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The Sports Junkies

Why Has Baseball Viewership Fallen Off So Much?

The Sports Junkies

Audacy

Sports

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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From 07/10 Hour 3:

The Sports Junkies debate why baseball viewership has fallen off over the years.

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One of the stories that made some headlines in recent days has to do with something Chris Broussard said on his

0:56.5

show. I don't know if it was on the TV side where he's part of first things first or if it was on his radio show which I think is called the odd couple

1:06.0

I think this was actually on first things first had to do with his view of

1:10.6

baseball and its popularity here's's Chris Broussard who was known years ago as like

1:16.0

kind of an NBA insider. Baseball as a sport, it's a slower sport and it doesn't lend itself as much to showing off the

1:29.7

athleticism like a basket. You just can't be as creative in baseball

1:35.9

as you can be in basketball, dunking the basketball,

1:38.7

dribbling between your legs, all of that behind the back passes.

1:42.2

It's just the nature of the sport. But I think because it's so slow and you can

1:47.2

literally watch a baseball game and not see much action for a long time. I think that's hurt the sport and as our society has become a faster,

1:58.7

more I need it now society and our attention spans are shorter,

2:04.3

I do think that's hurt baseball.

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