Reply #3: Selig is full of shit. Here's the real reason...

[Auggie]

at least in the midwest.

Indians, Tigers, Pirates and Reds fighting population loss in the Rust Belt

Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

CLEVELAND — Signs of desolation are everywhere. Stands are closed. Sections are abandoned. Occupants have fled.

"Can you believe this?" Mark Kissinger, 53, a Cleveland-area computer businessman and Indians fan since birth, said during Tuesday's first-place showdown game against the Kansas City Royals at Progressive Field that drew 9,650 fans. "The stadium is starting to look like the city. I hate to say it, but I think we're back to the way things were in the '70s and '80s around here. Pretty depressing."

The Indians, whose rejuvenation more than a decade ago symbolized this city's economic renaissance, now are one of four teams in the Rust Belt— the USA's manufacturing heartland — with a wary eye on their shrinking populations and battered job markets.

Detroit (25%), Cleveland (17%), Cincinnati (10.4%) and Pittsburgh (8.6%) suffered the largest population declines among the 28 Major League Baseball cities in the 2010 Census. All rank in the top eight for population loss nationwide. Now, they are searching for ways to reunite with their fan base — or at least retain what remains — while enduring the nation's worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

MUCH MORE: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2011-04-28-baseball-attendance-population_N.htm

These cities are dying because jobs have gone overseas and our fucking Congress hasn't lifted a finger to stop it. Tell the truth Bud, you fucking coward.