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Capitalism is ruining baseball

In this week’s Hok Talk, we discuss the different, conflicting goals making baseball less enjoyable than it could be.

Baseball is a sport.

sport
1. an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

If it were up to me, I’d probably remove the “for entertainment” clause out of that definition. Regardless, it is plainly obvious that baseball meets the criteria. Players compete as a team against others using physical exertion and skill. They even do it for entertainment.

Major League Baseball is a business.