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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1076983, member: 837"]
I don't really disagree with anything in this post and I'm in an unusual camp as far as this discussion goes b/c I have to think baseball's not going to translate to a generation of people who would much rather read hundreds of 140-character nonsense tweets than actually read a well-researched series of investigative journalism. Yet I'm also sub-40 and a huge baseball fan.

But what's interesting about your post is the fact that you basically identify yourself as a Sox fan of sorts. I think that's a pretty big hurdle for soccer or lacrosse or any 'growing' sport -- namely history and investment counts for a lot. There are a ton of baseball fans who pay no attention all year but walk around like peacocks for 3 months of' 'their team' is in the playoffs. It's because they still identify with the team they pay no attention to.

For soccer to reach and surpass baseball, people need to be invested in these MLS teams. I live in DC, I know people who attend the games and kids that like DC United but I'd still argue it is a long, long way from being inherently woven into the fabric of society the way baseball is.
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