So the Cubs have only won the World Series once and they are already a great investment? (sensed the obvious sarcasm)
They are not even remotely close to a 'legacy team' or whatever it's called. They are not Golden State, or the Patriots, or whatever.
LOL, a founding member of the National League, and 1st/2nd oldest franchise in the mlb not a “legacy franchise” wtf? And your counter-examples are: a team that was complete dog[excrement] for the last 40 years and only became really good in the last 3 years, largely in the back of Steph Curry’s ankle injury turning out not to be chronic, but only after he inked a contract for utility-player money, and another team that was complete dog[excrement] for the last 50 years and only got really good in the last 20 years by taking a chance on a mostly failed coach who has since turned out to be one of the greatest coaches of all time, and lucking into a 5th round draft pick turning out to be the greatest qb of all time, just as the NFL was changing the rules to make passing-based offenses be THE way to win games. Lolk.
Also baseball is only declining in popularity when you compare national viewership numbers, and you’re comparing an era in which there were only 5 channels and a handful of broadcast sporting events a year to an era with 500 channels, including a number of 24-hour sports broadcast channels and every game of every team is available for viewing. If you look at attendance and local viewership numbers baseball is actually doing really well.