Baseball vs. Soccer
So I'm watching Prime Time Sports tonight and they devote an entire half an hour to Beckham, the MLS and 'soccer' in general. The consensus was (and one guest even said this) that if they had to chose between a soccer game and a baseball game they would choose baseball. All the while soccer was labeled as too boring and not worth watching for the entire 90 minutes.
What I would like to know is if anyone here thinks baseball is less boring than soccer? And if so, why?
I am a soccer fan and watch on average of probably 4 or 5 matches a week. I played baseball growing up and have tried to watch it on TV but find it INCREDIBLY boring. I remember trying to watch the World Series a couple years ago (I think it was the Red Sox victory year? I don't know) and couldn't believe how long it took in between pitches. Easily minutes. Not only that but when a ball was hit there would be action for what....10 seconds?
I mean, I can understand people (or I guess North Americans) not 'getting' soccer. But at least you have constant passes, plays and set pieces being made. In baseball...players stand around...commentators discuss the batters lack of RBIs in the past 2 weeks...oh, a fly ball. And some players could probably be classified as being obese. Yet it seems to get a free pass by the NA talking heads.
I guess my bias has shown too much in my post. I was trying to solicit some barely partial responses. But the question still stands...is baseball less boring then soccer?
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