Yo, Are Ess

its ok......you can still come back strong

 

Seriously, RS, why do you love baseball so much? You are one of the only people I know that truly seems to have a passion for the game. Granted, I don't normally circulate in baseball circles, but I just don't get the appeal of it. Enlighten me, please?

 

It's sort of hard to explain...it's a lot like trying to describe being in love to someone who has never felt it.

Baseball is more than just a game, it's more than a bunch of guys throwing, hitting, and catching a little white ball. Baseball is magic. The sights, the smells, the sounds...I've never felt anything quite like it. But I think my love for the game comes from the way it brings people together. The best memories of my childhood are memories of baseball. It was the one common bond in my family...even if everything seemed to be going wrong and things were falling apart, we could all still go to a ballgame together and everything would be okay...even if for just those 3 hours. So I guess in a way, I look at baseball as being part of my family.

On the technical side, I just love the complexity of the game. The casual fan may not realize just how much thinking and strategy there is to it. Pitching for example...you don't want throw a fastball down the middle every time, nor do you want to even throw it in the strikezone every time. It's all about outsmarting the batter, making him think you're going to do one thing, and then doing something entirely different. I know the majority of people think that baseball is boring. It's not always action packed like football or hockey, it's more of an art. Attention to detail is the key to really understanding and enjoying baseball.

So what do you think, was that more than you ever wanted to know? Baseball is awesome!

 

Oh My,

Annie Sovoy

 

RS speaks the truth. The hidden parts inside the game. Like the battle between the pitcher and a runner on base as well as the pitcher and the batter. The communication between players on the field, between the manager and the players on the field. How people say it's a boring game is beyond me. I also love the history behind the game. More specifically I love reading about the Negro league stars

 

...now I'm in love too

 

Almost every point you made in that post could be applied directly to my love of football. And my dad's love for racing. And my wife's love for hockey. Oh, I get it. I know that love, I'm just in love with someone else.

I think if I were close to someone who was already passionate about it, I could probably get into it, but I'm not. And being the one-woman man I am, I think I'll stick with my first love.

Thanks, RS.

 

In addition to what RS said, for me it is the fact that they are playing basically the same game as they have since the early 1900's. No other sport can say that. Ted Williams would still be a monster today, but Bob Cousy might be a 12th man, and YA Tiltle would be a waterboy.

 

baseball is americana at it's purest.

 

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and call you out on this one, VP. Granted, some sports showcase the advances in physical conditioning more than others, but I don't believe for a second that baseball is immune. Hasn't the game gone back and forth between a hitter's game and a pitcher's game several times? Did most pitchers of yore throw 97mph fastballs? Have they not come up with new types of pitches, the likes of which I'm sure the average Joe has never even heard of? Hitters are bigger, pitchers are stronger, runners are faster. All that has to come into play somehow.

And I don't know about Y.A. Tittle, but I bet Johnny Unitas in his prime would be lucky to be a top 10 QB in today's NFL.