What appeals most to Americans about Baseball?
In the UK our main sports areFootball (soccer) and Rugby (American football minus the shinpads)
But what appeals most to Americans about baseball?
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May 30th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
beer and hot dogs, also missing work for a day game.
May 30th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Baseball is boring and has NO appeal with me. And I’m an American, personally I prefer basketball.
May 30th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
thats something ive always wanted to know as well,heheh!**
May 30th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
It’s very simple to unserstand and it splits up nicely into short sections ideal for tv advertising.
May 30th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
I grew up with happy memories of my dad taking us to the Cleveland Indians baseball games–that is why it’s appealing to me.In reality,if I’m honest–it IS a bit of a boring game! LOL
May 31st, 2010 at 12:12 am
Like most American sports, an obsession with percentages, hit rates, general pointless statistics.
Have you seen what they do to footbal – sorry soccer – they have assists. Come on, how can this be interesting to man or beast?
May 31st, 2010 at 12:14 am
Baseball is an individual sport in as much as it’s pitcher against batter until the ball gets put in play and then it becomes a team sport!
This sport is SO difficult that you are considered successful if you hit the ball three out of ten times!
It is a sport of skill and patience, but most of all!!!!
CHICKS DIG THE LONG BALL!!!!!
May 31st, 2010 at 12:39 am
dude i wonder the same thing i don’t like baseball, but I’m guessing the beer and hotdogs.
American football is nothing like rugby i play both and its not fair to compare them.
May 31st, 2010 at 12:54 am
The most difficult thing of any sport is hitting a baseball. The ball is round, the bat is round and the batter has to hit it square on.
I don’t lnow what appeals to me most…maybe the high prices at the concession stand or the indecent salaries the players earn.
May 31st, 2010 at 1:16 am
No Clock.
It’s a sport normal sized people can compete in.
It’s more cerebral. You can compensate for personal physical deficiencies by out-thinking your opponent.
It doesn’t place an undue premium on speed, strength, or bulk. Instead it strikes a balance between them.
May 31st, 2010 at 2:05 am
Baseball is a beautiful, pastoral game. It is not militaristic, with seizing the opposing team’s ground, as football does. It’s a game based on grace, not on brute force. It’s the only game in pro sports that does not play against a clock. Moving an individual player around the bases as each batter takes a turn at the plate is an art form. It’s the only game I know of where a player will “sacrifice out” to move a team mate ahead. It’s the truest form of team sports and strategy.
Filmmaker Ken Burns made a film for PBS on baseball several years ago, and it helps enjoy the game to know it’s history and understand the strategy.
People I know who say they don’t like it, don’t understand the game.
May 31st, 2010 at 2:40 am
Ameican favorite past time. get to watch your favorite players on the feild. really great commanotirs (most of the time)
Is just like you are football/soccer my favorite sport will be baseball. its pretty much the same reason just a diffrent sport.
I mean i cant see my self even trying to hit a 95 mph fastball.
I umpire as well so its good to see that.
May 31st, 2010 at 3:03 am
rightousjohnson tagged this one.
No clock or time limit is first.It use to be the sunshine game. I guess that is another paradise lost.
May 31st, 2010 at 3:13 am
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May 31st, 2010 at 3:25 am
Endless amounts of innings and nice comfy gloves to catch the ball.
May 31st, 2010 at 3:47 am
Baseball is the only team sport which retains a huge emphasis on individuality. You can actually root for favorite players, even if they’re on opposing teams. When that pitch starts to wind up; it’s man-to-man.
It has a level of complexity to it that’s greater than football or basketball.