Baseball is nostalgically known as America’s pastime, but has been leapfrogged by basketball as the US’ second most popular sport.
With medical research confirming that attention spans are decreasing in modern society, the slump has generally been attributed to its lengthy games putting off younger fans who have been attracted to sleeker basketball games played within two-and-a-half hours.
Bill Simmons, the influential American sports writer and podcaster, believes even football – or soccer as coined in the US – has a legitimate chance to eventually challenge base...
