MLB All Star Game (baseball)

[candrew]

Watching baseball takes an attention span. Not everyone can hack it.

True - but it's getting tougher. Pitching is beginning to dominate hitting like it has never done in our life times.

When I was a kid most teams had 2 or 3 good starters and a closer - the rest were either mop up pitchers or guys past their prime. Today many teams still have 2 or 3 good starters but they also have 3 or 4 quality pitchers in the bullpen. Most of them power pitchers. On any given night a hitter can face 3 or 4 top shelf pitchers in the same game.

In 1996, The Yankees won the World Series mainly because they had a winning formula where each game Mariano Rivera would pitch the 7th and 8th inning and John Whettland would pitch the 9th. So essentially, every game against them you had 6 innings to score runs before you'd get locked down. Today there are probably a dozen teams with bullpens at least as good and as deep as the 96 Yankees.

 

[UGLI baby]

I can't get into watching a regular season baseball game (unless I'm at the stadium) because it is slow and with so many games each season, one game doesn't have a huge effect.

However, post season baseball is amazing. The slowness of the game serves to build drama. Each and every pitch is huge in the postseason. The game and the series can change with the swing of a bat. Love postseason baseball.

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[Saint Cy of JFC]

Watching baseball takes an attention span. Not everyone can hack it.

It's definitely a slower game, but that's a plus in my book. I love how integral the history is, and the myriad ways of analyzing stats. I love the complexity of it. I love that it's never truly over until it's over. As long a you still have a strike left, you have a chance to win.

Watching Lincecum pitch a no-hitter had me on the edge of my seat.

Some folks need constant running, hard hits, slam dunks, and a lot of posturing and tongue wagging... and that's fine. I can respect that baseball is not for everyone.

But I like it.

I like going to baseball games. It's cool and it's fun to do.

The problem is I'm a Houston Astros fan. I'm not a huge fan though, so I have no interest in watching them suck ***. When the Astros get back to a playoff level, I will start watching baseball games.