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in a 162 game season.
none of the games mean SQUAT ( unlike in the NFL and college football)
are time-fillers for me
in a 162 game season.
none of the games mean SQUAT ( unlike in the NFL and college football)
are time-fillers for me
I admit it is hard to put into words. One of the problems I feel Baseball and especially MLB baseball has is that when we were agrarian and seemingly distant from one another, Baseball was a big thing. Few people knew of news outside of their county much less what is happening in Egypt or with Pakistan's nuclear program.
What I'm saying is this; it was a different mindset. People thought about comparatively small matters and these larger items were not even a blip on the most sophisticated man's radar screen.
So people could appreciate the pitcher/hitter dynamic more than they do now because the fan's eyes was looking through a more narrow scope. I especially like it (or liked it I should say) when Rickey Henderson was at bat; you'd see 3rd basemen even with the pitcher's mound, shortstops on the grass in front of 2nd base and if he got on base; forget it, the pitcher looked as if he was going to cry trying to keep him close to 1st base. I mean, who cares what A-Rod does this year on the larger sense of things? Very few. Yet somehow the people cared what Mickey Mantle did 24/7...same city different public reactions.
I believe that the mindset that keeps you and most others from appreciating baseball is the same mindset that makes for rabid football fans; The games are big because so much importance rides on every game; especially in the NCAA. Baseball is still a game; when two teams take the field in football; it's an event. The Volunteers have what, 113,000 seats? Tennessee...really? That is an event!
Let me ask you this; do you think a playoff system would hurt the college football games?
It depends on the format from where I sit. I think that if you take the conference champions and put them into a playoff system, you will keep the regular season integrity in tact. Because if you have an undefeated Auburn v. and undefeated Alabama and they are ranked #1 and #2 lets say; the winner takes all just like they did last year (SC was a speed bump in the championship game) If you take the top 8 schools regardless of conference, you run the risk of someone not able to win their conference winning the entire championship and thats not right.
in a 162 game season.
none of the games mean SQUAT ( unlike in the NFL and college football)
are time-fillers for me
I admit it is hard to put into words. One of the problems I feel Baseball and especially MLB baseball has is that when we were agrarian and seemingly distant from one another, Baseball was a big thing. Few people knew of news outside of their county much less what is happening in Egypt or with Pakistan's nuclear program.
What I'm saying is this; it was a different mindset. People thought about comparatively small matters and these larger items were not even a blip on the most sophisticated man's radar screen.
So people could appreciate the pitcher/hitter dynamic more than they do now because the fan's eyes was looking through a more narrow scope. I especially like it (or liked it I should say) when Rickey Henderson was at bat; you'd see 3rd basemen even with the pitcher's mound, shortstops on the grass in front of 2nd base and if he got on base; forget it, the pitcher looked as if he was going to cry trying to keep him close to 1st base. I mean, who cares what A-Rod does this year on the larger sense of things? Very few. Yet somehow the people cared what Mickey Mantle did 24/7...same city different public reactions.
I believe that the mindset that keeps you and most others from appreciating baseball is the same mindset that makes for rabid football fans; The games are big because so much importance rides on every game; especially in the NCAA. Baseball is still a game; when two teams take the field in football; it's an event. The Volunteers have what, 113,000 seats? Tennessee...really? That is an event!
Let me ask you this; do you think a playoff system would hurt the college football games?
It depends on the format from where I sit. I think that if you take the conference champions and put them into a playoff system, you will keep the regular season integrity in tact. Because if you have an undefeated Auburn v. and undefeated Alabama and they are ranked #1 and #2 lets say; the winner takes all just like they did last year (SC was a speed bump in the championship game) If you take the top 8 schools regardless of conference, you run the risk of someone not able to win their conference winning the entire championship and thats not right.
No. It would give a deeper meaning to the current post season. Right now you need 6 wins to get a bowl bid. I mean really! Who wants to watch 2 teams that suck, find out who sucks the least?
top 2 in each division play, winners get ranked, set into braketts and have it out. Imagine how hard a small school would fight just to prove they belonged?
Man! Each game would be a thrill to watch.
in a 162 game season.
none of the games mean SQUAT ( unlike in the NFL and college football)
are time-fillers for me
People who get wrapped up in the utter meaninglessness of professional sports generally have nothing else in their lives so leave them alone.
People who get wrapped up in the utter meaninglessness of professional sports generally have nothing else in their lives so leave them alone.
Or they have friends, family, loved ones, and many other activities and things of that nature going on in their life
People who get wrapped up in the utter meaninglessness of professional sports generally have nothing else in their lives so leave them alone.
People who get wrapped up in the utter meaninglessness of professional sports generally have nothing else in their lives so leave them alone.
I think that's a pretty cynical broadbrush.
What about those who get emotionally involved in a weekly TV drama, do they usually have nothing else in their life? That would be a lot of lifeless cretins.
People who get wrapped up in the utter meaninglessness of professional sports generally have nothing else in their lives so leave them alone.
in a 162 game season.
none of the games mean SQUAT ( unlike in the NFL and college football)
are time-fillers for me
People who get wrapped up in the utter meaninglessness of professional sports generally have nothing else in their lives so leave them alone.
Yeah unlike people who have 8,000 posts on a single message board....
Can we lay off the personal attacks?
Or the Twins.....in a 162 game season.
none of the games mean SQUAT ( unlike in the NFL and college football)
are time-fillers for me
Tell that to the 2009 Tigers.
Or the Padres last year..or the Giants for that matter.Or the Twins.....in a 162 game season.
none of the games mean SQUAT ( unlike in the NFL and college football)
are time-fillers for me
Tell that to the 2009 Tigers.