The Future of Baseball Is International | Baseball Bits

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This episode of Baseball Bits, a Foolish Baseball production, was originally produced for a program I was invited to. That program was cancelled, but that's fine, as I can now share it with you all!

Is baseball dying? I don't think so. Even if it may be losing steam in the United States, baseball is doing well because of Dominican baseball players like Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Japanese baseball players like Shohei Ohtani. In this video, I talk about foreign-born baseball pioneers like Roberto Clemente & Gift Ngoepe. I also talk about the inverse, meaning American baseball players in Japan and American baseball players in Korea like Dennis Sarfate and Eric Thames. I also talk about Carter Stewart Japan, and how strong leagues lead to NPB attendance that rivals our own.

On the subject of baseball in the United States, I talk about baseball's unwritten rules and the decline of MLB.

Another subject I talk about is Cubans in MLB like Yasiel Puig. Yasiel Puig Cuba story of defection is a scary one that represents the dangers Cuban MLB players face.

Is America's Pastime Dying? https://wamu.org/sponsor/robert-h-smith-school-of-business/americas-pastime-dying/
ESPN on Puig's defection: http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/10781144/no-one-walks-island-los-angeles-dodgers-yasiel-puig-journey-cuba
Trump Blocks Cuban Players: https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-set-to-tighten-rules-for-baseball-players-from-cuba-11554747444
Soundtrack: https://ozzed.net/