Baseball has a problem

Baseball has a problem

Major league baseball... and in my opinion..

Baseball has a problem..

Manfred says owners could lose 4 billion dollars if there isn't a season... the average fan won't feel sorry for them..

And neither do the players it seems like... earlier this week... the owners let their plan leak out... reportedly proposing to start the season in july without fans... opening day around july 4th weekend... 82 games... 14 playoff teams..

All sounds great... except the hold-up coming down to safety... with manfred saying the league will have testing... but the hold-up..

No doubtedly... money... players voicing concerns on a lot of issues through social media..

Here's a clip of tampa bay pitcher blake snell on his twitch account... saying he's not planning on taking a pay cut... (sot, blake snell: "less pay.") the owners reported plan shows a 50-50 revenue share..

Which would be the first time ever for that... but here's the thing... we've seen the nba making moves toward restarting..

Major league soccer..

Same thing... nascar racing..

Ufc fights just last weekend... baseball can't afford to not have a season..

And not just from a financial perspective..

In 2018..

Just nine percent of sports fans saying baseball is their favorite... nine percent..

Compare that to 37 percent saying football... i don't have the answers to fixing that..

But the longer baseball goes without a season..

The harder it gets for the sport to grow it's fanbase with the younger crowd... america's pasttime has a problem bigger than just 2020..

And it's past time, the