Yankees' Bat Controversy

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

It may have declined, but it’s definitely not dying. A lot more competition for other youth sports and activities than we we had 20, 30, 40 years ago.

It's still as 'accessible' a sport as there is.

You're just not going to be able to work your way into a really good basketball or football player, for the most part. The premier guys even at really competitive high school levels are just athletic unicorns. They're just taller, bigger, stronger and faster.

Baseball is still a game where a 5'10" decent but unspectacular athlete can grind himself into a high level player. Hockey is similar but incredibly expensive to play so the barrier to entry is financial rather than physical.

But baseball can be played fairly cheap and 'normies' can play it at a fairly high level.

So I think you'll always see a pretty decent foundation there. The one thing that I think could really dig into that would be soccer. Soccer is even cheaper than baseball and if you're a kid willing to just go out there and run - a lot - you can make yourself a really valuable and high level player as a mid-fielder. Or if you'll be smart and physical you can be a really good defender.

But so long as soccer doesn't explode, baseball will continue to have a strong footing in the states.