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Originally Posted by KevanGuy
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.
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I was actually talking to a few of my friends about this today. I'm baffled at how the majority of Americans, or at least the portion that gets to voice their opinion, think the beautiful game is boring yet they love baseball and American football. The latter does have a fair bit of action but it's fairly stop-and-go, and baseball is just plain old boring. What I hate about baseball is how the players only play a little more than half of the game, and when they are "playing" most of them are just standing there doing little more than their counterparts in the dugout. Aside from the pitchers, I think the concession attendants are the hardest workers at a baseball park on game night.
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Originally Posted by Table 5
My whole life i was told that baseball had to be seen live to be fully appreciated...the atmosphere, the smells and sounds, etc.
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The same could be said about footy. The first match I saw was at the quietest grounds in the EPL at the time, they put the Dome playoff style to shame... The energy of the crowd, the smell of the grass, just two things that can make the experience unforgettable! Anyone who would choose a baseball game over a footy match is simply insane! In addition to this, many football haters do not really understand the game; they cannot see the beauty in how a play develops and how the two teams battle each other.
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I've been pretty hard on baseball as I think it's painfully boring, however, I do realize that it is a very complex game. Hitting a ball travelling in excess of 120km isn't easy; far less is predicting where the ball is going by determining the spin of the ball. The game is more than just throwing a ball, hitting it, and running around bases. However, that other stuff is overshadowed by the boring end product.