You can certainly believe that if you want to; but ratings are down, attendance is down, the demographic of baseball fans is aging and dying.
Believe what, that you sound freaking stupid going on a baseball forum and yelling, "BASEBALL IS BORING!!!" That's not a belief, it's a fact.
Kids (future fans/players) think the game is boring and they're participating in other sports. Baseball actively clings to these "respect the game," "play the right way," "unwritten rules" stupid bullcrap cultural tenets. They actively try to suppress creativity and showboating by the players, yet the two leagues that embrace that style (NFL and NBA) are up in ratings among the younger generations. And soccer is rapidly gaining popularity and players who self-aggrandize are among the most popular players.
What does any of this have to do with cutting away from at-bats from star players/playoff-contending teams to show stupid ass skits that nobody gives a freak about?
Do you see the NFL or NBA cutting away from the game when Tom Brady is about to take a snap or Lebron has the ball in his hands in order to show "Durant yoga"?
You can fight it if you'd like but baseball is a dying sport because they fail to embrace change. And you old freaks are in here complaining about broadcasting. You sound like a bunch of old freaks.
1. I'm younger than you, Mr. Projection.
2. You're reaching to connect dots that aren't even remotely related. I'm actually FOR things like replay (and making it TIME LIMITED so that these stupid ass umps can't delay the game for ten minutes just to make an obvious call), limited mound visits, limited timeouts by wussy batters, etc. I'm also all for breaking all of the stupid "unwritten rules." I was at the game when Harper stole home against Mr. Fake Tough and I stood and cheered.
None of that has a damn thing to do with having craptastic presentation of a baseball game.
For the record, hockey is in a much, much more financially precarious position, with far worse ratings than baseball, and you don't see hockey broadcasts doing this stupid crap. Why? Because it has no value. It's just idiotic and something ESPN does out of folly because they have clueless dipcraps in suits who THINK they're connecting with a younger generation.
I'm here because I like DC sports teams and I like the sport of baseball - it's the game I played as a kid and a game I still play as an old kid. I'd love it if my children liked baseball, but it's too slow and too rigid and too stifling for kids. Adapt, or die.
Adapt to what? Like I said, there isn't a single major sport that does crap like this. Football is the single most popular sport in the U.S., bar none, and you don't see them doing anything remotely similar to this in any telecast - college or pro.