MLB needs the option to issue yellow cards Getty Images Major League Baseball is still the second most popular sport in North America but if it doesn't adapt to the 21st century that will change.

In some ways, the NBA has already surpassed baseball. The NBA resonates better at the national level and big basketball games will do stronger television ratings than big baseball games.

But at the local level, baseball is still king.

Yet, when it comes to changing and adapting, baseball is holding on to a failing concept that the sport is already perfect. Instead of trying to appeal to a younger audience, they continue to cater to the older diehard fans that would never abandon the sport.