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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
The Hall of Fame game was something of a 'return' of the NFL.
Yankees/Sox was just another incredibly hyped late-summer baseball game. Most people are just a little tired of Yankees/Sawx.
There are 10 times the number of baseball games played, it's no surprise at all that any one of those games, especially in the late summer, would get a lower rating than an NFL game, even a pre-season one. When you consider the regional nature of baseball as opposed to the national nature of football, it makes even more sense.
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Regardless of hype, the fact remains, the Yankees/Red Sox had divisional and playoff implications at the time, and the Hall of Fame game, "return to football" not withstanding, is still a meaningless exhibition.
Baseball may not be dying.
It, however, has no where near the popularity that it had 20 years ago.
Interest in baseball has been waning for well over a decade.