The baseball message boards are ripping on Obama!
Utter humiliation!!
I agree with the columnist - baseball has not been our national pastime for a couple decades.
Football rules.
Word is Obama is slated to be the main event in next year's Super Bowl halftime show.
Him and Janet Jackson, and a well timed wardrobe malfunction.
She's gonna rip his tie off....
Sorry man, you couldnt be more wrong. Baseball is still the national pastime. You might find more passion in some sections for football, and because the super bowl is only one game, and half the people watching dont know what third and ten means but are there for the party doesnt make it the national past time.
If you drive around any city at night, you see tons of softball games going on, millions of people play the game week in and week out.
You get more attendance at a four game weekend series between the yanks and the bosox than some football teams get all season.
Not to mention baseball has always lead the way for the pro sports improvements. Jackie Robinson,,,can anyone here name the first black pro football player?
Baseball lead the way to free agency, players unions, and are still smart enough to not allow a salary cap.
Baseball is also smart enough to maintain its integrity by hiring FULL TIME officials, "umpires", Basketball is corrupt through and through, and football simply has a lot of REALLY bad refs which hurts the game badly for real sports fans.
But still, overall, baseball is much more popular amongst the general public in every way except to have a party once a year to watch the best commercials of the year.