As social networking continues to spread across America, baseball fans are seeking to harness the power of the internet to keep up with the latest baseball news, follow their favorite teams, and keep in touch with fellow fans across the country and around the world.
In the United States, "America's pastime" continues to grow as youth, high school, university, and professional leagues extend their reach into cyberspace. With fans seeking ways to keep up with the large number of games which occur simultaneously, means by which to retrieve online baseball scores and news become more coveted. Facebook pages dedicated to baseball are covered with comments, likes, and posts; apps for mobile devices see thousands of downloads, and Twitter feeds from players and fans alike see many retweets.
Recently, baseball social networks, dedicated to America's largest sport have popped up on the internet. Baseball-dedicated websites no longer contain only a few lines and some token jpegs. Today, where one might find the latest and up-to-the-minute baseball news and scores, you may also come across forums, shared photo and video content, podcasts, streaming audio, blogs, equipment reviews, and the ability to chat live with fans from anywhere in the world.
Fans no longer have to stay as solely fans. Nowadays, meetups for fans have found their way into social networking, which allows the fan to befriend other enthusiasts, or even arrange a pickup game, rendering the fan into a player.
This boom in social media has allowed baseball watchers to receive the latest information from diverse media, such as email newsletters, e-Magazines, and mobile applications. A safe assumption is that demand for sports networking will move on the same course and speed at which the league is currently moving: forward and fast.
In the United States, "America's pastime" continues to grow as youth, high school, university, and professional leagues extend their reach into cyberspace. With fans seeking ways to keep up with the large number of games which occur simultaneously, means by which to retrieve online baseball scores and news become more coveted. Facebook pages dedicated to baseball are covered with comments, likes, and posts; apps for mobile devices see thousands of downloads, and Twitter feeds from players and fans alike see many retweets.
Recently, baseball social networks, dedicated to America's largest sport have popped up on the internet. Baseball-dedicated websites no longer contain only a few lines and some token jpegs. Today, where one might find the latest and up-to-the-minute baseball news and scores, you may also come across forums, shared photo and video content, podcasts, streaming audio, blogs, equipment reviews, and the ability to chat live with fans from anywhere in the world.
Fans no longer have to stay as solely fans. Nowadays, meetups for fans have found their way into social networking, which allows the fan to befriend other enthusiasts, or even arrange a pickup game, rendering the fan into a player.
This boom in social media has allowed baseball watchers to receive the latest information from diverse media, such as email newsletters, e-Magazines, and mobile applications. A safe assumption is that demand for sports networking will move on the same course and speed at which the league is currently moving: forward and fast.
About the Author:
John Casson is a contributing writer for the Imagine Sports Network which provides golf, tennis, and baseball news. He has written about multiple sports and has followed baseball games for many years and he has posted on a baseball blog as well as a baseball forum.
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