No sport is interesting unless you invest the time and emotion in learning about the personalties and histories of the players involved. That, and having a vested interest in which side wins the game. I thought soccer was deadly dull until I started watching the World Cup in the 1980s. Baseball is terribly boring, unless you concentrate on the strategy. Playoff baseball is vey exciting - but it is hard to get excited about game #100 in a long season.
IMO, if you were equally immersed in the five major team sports, I think they can be ranked as most exciting to least exciting as follows:
1. Hockey (nothing is as gripping as a playoff O/T game, or your team trying to kill a penalty in a tight playoff game).
2. Football (CFL or NFL - I love it all, even low-scoring defensive games - too many breaks though)
3. Soccer (European style can be overly defensive, Latin American has more attacking but too much diving)
4. Basketball (love to play it, but why all the time-outs at the end of the game - can't they design plays in practice?)
5. Baseball (playoffs I would rank 4, ahead of basketball)
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