[Sans-Culotte]

One more reason I don't go to baseball games, that and they are boring. When the camera shows the stands at the Astros games, there is hardly anyone there, so I must be on to something.

I've watched a few Astros games this season. The only really sparse areas I've seen are in the outfield.

I used to be a huge baseball fan. I went to a lot of games in the Astrodome. I basically lost interest after the strike in the mid-90s. Once baseball came back after the strike, I found that I didn't miss it all that much. I used to defend the sport when people said baseball was boring. Now, I find it pretty boring myself. Add to that the fact that the stats have all been messed up by 'roid junkies. I basically only tune in to a game if nothing else is on.

[jjotto]

Interesting you mention steroids and MLB records on a broken bat thread. Steroids almost certainly aided the MLB power surge in the ‘90s. But it was the skinny disintegrating maple bats (starting in ‘97) that maxed out the power surge. Now the ‘roids are reined in and the maple bats are more closely regulated, and the home runs have declined dramatically.