The Major League Baseball season ended this week, with the crowning of the World Series champion. Oh, you didn't know? That's because only a few people in America care about baseball after late August, and most of the rest of them stop caring after September, much less late October.
How is this possible? Because as I've previously written, baseball sucks, and it has been sucking for a while. The games are too long, the season is too long, the players are too forgettable, the teams have too much disparity between them. What other reasons do we need to not be interested?
This is all exacerbated by America's love affair with college and pro football. When Labor Day rolls around, we care about football a lot more than we do baseball.
You'd think baseball would figure all of this out someday. Maybe invoke some type of salary cap like the other pro sports, so every franchise feels like it could be a contender. And/or maybe end the season earlier rather than later. Instead, they watch as the ratings for the World Series go down the tubes.
Nice job, baseball. You suck.
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