Or, MLB's PR personnel are in a locked room without windows or escape and communications to the outside world are cut off. It could be a group of koala bears lying on the ground, or they are just stoned to death. This is the only conclusion that you can draw from the fact that, despite the fact MLB appearing to have avoided a major racism controversy at one of its parks (still TBD), MLB went ahead with the plan and almost assured it would continue having one in the future. Sometimes, someone else says it better.AdvertisementIt would be nice to think that it says something about BarfStool and that MLB knows exactly how to do its job. MLB had no other options. TBS will shift their Wednesday night games to Tuesdays next year, as part of the new TV deal. And I want to believe that no one wants to have anything to do midweek baseball. A sport that seems determined to die anyway, while its 30 Money Borg teams and Rob Manfred, the head of their collective, drain it of every dollar before it leaves deflated and torn along a roadside for some dog to chew. We all know, because MLB is so well-respected in the world, that this decision is often or was near the top.Did you hear what we thought were open slurs being hurled at a player? Allegiance to the most racist organization in sports. Remember a few months back when Kat OBrien, a brilliant journalist and former female reporter, described her rape experience by a former player. She felt that she didn't have anywhere to turn in baseball. Or the many stories about Jared Porter, Mickey Callaway, and Jared Porter that made women feel unwelcome and uncomfortable in the game. All the accusations that MLB didn't value its female employees or fanbase were made because of their head-in the sand approach. Why not join an organization that doesn't mind joking about the fact that some women are worthy of being raped?According to reports, women are currently the fastest-growing demographic in baseball viewership. Don't put this at risk by partnering up with these scumbags.MLB will attempt to argue that BarfStool, provided they don't resign from the partnership following the public reaction, is on the cutting edge in the gambling bent that sports are on and will continue to bend towards, with its own betting site and sportsbooks. These broadcasts will be geared specifically to people who wager on games. It would be impossible to list all the sports gamblers. I'm sure there are also women who gamble on sports. I'm sure that there are other minorities who also do.AdvertisementOne thing I do know is that nearly everyone who follows BarfStool or wants to be a part it because they want to get back at the girl junior year who refused to go to homecoming without their unshowered sex, bets on sports. Overgrown frat boys are fond of being hateful thumbdicks, and blaming everyone for their problems. Sports betting is the best way to prove them right. It all started with daddy's money. Now it is daddy's money from any investment bank or law company he gave them a job. They must be winning real cash to prove they are right. That is the whole point of these things. If you don't care about any other person's feelings, you have cash. America.Also, I know that broadcasts aimed at gambling during a game are completely unwatchable. The live odds and prop betting are already available. What are you waiting for?AdvertisementPerhaps MLB doesn't have anywhere else to go. Turner already has games. ESPN already has games. Fox already has games. A full-time pivot to Amazon and YouTube is always a difficult sell, especially for a sports that already skews older. You would need to convince those altacockers how to sign up to a digitally broadcasted game.BarfStool would also have this, but it also has a dedicated group of fuckwits, ass-pimples, who will do whatever Captain Shitstain tells them. If his instructions are to "Watch baseball on Wednesdays and place a bet!" then they will. MLB will have a much more engaged audience than YouTube and Amazon.AdvertisementThat's all that the league can see. They don't know, or ignore, how other fans will react to their being in bed with such an organization.AdvertisementIt is not the only league struggling to identify its fanbase and its future. It is being swayed by gambling, or cranky tweets from someone who lives in a bunker and carries a book (that he has never read). Perhaps it is afraid of losing the crowd and will run to the fascist one to play on What America Used To Be!, and how baseball fits in that. They'll have a grand appearance.MLB can decide to lose their relevance, just like horse racing. The racing industry never tried to appeal to people younger than 50 years old, or to those who sunburn easily. Therefore, you may hear about it only two to three times per year. The entire industry could have been destroyed years ago if it wasn't for the outrageous state subsidies.AdvertisementIt's what baseball needs. It should be happy with the company it chose to continue its journey.
