Baseball is the boringest sport in the history of boring sports
There's like two minutes of downtime for every two seconds of play time. Why do people find this sport entertaining? I completely don't get it.
46-50, F
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Scribbles · 36-40, F
I've once said something similar very long ago...and I don't think that anymore. I also feel the need to support baseball since it's my bf's fav sport. Needless to say, I've learned to enjoy watching games. At least for 1/2 a game. Sometimes I break out a book.
Baseball actually probably has as much downtown as american football does. About 1/3 of each game is time between plays. Just American football is a contact sport and they have more interesting replays and constant discussions about rookies, and ref calls, and coaches, etc. It helps eat up the time between plays. Baseball just often has alot of quiet empty space between pitches...and is less warlike then football. thus more "boring" for some. Baseball also doesn't require constant watching tbh.
But the player skills are there and admirable. It's just something that is more subtle to a casual fan or amateur, I think. Baseball is not a game which holds a spectator's attention by constant physical action of driving down a field and movement like basketball, hockey, soccer, or football does. It is a game in which much of the tension is quiet and builds behind the scenes. But, if you understand what is going on behind the scenes on each pitch and play, and how the game is developing throughout the game and over the course of a season, baseball isn't so boring. Baseball also takes some endurance. Games are often and long. Stars of the teams also don't necessarily start more often then others. for example: The starting pitcher on a team might be different 5 times in five days. And The effort and opportunity and events of singular players is extraordinary in baseball...and potential of each play. I like that part.
Part of my appreciation comes from understanding what it means at a high skill level. For example: Professionals are hitting 90 -95 mph balls, while I was hitting 30mph balls as a kid and just trying to hit it as hard and as far as I could in left field or between outfielders anywhere, you know (I was not big into baseball as a kid-I was more a volleyball/soccer kid)? Same thing with catching, base running, fielding, and throwing skills.There's a higher level of skill involved. I have a friend who trains with a professional, and understanding the training that is done helps me appreciate the work and skill that goes into the sport at a high level. Watching it all come together can be awesome just like in any sport.
Baseball actually probably has as much downtown as american football does. About 1/3 of each game is time between plays. Just American football is a contact sport and they have more interesting replays and constant discussions about rookies, and ref calls, and coaches, etc. It helps eat up the time between plays. Baseball just often has alot of quiet empty space between pitches...and is less warlike then football. thus more "boring" for some. Baseball also doesn't require constant watching tbh.
But the player skills are there and admirable. It's just something that is more subtle to a casual fan or amateur, I think. Baseball is not a game which holds a spectator's attention by constant physical action of driving down a field and movement like basketball, hockey, soccer, or football does. It is a game in which much of the tension is quiet and builds behind the scenes. But, if you understand what is going on behind the scenes on each pitch and play, and how the game is developing throughout the game and over the course of a season, baseball isn't so boring. Baseball also takes some endurance. Games are often and long. Stars of the teams also don't necessarily start more often then others. for example: The starting pitcher on a team might be different 5 times in five days. And The effort and opportunity and events of singular players is extraordinary in baseball...and potential of each play. I like that part.
Part of my appreciation comes from understanding what it means at a high skill level. For example: Professionals are hitting 90 -95 mph balls, while I was hitting 30mph balls as a kid and just trying to hit it as hard and as far as I could in left field or between outfielders anywhere, you know (I was not big into baseball as a kid-I was more a volleyball/soccer kid)? Same thing with catching, base running, fielding, and throwing skills.There's a higher level of skill involved. I have a friend who trains with a professional, and understanding the training that is done helps me appreciate the work and skill that goes into the sport at a high level. Watching it all come together can be awesome just like in any sport.