Is baseball fading as America's pastime?

By Connor Cyrus,

Published March 17, 2022 at 4:13 PM EDT

A baseball pitcher in a crimson Red Sox uniform faces the camera mid-pitch, with a green and brown baseball field in the background. — Boston Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello drills during spring training at Jet Blue Park in Fort Myers, Fla. This hour, we're talking lockout, rule changes and more on Vermont Edition's annual baseball show.

Live call-in discussion: Spring training is underway after the baseball season was delayed by a week thanks to a lockout by the owners. This hour, Vermont Edition is talking baseball: the fallout from that lockout, what to expect from the coming season, spring training, and some potential rule changes that could speed up the game. And we ask, is the sport fading as America's pastime?

Our guests are:

Bob Kinzel, VPR's senior political correspondent
Amy Kolb Noyes, freelance journalist
Mitch Wertlieb, Morning Edition host on VPR

Broadcast live on Friday, March 18, 2022 at noon.

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