dayman Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 (edited) I think baseball is an incredible sport to watch...much like many other sports, the game as a whole may not be the most exciting thing, but there are so many games within the game that are so much fun to watch. Last night for instance, the yankee/twins game, guy on second 1 out(i think), ball gets hit on a rope to right field, nick swisher catches it, does his crow hop and fires the ball to 3rd base. The runner never intended on going to 3rd(as it turns out), but ARod caught the ball in the perfect spot had the runner tagged and slid into the base. It was far more interesting to watch that 'non-play' than it is to watch most at bats. If you want to get a good grasp of the games little nuances, read george wills 'men at play', its a great baseball book, and not too difficult to read despite george wills verbosity I just do not find the little "games within games" all that interesting. Yeah, nice pitching battle...so what. Yeah, quick hitting play in the field...so what. There are games within games in ALL sports...football has more of them than does baseball and they are more entertaining...AND the entire game as a whole is entertaining. But that is why football is king. Thing is...basketball has more too. And guess what...wait...wait for it...so does soccer. All it is games within games...guys moving...guys putting the ball in space and being creative...baseball is just flat out boring. Even the games within games are boring. Baseball is the ultimate man-crush sport. It's hilarious to me. That said...I would love it if I could get into it and make my summer better. Edited April 6, 2011 by dayman
bbb Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 I just do not find the little "games within games" all that interesting. Yeah, nice pitching battle...so what. Yeah, quick hitting play in the field...so what. There are games within games in ALL sports...football has more of them than does baseball and they are more entertaining...AND the entire game as a whole is entertaining. But that is why football is king. Thing is...basketball has more too. And guess what...wait...wait for it...so does soccer. All it is games within games...guys moving...guys putting the ball in space and being creative...baseball is just flat out boring. Even the games within games are boring. Baseball is the ultimate man-crush sport. It's hilarious to me. That said...I would love it if I could get into it and make my summer better. I take it your decision to get more into baseball this summer is not working out too well? WTF - you edited your post right when I was posting mine, making reference to you trying to get into baseball this summer. I just do not find the little "games within games" all that interesting. Yeah, nice pitching battle...so what. Yeah, quick hitting play in the field...so what. There are games within games in ALL sports...football has more of them than does baseball and they are more entertaining...AND the entire game as a whole is entertaining. But that is why football is king. Thing is...basketball has more too. And guess what...wait...wait for it...so does soccer. All it is games within games...guys moving...guys putting the ball in space and being creative...baseball is just flat out boring. Even the games within games are boring. Baseball is the ultimate man-crush sport. It's hilarious to me. That said...I would love it if I could get into it and make my summer better. What does ultimate man-crush sport mean?
Chef Jim Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 I just do not find the little "games within games" all that interesting. Yeah, nice pitching battle...so what. Yeah, quick hitting play in the field...so what. There are games within games in ALL sports...football has more of them than does baseball and they are more entertaining...AND the entire game as a whole is entertaining. But that is why football is king. Thing is...basketball has more too. And guess what...wait...wait for it...so does soccer. All it is games within games...guys moving...guys putting the ball in space and being creative...baseball is just flat out boring. Even the games within games are boring. Baseball is the ultimate man-crush sport. It's hilarious to me. That said...I would love it if I could get into it and make my summer better. So you like a sport that has more time spent with guys bending over and holding hands? Sounds like the ultimate man crush sport to me.
bbb Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 As for baseball, yeah if you have the bases loaded in a the bottom of the 9th in a playoff game then there's some drama. But that's rare. If you have penalty kicks in the World Cup final that's also drama. Not as rare. Really, because I can find a ton of drama in the 5th inning of a regular season game. You know when the game is on the line no matter what the inning.
Metal Man Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 The best thing about baseball, and what sets it apart from all other sports for me, is that there is no time kept. Therefore there is no milking a clock and wasting time to slow down another team from scoring to protect your lead. Each team has 27 outs to make something happen and even if you are behind you are still assured at least one more chance to try and come back to win it.
erynthered Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 http://www.soccersucks.net/soccer.jpg http://www.soccersuc...ccer_sucks.html Ties: 55% of games are ties. Ties suck. :lol:
Clippers of Nfl Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 The best athletes go to the sports popular in their culture. I'm sure there were a few dudes flying down the Alps in Switzerland that might have made decent middle-infielders... it just didn't work out for them. You like soccer, good for you. Me? I like America. Sports invented here include Baseball, Football (our style) & Basketball. (Whatchoo got?) Much of the rest of the world has adopted these sports. Also born in America: The light bulb, the phonograph, moving pictures (thanks Tom), AC current (which allows us to enjoy these things, thanks George, Nickola). Radio, TV (thanks Philo), the Internet (thanks a bunch of people including Paul Baran, who died last week) that's how we follow our sports. Tons of other stuff, too (thanks Steve Jobs). Baseball is entirely different than every other sport. Think about it. The defense holds the ball. There's no clock, the game is timed in outs. Way more games than any other sport and we're fine with it. Different doesn't mean better or worse - just different. Disclaimer: Soccer ain't so bad. The rules provide for flopping, so that's what they do. The NBA has the same problem. what does that have to with the sports discussion? steve jobs apple products have zero to do with the conversation. ZERO if football was invented by somalians, i would love it. i love football period. football then soccer as 2nd best. FOR ME. no clock means 5-10 hour games. booooring. after the 11th inning, i gotta go. you have an umpire. usually a super old guy judging balls vs strikes not a cause for a flop.....sometimes i see strikes that are called balls and balls that are called strikes. funny funny funny.
dayman Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 What does ultimate man-crush sport mean? IDK. I can't really explain why I said that or feel that way. I do feel like it's basically and individual sport in disguise as a team sport though. But I'm sure baseball purists will reject that.
Clippers of Nfl Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 (edited) at the end of the day. watch whatever you want. ps. mls is not that good. TO ME. i've been referring to the european leagues with an emphasis in the english premier league. manchester united. chelsea. bolton. etc. Edited April 6, 2011 by Clippers of Nfl
bbb Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 IDK. I can't really explain why I said that or feel that way. I do feel like it's basically and individual sport in disguise as a team sport though. But I'm sure baseball purists will reject that. LOL!............I don't know if I'm a purist. I just love it, but I totally agree that it is very much an individual sport (although no individual except the pitcher can control a game). I think hockey is the ultimate in "team sports" - they constantly have to pass, and it seems like either the whole team is playing great or awful - it's all about energy. Football is very much a team sport. And, soccer would be too.......Basketball not so much. One player can dominate it. But, obviously for me, that's not the end all. I love watching tennis and golf and those are individual sports.
HopsGuy Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 The best thing about baseball, and what sets it apart from all other sports for me, is that there is no time kept. Therefore there is no milking a clock and wasting time to slow down another team from scoring to protect your lead. Each team has 27 outs to make something happen and even if you are behind you are still assured at least one more chance to try and come back to win it. “You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.” - Earl Weaver
bbb Posted April 6, 2011 Posted April 6, 2011 http://www.soccersucks.net/soccer.jpg http://www.soccersuc...ccer_sucks.html Ties: 55% of games are ties. Ties suck. :lol:
Chef Jim Posted April 9, 2011 Posted April 9, 2011 If you think baseball is boring you should have watched the Giants-Cards game last night. I only watched form the top of the ninth where the Giants blew a one run lead and the cards went up 4-3. The Giants tied it in the bottom of the ninth. And in the 10th or 11th I forgot seeing I was following it on my phone waiting for my wife the winning run was called out at the plate. Give me a play in football that has as much excitement as the winning run barreling down on home with an outfielder with a gun trying to throw him out. The only thing that comes close is a two minute drill. And that's only good if you have a team that can run it. Every major league outfielder can pretty much hit homeplate on the fly.
birdog1960 Posted April 10, 2011 Posted April 10, 2011 Why can't they play in the rain? Are they Gonna melt? Was at padres dodgers game last night. Hard rain but no lightning. 4 game delays before they called it in the top of the 9th. We gave up way before that. Ridiculous but Petco park is pretty cool. Dodgers were at our hotel this am and they honestly didn't look like world class athletes to me.
The Poojer Posted April 10, 2011 Posted April 10, 2011 wet balls...hahahahahaha...I said 'wet balls'.....and wet bats can be very dangerous things in the rain, plus both pitcher and batter are completely focused on hitting pin point spots, rain severely hampers that integral part of the game....if playing in rain is your biggest complaint about baseball, i think the sport is doing just fine
Chef Jim Posted April 10, 2011 Posted April 10, 2011 Yeah baseball sucks. Another walk off hit by the Giants last night. Bottom of the 9th two out two run double by Tejada. Very exciting stuff and it's only April!
outsidethebox Posted April 10, 2011 Posted April 10, 2011 Anyone see that commercial where the fat guy tries to hit a pitch in front of Josh Hamilton? That pretty much sums up the skill required to hit a baseball or play the game for that matter. Baseball is a thinking mans game, that is why some might find it boring. The players aren't out there just chasing a ball or another player from the other team. There is strategy involved that MUST be executed properly to succeed.
Captain Hindsight Posted April 10, 2011 Posted April 10, 2011 Why can't they play in the rain? Are they Gonna melt? Was at padres dodgers game last night. Hard rain but no lightning. 4 game delays before they called it in the top of the 9th. We gave up way before that. Ridiculous but Petco park is pretty cool. Dodgers were at our hotel this am and they honestly didn't look like world class athletes to me. Its a beautiful stadium. Second Major league stadium id been too and went on whim. Padres vs Mets David Wright made this catch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXODTqHFDIQ&feature=related Pretty awesome
birdog1960 Posted April 11, 2011 Posted April 11, 2011 (edited) Its a beautiful stadium. Second Major league stadium id been too and went on whim. Padres vs Mets David Wright made this catch youtube.com/watch?v=CXODTqHFDIQ&feature=related Pretty awesome i'd only previously been to old Tigers stadium (for MLB) so to me this park was like disneyland for baseball fans. took my teenaged nephew and we were contemplating doing the pitching and batting cages inside the stadium but i guess we kinda forgot about them and never did...the rain delays were a good time to do it. maybe next time. the atmosphere was great and very friendly...just wish we got to see more play but would definetly go back. that diving, one hand catch you saw would be worth the price of admission by itself. Edited April 11, 2011 by birdog1960
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