old park was torn down a few years ago. A sad day for baseball in Utah. Baseball needs to be saved within the localized neighborhoods. This gives every kid a chance to play, even if they’re poor. Super league has become a travel league, that emphasizes a high volume of guaranteed games. Combining recruited players from all over the valley with lots of travel virtually eliminates the ability to hold practice. It is logistically impossible for teams to make players drive 40, 50, and even 100 miles just to run a 90 minute practice. Promoting a lot of guaranteed games sounds good, but they’re destroying a fundamental of baseball, practice! I watched my nephew’s 13 year old super league team play five years ago. I could hardly stand to watch. On any given play at least four position players were immediately out of position. The coaches were completely ignorant to the game. It wasn’t baseball, it was a bunch of 13 year old kids playing what looked like tee ball quality baseball. So I would focus on saving little league, here are 3 simple ideas. 1) Little league has a license to wear MLB team names. Most of us choose a favorite team based on early memories of wearing an MLB uniform. In 1988 I played first base for the Giants and my last name is Clark. Will Clark and the Giants will forever be a part of me. Super league teams raise baseball players who wear uniforms that say “Louisiana Hot Bats,” or whatever. Brand, and Loyalty, create it! Go ALL IN ON LITTLE LEAGUE! 2) Coaches need training. I would use MLB players and coaches to create an online video training series to teach the fundamentals of baseball. Teach coaches how to run a practice. What drills to run, how to practice situations, and how important this is to MLB teams. We don’t get to see pro’s practice, and A-Rod had some great ideas for making that happen. I would give it for free to help save the game, but maybe you give it free to licensed leagues. 3) Players need training. Show how A-Rod might take 150+ ground balls a day, or hit off the tee’s, do soft toss, and study film etc. Players need to learn drills, position play, foot work, stretching, workouts, and nutrition, the list goes on and on. What if there was a video series they could use made by major leaguers demonstrating and teaching these basics. This would endear them to these players and the MLB brand. Imagine if Bryce Harper challenged kids to hit 250 balls off the tee this week (or whatever), and next week was a new challenge by Javier Baez. Get creative! I worked as a groundskeeper for the AAA, SLC Bees several years ago. I noticed how deep and intense players and coaches think about the game. There is a wealth of knowledge in the minor and major league systems about every facet of the game. These beautiful concepts, philosophies, and strategies aren't being passed down to our youth leagues. Baseball is a wonderful game that attracts brilliant minds, give kids with that aptitude something to chew on! We’re witnessing the slow death of baseball in America. There is just too much competition; video games, extreme sports, and so much more. Baseball, if it will survive, must save itself within the neighborhood. Small town baseball is surviving, but just barely. In 20 years American born MLB players will be a minority. The only thing super league has done is create more opportunities for the elite. Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, and Kris Bryant are the first generation who came through the super league, AAU system. Rather than ~ 20 league games and ~ 10 All-star games, they played 120+ games a year. Time will tell if this is a good thing, maybe they’ll burn out or their bodies won’t hold up. I wish I could do more, I’ve pondered this for 15 years. I wanted to make a film documenting these things in Utah, but it’s tough to get people on board. I hope MLB listens because they’re blowing it in my mind. MLB needs someone with vision to lead them, I hope they get that someone soon!

[@bradyschroeder5435]

Couldn't agree more. Especially about professional players/coaches challenging kids to do different challenges each week and helping coaches who are most likely volunteers really learn how to run a practice and coach a team better. Amazing!!👍👍

[@shutthefupdonny]

Can you expand on that just a bit?

[@1utube01]

Arod is so effin cerebral. Taking notes while GV is talking. Brilliant in his TV analyst role, great here.

[@omieg89]

Baseball’s problem is the product on the field is not appealing to the majority of youth. NBA and NFL games are exciting. Comebacks and lead changes and suspense. Pitching has become too dominant with strikeout numbers skyrocketing and the team that is leading through the 3rd or 4th inning probably wins 80-90% of the time. Unless you’re watching your favorite team, why tune into a baseball game. They need to find a way to have more games play out like game 4 of the 2020 WS. That game could compete with the NBA or NFL best games.

[@questtech7148]

I have lots of respect for A-Rod. When he came back after all the shit that happened he was constantly heckled and called horrible names by fans, he was thrown at by the opposing pitchers, and he never reacted he just kept playing the game. It takes a real man to do that.

[@pascalrouen]

The content creation, specifically from KZbinrs, currently taking place with all levels of basketball (high school, college, and NBA) is what has propelled it into the world wide supersport that it has become. The full highlights in a ten minute video of every single game of the NBA season make the entirety of the sport accessible and practical for everyone. Even non-superstars at each level are able to generate a tremendous following because of this content creation. High school players like Zion and even Hailey Van Lith can become viral sensations. If baseball wants to grow, like Gary V said, they have to open the floodgates of content creation.

[@natrone23]

Only people who say baseball is dying or boring don't like baseball. Baseball is fine. Nothing to change.

[@MM-hj8sv]

Bring back TWIB 👍🏽 and Highlight the Best in the game from Propects to the Pro’s, Talk Rivals Coaching Skills and History.

[@raydomenech7646]

Gary V is a damn genius! MLB hire this guy and give him green light to run a marketing campaign, make the game more exiting, flash sells, follow the NBA's example. A-Rod, good job, stick around and speak your mind, we need ppl like you to open the eyes of those holding our sport back.

[@thomasdalby7805]

Encourage batflipping and no suspensions for fighting

[@3verdades832]

I agree with the bat flip they still need to get suspended for fighting

[@thomasdalby7805]

Blacktino Mario just remove them for the rest of that game. No need to suspend them after that

[@barrybonds63]

Yeah... Because MLB is failing because they dont allow bat flipping and suspend for fighting. Idiot.

[@thomasdalby7805]

Barry Bonds roids should be encouraged in the mlb tho

[@barrybonds63]

Thomas Dalby Lol your first reply. 200 IQ.

[@umbrellaBuddha]

This is a great video on a great topic, one I'm very passionate about as well. Here's my 2 cents: Baseball is a data-driven sport, sprinkled with situational story-driven drama and intrigue each time a batter steps up to the plate... if you know the stats and player histories. You see, There is watching baseball without any knowledge or context of the data/drama, and there is watching baseball with all the context of the data/drama. The first one would be boring to watch to anyone - even us. That's what you have to solve right away in my opinion. Get the data and context of the drama each time a batter steps up to the plate, to the casual watcher. I work in tech and VFX and lucky for Baseball a lot of stars align very well for it's allure to be extracted and played with in various interactive ways. Fantasy Baseball is great, but just scratching the surface. The MLB needs to step up and make an example of what a data-driven spectator sport looks and feels like in 2019. The live Facebook games are in the right direction, but its just playing patty cake in my opinion. Augmented reality will work very well with live baseball games - there are by now multiple options for good web-based AR frameworks so the possibilities are endless for overlaying various things for the viewer to interact with the data while watching the live visual context on screen. Make it cool, fun, exciting, dramatic. Let fans create their own live curated AR overlays that other fans can choose to use while they watch. Imagine a famous you-tuber like PewdiPie having free reign to make watching a game fun for his fans. I agree with making it open, we live in an open source world embrace it. Baseball cannot survive the new attention-span deficit era, unless it addresses the chasm between a new/casual watcher and the vast amount of context required to make a game interesting. Good news is, I think there are a lot of possibilities!

[@23ofSeptember]

Everything you just mentioned began when I started collecting baseball cards as a kid. The interest in HRs, strikeouts, and other statistics translated into wanting to play the game. I loved collecting cards, as well as hitting and pitching. I was a sporty kid, but collecting cards was a huge part of loving the game. These days, cards are just too expensive. Make them a $1 buck and you'll have kids hooked for life.

[@sethbaldwin9708]

umbrellaBuddha great response!

[@Jrc2do]

How to make baseball fun again. Start games at 11 am to 12pm

[@jordy65056]

Are you crazy, Who's gonna go the stadium at that time? People are working

[@thisisforyoutubered284]

jordy de leon look up the stats for Attendance percentages overall for baseball. Their attendance already fucking sucks. Might aswell make the games so they don’t go till 10-11pm

[@skjr683]

I like this

[@Jrc2do]

@Joel T 🤣its just an opinion buddy calm down

[@Jrc2do]

@@jordy65056 if you think about it at least at from 11 am to 9 pm Thursday to Sunday. Monday through Wednesday 4 PM till 10 PM

[@TheJaybrone]

NFL has HBO, ESPN, CBS, FOX, and NBC pumping them up on and off the field. The NBA has mastered sports media and social media. MLB has 1 or 2 national games a week with nothing from major sports networks/media most of the year. It's spring training and I haven't heard anything baseball related on Fox Sports or ESPN radio all week it's been NBA and NFL. The rare exception is the bi-hourly sports update where they mentioned Machado's contract. That's a problem.

[@shanefreeman382]

I absolutely LOVE the A-Rod commit on the Batting cage and Batting practice online video. Pregame Batting practice is really fun to watch. I am a coach and completely agree with A-Rod. Most of my players (13U boys) would sit and watch. Great Idea!!!!

[@davidblancarte4839]

Super randomly clicked on this... Damn every league needs to listen to Gary V.

[@ripkobe248]

as a blue jays fan living living in NY it’s definitely a challenge to keep up with them because i get so busy and their are rarely ever headlines because the MLB always takes it down. Makes it very hard to even keep up with your team if u like baseball

[@fuccckckkkkckkck]

go on r/baseball on reddit

[@jimmyywutang832]

14:18 there was a very similar situation to that in the NBA last year and all it did was generate fan interest because other sports leagues have already marketed their product towards the new generation that loves these kind of stories.

[@CoachAnaya]

Add a feature to the app A-Rod is talking about where it allows you to select your favorite players, where it notifies you every time that player comes up to bat, where you can stream the at bat and either continue watching the game or shut it down till it tells you your next favorite player comes up to bat.

[@steveblock9700]

NBA already offers Oculus VR viewing from courtside. When this tech improves, take all my money, if I can sit behind homeplate or the dugout from my couch and be at ANY major league baseball stadium anytime, that's the future. MLB needs to be ahead of the curve there.

[@nofood1]

theres a bunch of things MLB can do, like get players mic'd up. Put Gopro on catchers chest, and what you stated... VR!

[@SacTownLions0]

Please fix the Divisions! The A's should be playing the Giants, Dodgers, Angels, and Padres 20 times each. Not the Mariners, Astros, and Rangers. The only people left that care about Tradition are 65 years old. Fix this before there aren't any fans left. Look at the attendance numbers.

[@Alan62651]

Thanks for making it real, Gary. I tried for years to tell people MJ played baseball because he was suspended from the NBA, and people blew me off. The NBA totally protected his ass, and their own in the process. Pete, Barry, and how many others BELONG in the Hall, and MLB marketing is locking themselves in a closet masterbating instead of doing their jobs.

[@garse70]

Vin Scully was the king of story telling. Miss him dearly.

[@mitchelvalentino1569]

I expected mindless drivel. But this is remarkable. Many, many good ideas. Are you listening, MLB? This is gold.

[@SuspiciouslyWealthy-m9u]

A-Rod and Gary V's discussion was way better than ESPN!

[@dagolopez2555]

I’d watch a docu series of MLB groundskeepers and landscaping stadiums more the actual games.

[@23ofSeptember]

If they made baseball cards affordable, like 50 cents or $1 a pack, you would generate interest from young boys. They would start showing an interest in statistics and that translates into wanting to play baseball themselves, strike people out, hit doubles, home runs etc. Thats what got me so hooked on baseball. Having favourite players that you collect the cards of, favourite teams. It all starts with the cards, or at least a huge part does.

[@epeon7]

I will tell you why major league baseball is in trouble. When I was a kid, my father took me to Briggs stadium every summer to see the Tigers play. but, with my children, I didn't take my kids to the ballgame. Why? It was too freakin expensive. The tickets were $100 each, parking $20, and the concessions easily run $50. Taking a couple of kids to the game would be easily $500. I could not justify that. So, my kids are not fans. Major league baseball has priced out the middle class dad taking his kids out to the ball park. So, the current generation doesn't care about the game

[@jazzzzzzzzzy]

Alex's suggestion of having cages/bp on stream is literal gold. MLB, figure your shit out.

[@Rob-nh5sj]

#1--open MLB gates 3 hours pre game. #2- have live entertainment prior to all 162 games (AKA music, free giveaways, etc) #3-force ALL MLB teams to have 85% attendance at all games or monetarily fine them publicly, #4- have a league MINIMUM the owners must spend to field a team and no tax on high payroll teams #5-offer discount on MLB season package on the back of every ticket purchased to a game (If you attend an Atlanta Braves game, you can then purchase the MLB season package cheaper)

[@ousamaabdu794]

Damn, Gary V is dropping nothing but gems!

[@gregoryfoster5628]

The reason NBA is so successful is you don't 4 teams out spending the bottom 12 teams in the league...combined. Why even go to a game or get excited for my home team when I know that its just a farm team for the Yankee's or Red Sox or the Dodgers.

[@guillermofernandez7414]

Baseball is fun in other countries, in America if you hit a HR and celebrate next at bat you get thrown on the head.

[@aaronrodriguez1410]

@ryan48888 nope. Guys like you ruin it

[@freddycalipari4242]

Yep as a jay fan that’s why I loved Jose bautista and encarnacion. Jose used to show a ton of flare before the iconic bat flip. Used to hate how he’d be targeted the next game

[@thomash.l.9382]

Start games at 6pm (for east coast) gives you an hour to get home from work for live viewing. This allows for you to watch games at your convenience, we ALL have DVR and now you can start watching 6pm or 1am whatever you like.

[@brandonneumann5294]

Not everybody on earth works a 9-5

[@thomash.l.9382]

no shit@@brandonneumann5294

[@ricardogibbon7249]

This is a great video and MLB should pay attention to this ideas. Awesome!

[@cesarmarrero7210]

Dear MLB, Hire this guy PLEASE!

[@adalke2]

Just look at how popular accounts like PitchingNinja have become, simply from showcasing the skill level of pitchers through fascinating clips.

[@freddycalipari4242]

He’s 100% correct about what stern did..the father of marketing David stern in the 80’s decided to market stars not teams and it saved the nba. Magix/bird and later Jordan.

[@therealcinco5]

You have to boost the game from a HS & College level.... so much attention is on basketball & football bc of HS/college... that’s why paying them is such a big deal... think about it... no one talks about paying a college baseball player...

[@nohbuddy1]

Because in terms of baseball it doesn't matter due to the minors. College football and basketball players straight go to the NFL and NBA.

[@stonedalligator2025]

True. HS football and basketball is killing baseball in terms of marketing up and coming stars. A year ago when he was still in HS, everybody and their mother knew who Zion Williamson (apparently the next basketball phenom) was, whereas all the HS pitchers and position players that went in round 1 of the MLB draft? Crickets. If you ask 100 people on the street to name the kid out of HS that went first in the draft, chances are pretty high that not a single one would know the first thing about him.

[@nohbuddy1]

@@stonedalligator2025 Bryce Harper was on the cover of Sports Illustrated at age 15. Zion gets publicity because ESPN wants to hype him up. Plus he plays for Duke and will be a one and done After guys are drafted in the MLB they go to the minors. No one goes straight to the Majors because they would fail horribly.

[@gregthegroove]

I really dig this version of Arod. I like most hated him. Arod can speak eloquently, is super smart and whenever he's on Shark Tank, he's really good. Also he's come into his own as a MLB sportscaster. He's great during the postseason on tv. In 2016, his back n forth with Pete Rose was awesome

[@jethrojacinto2798]

As much as I hate this guy, he makes some great points.

[@DunkusB3ndro]

Why do you hate Gary?

[@Hawkgoulet]

This guy hits the nail on the head. MLB needs to hire him and allow him to make some decisions. Or else I will just keep watching NBA and NFL

[@FanaticsViewOfficial]

The scariest part is that Baseball gatekeepers don't even realize they have a marketing, media and content problem. The powers that be are still stuck on Pitch Clocks and speeding up the game - yet don't even know how to market their content or promote their athletes to a millennial audience. Baseball is always 10-20 years late on everything. But Mike Trout being an introvert is the problem right? LOL.

[@carlososcarcomedy]

Baseball is fine. I could care less about the “players” social life. I simply love watching the game, the game, the game.

[@pperkz7372]

BronxBoy they aren’t catering to YOU. It’s nice YOU do but YOU watching doesn’t mean the GAME isn’t declining

[@Airplane299]

That's nice and all, but younger audiences (future of society) DO care about that stuff to an extent in the age of social media, so it certainly helps.

[@TheBloodmist81]

You meant you couldnt care less right? Im confused by your comment

[@mochamommyATX]

Yeah...but that's but thats how women would get involved.

[@antoniogil3963]

A-Rod for commissioner of the MLB!!

[@ALLDAY-fw2fd]

It’s funny they mentioned Javy Baez and Allen Iverson within the first three minutes two of my favorite players ever!!!

[@thetalkingnerdz5347]

Very enlightening conversation

[@pjlaake3547]

Batting practice isn’t open to the public for both teams in most places. In cincy we can’t watch the reds unless we buy season tickets

[@robmorrill5104]

Finally a honest intelligent discussion about baseball. I work with a lot of young guys and when I ask them if they watched whatever game last night they all say the same thing. "Nah I don't really watch baseball anymore". Baseball loses most of it's future supporters at that point, nobody watches college baseball. Whereas Football and Basketball take over because of the "big" game coming up next weekend, which usually involves parties, drinking, girls and such. That's what our current culture is based on. Baseball just isn't cool.

[@basdost266]

NOPE. ITS FUTBOL.

[@slackersteve2004]

bring back steriods, u could shorten the game and get more hits and homeruns in a game, kids love to see home runs, thats what i always looked forward to seeing when going to a game

[@andrewblanco1656]

slackersteve2004 last year the league broke the record for most homeruns. No steroids.

[@ricky2x]

Andrew Blanco nah lol baseball still has steroids they just don’t get caught lol. And I had heard(don’t take my word on it) they were saying the reason for that was some change in the baseball making process which makes them fly a little farther.

[@andrewblanco1656]

Jaxon Rounds what I’m saying is, there is testing now. There wasn’t before then.

[@WarPigs413]

Strikeouts. Pitchers are the most popular players on each team

[@misterceo2168]

Andrew Blanco that shit was 20-30 homeruns stretched out over a lot of players

[@acornsucks2111]

Almost no one watches baseball or football abroad, basketball, is all over the planet.

[@ChasingDonnieBaseball]

13:15 uh, maybe forgetting one other superstar, Alex? IN the doghouse if she watches this #JLo

[@MitchHeaslip]

“Bled out of their dick” I fucking lost it 😂

[@fatherandsonvibes]

I love Baseball to my core & I couldn't agree more. I love Baseball history, but we have way to many codes.

[@lucasbabinec8251]

This is gold. Part of the @onespiritualpitcher mission!!! Make Baseball Cool Again. Not by changing the game itself, but by giving players the freedom to express themselves and for fans to appreciate the game more. Open the digital flood gates. Expand it’s international presence and investment. Let fans watch batting practice for goodness sake. Collaborate with other popular movements like e-sports. Fill stadiums even if it means giving away free tickets. Tell stories.

[@largofella]

How many podcasts does big cat do? That guy is like king of content

[@dangelo1369]

What exactly is MLB’s problem(s)?

[@nilssmith-yt]

Love this conversation!

[@clude9897]

What’s funny is I used to be addicted to Dodger Films. I’m from the UK btw, and knew *nothing* about baseball, but I loved his personality and his videos, and started to pick up bits here and there. Then, the Dodgers and the MLB shut down his channel and guess what? I did not look at baseball again for the next 3/4 years. I’m now starting to get into it again and couldn’t agree more with what A-rod and the others are saying. Get people to care about the story and the players. I mean, I support the Arizona Cardinals for crying out loud, because I watched the original All or Nothing series on Amazon and fell in love with Larry, P2, BA, Michael Bidwill, the organisation and the fact that Calais Campbell would bake freaking cookies for the team if they won. Get people to invest in your sport, rather than giving them 162 games to shout at the league.

[@scratchacker]

It's more entertaining watching videos on problems with baseball than watching baseball hahahaha

[@dustinrossg]

Storytelling, get more announcers like Vin Scully and have them sound different from each other with more personality. I love statistics, don't get me wrong, show them during commercials, or while we see pictures put the stats up...or just have people look them up...

[@savagedick3848]

MLB is too obsessed with history and meaningless stats. Kids don’t care or won’t understand “this is the first batter to hit for the cycle of a day game on a weekend since 1950”.

[@fviramontesjr]

I agree what the guy said about Mike, Trout is an amazing person and communities love him, the media and baseball industries want to change him to a Bryce Harper hot shot mfer, no he’s Mike Trout

[@dominicgervasio2548]

Captain America would cite you for language sir lol

[@MichaelOdomwest16thAve]

These are the conversations MLB needs to have during CBA.

[@nickmiller275]

love love love this video. make it go viral

[@swagobaseball4511]

Jose Canseco would make a Great MLB Analyst... One of the Networks need to Hire Him!! ESPN, FS1, FOX, NBC, MLB Network....

[@jorgehdz2030]

In the Mexican baseball league before the game in the stadium they put a norteño band or sinaloense band and beer is 2x1 and is like a party, then at the end of the game they bring another artist and band to play and they put the discount of 2x1, so basically you are having a game an a party at the same place and you spend more time at the park and spend more money on beer, Coca-cola, hot dog, food etc. Of course everyone finish drunk hahahah. Mexican baseball teams get more people each season than the Mexican soccer teams.

[@ChasingDonnieBaseball]

Arod: "Warren Buffet has made more money after the age of 60 then before"... Big Cat shakes his head, yes (emphatically), like he was aware. Lol.

[@comedychrises]

Baseball is fine the way it is.

[@user-oo4xu4by3w]

Baseball doesn’t have a fan problem. It has a twitter problem, but not a fan problem. Edit: I’m a 24 year old white guy and I spent Over $1,000 this summer for a weekend of baseball. Start partnering with hotels and airlines to bring down the cost to go see a game

[@justinamenta7241]

Yeah i agree...mlb just blocks wayyyy to much shit from hitting the internet.

[@Akeoni]

Gary V has some stones of steel mentioning steroids in front of ARod like that lmfao. Love it.

[@AntGFromSD]

Fuck dude this conversation was so damn good and relevant and intuitive! Good shit Gary!

[@thomasbennett1507]

I wonder if the Corp would ever do a podcast on MLB players taking steroids being that A-Rod took roids when he was playing. I understand it would be a difficult topic or A-Rod to talk about but he would have amazing insight on how steroids affects the MLB and baseball as a whole.

[@figgyjayali]

One thing not said in this video, or even in the comments, is the ONE obvious stat the also coincides with baseball's decline in America's pop sports culture. The Black Athlete. In 1994, 17.1 percent of the league consisted of Black players. As the numbers of Black players dropped, so has the ratings. Why? I believe people love to see talent. They want to see the best athletes perform at a high level. The best athletes no longer consider baseball an option from an early age. In the Black community exists some of the greatest athletes in the world. These athletes, in basketball and football, have a relationship with pop culture. Rap and hip hop culture. An instagram culture. I grew up watching Ozzie, Griffey, Puckett, Bonds, Bo Jackson, and the list goes on and on. Some of the most electric stars in baseball since integration were Black. They drew a Black audience. They drew Black dollars. Baseball closed itself off from that culture opposed to embracing it to keep an antiquated golf like image. Baseball needs the charismatic, talented Black athlete now more than ever. When I go into a barbershop no one is talking about who is the GOAT of baseball. Hell, no one even knows who is playing in the playoffs half the time. That's a large chunk of the American market who used to be baseball's biggest fans that now seem disinterested. How to get baseball back? Market to Black youth. Sponsor camps in inner cities. Provide equipment. Build ballparks in the hood. The game has stood for over 100 years and needs no tinkering...it just needs talent. Great American talent that no longer dreams about playing it from childhood.

[@theoriginaljean3917]

Baseball was hype in the 90s... the roid era was great. What baseball needs is culture, media, and access. It's way too slow, food and drinks real expensive, and there is no celebrity aspect to baseball players.

[@mhartleroad]

I agree with nearly all of these ideas. But I would add this, keep players with their teams, treat them like family instead of commodities. Additionally punish teams for tanking. Move the wall back to encourage more short ball. Limit pitching changes to one pitcher an inning unless he becomes injured. If injured, he goes to the dL for at least one rotation. Last, get some women on the field. They don’t have to be better than the best man, just better than the worst.

[@mattias6139]

Good shit. Change the marketing, not the game.