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Originally Posted by polak
lol I love this argument.
Whats going on that us "non-educated" viewers aren't catching when literal minutes go by in between pitches. Are we supposed to be enthralled by the pitcher selecting which pitch he's going to throw? or try in vain to catch someone trying to steal a base? Just cause something is happening doesn't mean it's exciting. I get that strikes, fouls and balls are important to the game, it's still boring as hell to sit through. Fact of the matter is, Baseball is mostly waiting. Waiting for that big moment. That's why a lot of people have a hard time watching it.
We should start a different thread about this.
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I know it comes across as an "I'm better than you comment" but that's definitely not how I meant it. I'm just saying that when you take the time to learn the insides out of the game you are constantly analyzing, as opposed to as you mention, waiting. Pitches setting up pitches, grips, shifts, leads. Is a guy hitting his spots? Where is he pitching certain batters? How are the breaks on the pitches? What are they doing to win probability with each minuscule decision made. When you don't stop thinking how can you be bored?
I liken the education thing to when I'm watching soccer or basketball. I can't stand it and I'm bored out of my tree because all I see is run run shoot miss, run run, shoot two points, run run shoot two points, or 3 hours of jogging. In reality there's more going on that true fans see that makes it much more interesting to millions of people, that I simply just don't care enough to learn.
Having said all of that I do agree high tempo sports like hockey are much easier to get into and get excited about, especially for the casual fan. I would just never refer to baseball as boring. Especially this time of year.