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Originally Posted by nickerjones
You seem pretty low on baseball... As far as picking something up and being able to play it, I would love to see you in the box against a guy throwing mid 90's fastballs at you. I'm going to go ahead and assume you wouldn't be able to play that game...... Or who knows, I mean it's boring , slow, and stupid so it must be really easy.
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I am very low on baseball as a sport to watch. I love playing baseball in the park with friends and beers, and yes it is relatively easy to pick up and play. We had a baseball game in the park a few weeks ago where 3 girls who have never played baseball in their lives operated just fine. Obviously there's no 90 mph fast balls, but UCB seemed to allude to playing pick-up, not being a professional. As far as that goes, being a professional athlete in any sport is absoultely not easy, no matter which one it is.
A random collection of people can put together a decent baseball game and it would go much smoother than a soccer game IMO, mostly because soccer involves running for longer than 30 feet while controlling a ball with your feet. Can you hold a beer while playing relatively competitive game of soccer? I know I've had plenty of baseball games sipping on a beer in the outfield while the play goes on.
But as far as watching, I don't see how someone could say that baseball is not the slowest sport. Enjoyment of it is, of course, subjective.
But before we start this again I will just let you know that you will never convince me that baseball is exciting. I tried sitting through the final game where the Red Sox had the chance to win their first championship since the Babe Ruth trade, and about 15 minutes in I started watching hockey highlights I'd already seen.
I have loads of respect for individual abilities of pro-athletes in any sport (throwing a ball 100 mph, curving a ball dramatically only using your feet, picking a puck-sized corner, etc...), but when I see CC Sabathia on the mound all I can think is "that guy is a pro athlete? How?". It's obviously because it requires different skill sets and CC doesnt need to move really at all, but you make sickening money to stand on a hill and throw a ball (incredibly fast). When you're not doing that, how about a sit up.
Christiano Rinaldo does 1000 crunches a day, along with incredible endurance training. Does CC throw a few pitches at practice then go crush a bucket of KFC or something?