Patsgofor4
Experienced Starter w/First Big Contract
- Joined
- Nov 2, 2007
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I'll take the latter.
One of the reason I dropped my Red Sox tickets was because of feast-or-famine. They won the WS and were unwatchable right after. Rinse and repeat. As great as that moment was when Koji struck out the last batter, a year later, I couldn't give away tickets.
The Patriots playing into late January is a must for me. I want to see a competitive team, a team with a shot, at least. Last year was borderline unwatchable and they won 7 games.
Baseball is a dying sport in this country. I’d estimate that 80% of MA residents wouldn’t care (or would barely care) if the Sox didn’t play a game this year. The fact that they were terrible last year is only part of it. MLB...league office, players and owners...have refused to make any significant changes to the pace of the game and fan experience.
I used to love going to Fenway but now I find it impossible to sit through a 9 inning game, and I am not nearly as distracted and distractible as adolescents and millennials, many of whom would rather have alone time with their phones (social media or gaming), than sit through a baseball game. MLB is losing an entire generation and is doing very little to try to reverse this trend, opting for minor, incremental changes, when dramatic changes are needed.