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Posted on 5/17/25 at 9:12 pm to AlligatorEnthusiast
Posted on 5/17/25 at 9:12 pm to AlligatorEnthusiast
How can you not be romantic about baseball??
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Posted on 5/17/25 at 9:13 pm to HangmanPage1
Because he’s under 60?
Posted on 5/17/25 at 9:27 pm to MtVernon
quote:I guess you either get it, or you never will.
Because he’s under 60?
To me, there's nothing better than being 14, swimming in the morning, then listening to Harry Caray and Bill Murray drunk as shite calling a Cubs game at 1:30 on a Tuesday afternoon, watching some guys that look like accountants (Ryne Sandberg, Greg Maddux) play a game. And knowing it's going to be the same thing tomorrow. It felt timeless and idyllic. Nowadays, it feels like the years are flying by, I turn my head and college freshmen are now retiring from the pros.
Just a different pace
Posted on 5/17/25 at 9:31 pm to Scoob
You seem like a good shoot the shite, beer on the porch, solves the world’s problems kinda fellow.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 9:33 pm to Scoob
WGN/TBS created a lot of national Cubs/Braves fans. I lived in N Texas and TBS beat the Rangers to our market.
It was the first time I was able follow a team all season. And it was something to do every night.
You can get into even middling teams that way.
It was the first time I was able follow a team all season. And it was something to do every night.
You can get into even middling teams that way.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 9:39 pm to MtVernon
quote:appreciate ya brother
You seem like a good shoot the shite, beer on the porch, solves the world’s problems kinda fellow.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 10:21 pm to AlligatorEnthusiast
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could you explain the appeal?
No, you either enjoy college baseball or you don't.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 10:24 pm to Geronimo
You can’t run out the clock, you must face that man.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:33 pm to AlligatorEnthusiast
It's the only major sport where white people dominate, so of course it will be popular in the South.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:38 pm to AlligatorEnthusiast
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I've never been into the actual mechanics and playing of the sport
A lot of kids used to grow up playing little league baseball. You did not, and that is a shame. You missed out. A lot of people grew up at the ball fields. So I guess in a way it is cultural.
Posted on 5/17/25 at 11:50 pm to Saunson69
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It's the only major sport where white people dominate, so of course it will be popular in the South
Um… Hockey? Golf? Soccer? Lesser sports llacrosse and tennis?
Yeah, your comment doesn’t make much sense. If it was only about race, some of those other sports would be more popular in the south. But they aren’t. Again, lots of kids grew up playing baseball, and that helped mold a lot of people who grew up to be adults.. it is America’s pasttime.
As much as you want it to be, it isn’t because of racism. If you look at MLB, it is pretty evenly split with 60% white players and 40% minorities.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 9:21 am to AlligatorEnthusiast
Its the most strategizing sport. Every pitch is strategy for, whose batting, what pitch to throw, placement of infield, placement of outfield, what pitch to throw, is batter righty or lefty, whose on deck, how many outs etc etc. more to it than any other sport.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 9:32 am to AlligatorEnthusiast
I love to play baseball. Watching it in person is fun as well.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 10:01 am to AlligatorEnthusiast
If you grew up playing baseball, then it's a sport you absolutely learned to love. Hitting a baseball is one of the hardest things to do in any sport - try to hit a 95 mph fastball followed up by a 85 mph breaking ball. The batter has less than half a second to try to recognize what the pitcher is throwing. You have in game decisions with various matchups that are like a game of chess. It's an incredible sport that is very challenging physically and mentally.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 10:41 am to Pickle_Weasel
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If you grew up playing baseball, then
This is quite true. Baseball fans tend to be more ex-jocks and such. At least half of football/basketball fans never touched a ball in their cuck life. I never thought that through but it's true.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 10:52 am to AlligatorEnthusiast
Take it from Annie Savoy,
“Walt Whitman once said, ‘I see great things in baseball. It’s our game. The American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us.’ You could look it up.”
“Walt Whitman once said, ‘I see great things in baseball. It’s our game. The American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us.’ You could look it up.”
Posted on 5/18/25 at 11:09 am to AlligatorEnthusiast
" I've never been into the actual mechanics and playing of the sport"
You answered your own question.
You answered your own question.
Posted on 5/18/25 at 12:17 pm to coachcrisp
Well...it ain't cricket! Bahahaha!
I find myself sort of meh when they monkey around the rules in basketball or football (pro football kickoff blows!) - but if they mess with baseball I am spun up - pitching clock, possible robot umps, etc...mainly as a purist there is just something sacred about baseball. Although I grew up when there was loyalty both ways and you had Brooks Robinson spend his whole life as an Oriole whereas today he would have been on 4 different teams in his career. Its history, pagaentry, strategy, simplicity and nothing amps it up more than a close race to the end of the season.
I find myself sort of meh when they monkey around the rules in basketball or football (pro football kickoff blows!) - but if they mess with baseball I am spun up - pitching clock, possible robot umps, etc...mainly as a purist there is just something sacred about baseball. Although I grew up when there was loyalty both ways and you had Brooks Robinson spend his whole life as an Oriole whereas today he would have been on 4 different teams in his career. Its history, pagaentry, strategy, simplicity and nothing amps it up more than a close race to the end of the season.
Posted on 5/21/25 at 11:58 am to Stuttgart Tiger
Here's the entire Bull Durham Annie Savoy soliloquy, which may or may not help explain why some of us just love baseball:
"I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology.
I've tried them all, I really have. And the only church that truly feeds the soul day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.
Walt Whitman once said, "I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us."
"I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn't work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology.
I've tried them all, I really have. And the only church that truly feeds the soul day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball.
Walt Whitman once said, "I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us."
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