Like the article. If you look back to the "steriod era" attendance and fan enthusiasm was very high. I'm not advocating for drugs in sports but I think there is a growing trend when you compare that with football and basketball today........offense rules. Football has become a very high scoring, pass happy league. Basketball hasn't had defense since the days of Jordan. Even hockey has made moves and rule changes to increase scoring. Everyone is recognizing fans want scoring and offense. MLB is awesome but unfortunately no one is really excited about a pitching duel anymore. Fans enjoy and show up for the Bonds vs McGuire vs Sosa home run record days. The MLB was rumored to have juiced the balls in recent years. If that isn't true well they should consider it lol. Even today teams with analytics are shifting all over the place creating even more defense and less offense. Yes, home runs are up but that still doesn't seem to help. More scoring and faster games are needed.
Thanks for the article. Great stuff.
Good point about more offense in all sports. Luckily the Yankees and Red Sox are both good again. That will help rating this year in the playoffs.