From my perspective, yes, soccer is the polar opposite of entertainment.
In baseball, each and every pitch has tactical deltas that must be addressed. The pitcher vs batter wars can be monumental. Worthy of a couple extra seconds of anticipation.
Definitely a thinking man's sport. It may be slower in gameplay between plays, but when they happen, it is lightning quick. And although it is a team game, individual play is vital. Only team sport I can think of to say "you screwed up!!!" by giving them an error.
In my perspective, soccer has gained world wide appreciation due to grass roots acceptance as it is a very inexpensive sport to play. Hockey, for example is on the extreme other end, being one of the most expensive sports to play... and where has that led in public acceptance?
And for anyone that has indicated that getting hit in soccer is so painful it results in "some" of the diving... please. Taking metal spikes in the shins when someone is trying to break up a double play at second will tell you otherwise. Or getting a line drive in the teeth as a pitcher. Been THERE way too many times myself. My front teeth are bondo on bondo....
I have been to Kicker games here ages ago as well as Cannon games in the same timeframe. To me there was no comparison then, and after watching the latest editions on TV in recent years, there is no comparison now.
Just googling that Kickers team, their last two year's records were 6-6-13 and 8-3-15. 14-9-28 record combined. 55% of games resulted in ties. Yikes. You paying for that? Ball games have a winner.
As I am still involved via slopitch... and a pitcher at that, I love the sport. It will probably kill me though. Damn near didn't deflect the line drive that was headed for my teeth Sunday night.
Baseball games are way more enjoyable to me.
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