http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Sun, 18 May 2008 16:20:37 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/17/183622.php#comment-719031 Juliann,youth mirror our culture. Just like their parents, young athletes are more into instant results than hero-worshipping. Kids drink Gatorade because of the advertised benefits. It is the nature of man to look for an edge. MLB is either full of crap or trying to make sure that they keep their anti-trust status. The message to youth should be to obey then the law and the rules. We are also taught to stretch right up to the edge. It is the thought process that founded this country and is the American way. I am a realist. That is an optimist with experience. MLB has got some of the right ideas, but keeps missing the mark. For example, many teams make podcasts of games possible, but do not target the age brackets that might take advantage of them. I am also a baseball fan, and you and I do share the same hopes that Commissioner Bud Selig and baseball gets its marketing act together. 719031@blogcritics.org Sun, 18 May 2008 16:20:37 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/17/183622.php#comment-719015 Juliann,youth mirror our culture. Just like their parents, young athletes are more into instant results than hero-worshipping. Kids drink Gatorade because of the advertised benefits. It is the nature of man to look for an edge. MLB is either full of crap or trying to make sure that they keep their anti-trust status. The message to youth should be to obey then the law and the rules. We are also taught to stretch right up to the edge. It is the thought process that founded this country and is the American way. I am a realist. That is an optimist with experience. MLB has got some of the right ideas, but keeps missing the mark. For example, many teams make podcasts of games possible, but do not target the age brackets that might take advantage of them. I am also a baseball fan, and you and I do share the same hopes that Commissioner Bud Selig and baseball gets its marketing act together. 719015@blogcritics.org Sun, 18 May 2008 15:35:30 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/17/183622.php#comment-719012 Juliann,youth mirror our culture. Just like their parents, young athletes are more into instant results than hero-worshipping. Kids drink Gatorade because of the advertised benefits. It is the nature of man to look for an edge. MLB is either full of crap or trying to make sure that they keep their anti-trust status. The message to youth should be to obey then the law and the rules. We are also taught to stretch right up to the edge. It is the thought process that founded this country and is the American way. I am a realist. That is an optimist with experience. MLB has got some of the right ideas, but keeps missing the mark. For example, many teams make podcasts of games possible, but do not target the age brackets that might take advantage of them. I am also a baseball fan, and you and I do share the same hopes that Commissioner Bud Selig and baseball gets its marketing act together. 719012@blogcritics.org Sun, 18 May 2008 15:31:28 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/17/183622.php#comment-718942 Sam, I love baseball, the Tigers and Phillies are my favorites. If you mean steroids have been good for baseball as a way of exposing people to the sport who otherwise would ignore it, I agree. However, I think the negative publicity has been harmful to young people who look up to these sports figures and use them as their role models. It seems to me the message then is "It's okay to do whatever you want, illegal or not, just don't get caught. If you do, don't admit anything." Now the marketing piece of your article makes perfect sense. Football has done a great job of this,baseball not so good. As everyone knows marketing is critical to the success of any product whether it be baseball or crocs. 718942@blogcritics.org Sun, 18 May 2008 09:06:43 EDT