Hey man, I don’t even like sports but I had so much fun taking a friend visiting me when I lived in L.A. and wanted to go to a Dodgers game. We sat in the cheap seats behind the batter. The crowd around us was mostly Latino and Latino people love baseball. Their excitement was infectious and I couldn’t help but get invested in the game.
Honestly, it was a great time.
Do I watch baseball on TV? No. But I’d definitely go to a game like that again.
No but like a concert, or a dog show or domino knocking or literally anything else would involve an excited crowd and something enjoyable to experience.
I can’t explain it to you how this is different from something like a concert more than saying that the intense competition going on is a big part of it. I don’t even think you can say that about a dog show because there’s no action there.
That feeling of pointless arbitrary competition is the worst part of it for me - it honestly just disgusts me. Quite literally.
Every big live sport thing I’ve been to has left me feeling physically ill. I came very close to quitting a job instead of sitting through the last 15mins of a soccer match.
No offensive to others, I know it’s my thing and that other people can enjoy that.
“Intense competition” and “action” aren’t associated with baseball. Why do people drink so much at baseball games? Because nothing exciting is happening. At least with bowling the people playing do something, instead of 80% of the team standing around doing nothing. Everytime someone bowls is exciting, things happen. A pitcher, at their best nothing happens. Boring!
I’m the same way. You’d be hard pressed to ever get me to watch a sport. But taking my kiddo out to a baseball game is so much fun. Plus I never feel pressured to stay for the whole game, so sometimes we’ll just catch a few innings and then when she gets tired we head out
Every person playing the game baseball is dedicated to stopping everyone else from doing anything at all. The entire game is based on waiting around or preventing any form of progress. It is excruciatingly frustrating and boring.
Bowling is fun
So is baseball.
This isn’t facebook, please don’t willfully spread disinformation.
Hey man, I don’t even like sports but I had so much fun taking a friend visiting me when I lived in L.A. and wanted to go to a Dodgers game. We sat in the cheap seats behind the batter. The crowd around us was mostly Latino and Latino people love baseball. Their excitement was infectious and I couldn’t help but get invested in the game.
Honestly, it was a great time.
Do I watch baseball on TV? No. But I’d definitely go to a game like that again.
Sure, being in an excited crowd is fun. I don’t really see what the baseball is adding.
Some of the parks have expensive but tasty food too
It’s adding a reason for the crowd to be excited for one. Do you think they’d be equally as excited in an empty stadium?
No but like a concert, or a dog show or domino knocking or literally anything else would involve an excited crowd and something enjoyable to experience.
I can’t explain it to you how this is different from something like a concert more than saying that the intense competition going on is a big part of it. I don’t even think you can say that about a dog show because there’s no action there.
That feeling of pointless arbitrary competition is the worst part of it for me - it honestly just disgusts me. Quite literally.
Every big live sport thing I’ve been to has left me feeling physically ill. I came very close to quitting a job instead of sitting through the last 15mins of a soccer match.
No offensive to others, I know it’s my thing and that other people can enjoy that.
“Intense competition” and “action” aren’t associated with baseball. Why do people drink so much at baseball games? Because nothing exciting is happening. At least with bowling the people playing do something, instead of 80% of the team standing around doing nothing. Everytime someone bowls is exciting, things happen. A pitcher, at their best nothing happens. Boring!
I’m the same way. You’d be hard pressed to ever get me to watch a sport. But taking my kiddo out to a baseball game is so much fun. Plus I never feel pressured to stay for the whole game, so sometimes we’ll just catch a few innings and then when she gets tired we head out
Every person playing the game baseball is dedicated to stopping everyone else from doing anything at all. The entire game is based on waiting around or preventing any form of progress. It is excruciatingly frustrating and boring.