Comment by dfxm12

I always thought the sharpest declines were around steroids and the 94 strike.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/4735/sports.aspx

The data shows that the biggest drop was around the 60s. This is probably due to TV. The strike looks like it had some effect and the steroids era not much.

I think baseball needs more national stars. People like Ohtani and Judge, but they are not on the level Ken Griffey, Jr. was in 93-94. None of them reach the level of Mahomes or Manning either.