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People have gradually grown less fond of the sport over the years. Players' strikes, irrational salaries, movement of teams and players from one city to another. It's been a long time coming, but baseball isn't what it used to be.

Baseball enjoyed a kind of revival when the left-wingers fell in love with it. No violence or head-to head competition, slow and lazy, field of dreams kind of stuff. But I can't get excited about it any more.

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While players have moved regularly and expansion has introduced new teams and some slight shifting of divisions and leagues. The last time a baseball team has actually moved was I believe the second version of the Washington Senators to Texas. Prior to that the Seattle Pilots to Milwaukee. Both in the early seventies so there has been basically 30 years of stability as far as team homes go. The other 3 team sports have been much more fluid in team movement.