Nah. The terrible Mariners drew over two million this year. No other sport could play over the summer and keep the American cultural zeitgeist. It's our game, and comparisons, say, between father and son over Koufax and Johnson will only end when the Republic does.
Not before then. Buck up, camper!
I sincerely hope you are right. Otherwise, why live? (die had baseball fan, as you can tell).