Cosmo,
I won't argue because sports are a religion and no matter what the evidence, no one's mind will be changed by any facts, figures, stats or any other physical evidence. I'll just restate my point and hope readers understand.
MY ORIGINAL POINT: Baseball is NOT becoming less popular. By EVERY barrometer one can come up with Baseball is more popular now than ever before. But the rate of growth has slowed. MORE people are watching/listening baseball games, in the stands, on TV, on the radio, and on the internet now than were watching/listening to baseball 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. Baseball is raking in more revenue now than ever before even AFTER you adjust for inflation. So to say Baseball is losing popularity is a LIE by any definition you want to come up with. Commercial TV ratings are stagnant because of tremendous growth in alternate delivery systems including mobile divices, and increased attendance at the ball parks.
In my previous post I mentioned the Bengals as a joke in response to the anecdotal references in earlier posts.