Is Baseball the worst sport ever?

[whitemamba]

Every time i turn on ESPN all i see are shitty baseball highlights, or PED investigations. Shit is infested with steroids. Fucking garbage ass sport.

:lol MLB
:lol "Pros"
:lol athletes
:lol tights

[TDMVPDPOY]

dont forget cricket and fkn golf

get paid millions to stand in hot weather hahahhaa

[whitemamba]

i dont have pakistani TV so i cant watch cricket, but as for golf, if you play it you understand how hard it is and you respect watching it for what those guys can do. Im down with golf tbh

[Leon Black]

Nascar

[Leon Black]

Baseball is def. up there though, no fucking doubt about it.

[Sean Cagney]

It is boring as shit, that is for certain. When I go to someones house and they are watching it, I usually go out back and continue to drink or do whatever but I am not watching a whole game of baseball unless it is a deciding playoff game.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Nascar

I tried watching this shit, i dont know what sort of skill set one needs to run round in circles on a track that only has left hand turns? hahahhaah fkn pathetic

[whitemamba]

Nascar is real shitty too, but at least people crash and shit every once in a while, thats always entertaining.

[RsxPiimp]

I tried watching this shit, i dont know what sort of skill set one needs to run round in circles on a track that only has left hand turns? hahahhaah fkn pathetic
Shits hard to do especially if you're going at 200mph with redneck drivers purposely hitting your car so that you'll hit that wall :lol

[lefty]

Baseball isn't even a sport

[whitemamba]

Baseball isn't even a sport

:tu

[irishock]

:cry fuck you assholes

[irishock]

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/151980/nolan-ryan-kos-ventura-o.gif

[kamikazi_player]

Soccer's pretty boring to watch.

[irishock]

Soccer's pretty boring to watch.

unless you're betting on games. seems like every single kick can result in a scoring opportunity. intense as fuck

[Arnold Toht]

Baseball players are a bunch of fat bastards

[Arnold Toht]

http://1000awesomethings.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/alfonseca.jpg

[Arnold Toht]

http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Original_Photo/2012/04/07/08242008_mp24joba1__1333819741_6219.jpg

[Arnold Toht]

http://celebritiesgettingfat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fat-baseball-player-david-wells.jpg

[Arnold Toht]

http://guycodeblog.mtv.com//wp-content/uploads/clutch/2013/05/165715961-1.jpg

^ including Irishock's own

[lefty]

And that elephant CC Sabathia

[Jacob1983]

Football nuthuggers bash baseball and say it's boring as hell. Can't you make the same argument for football? There is a timeout usually after a kickoff/punt, score, 2 minute warning, player injury, challenge, interception, etc... The team that has the ball has over a half of a minute to make up their minds on a play before play resumes. After said play is done, it's usually a minute until a next play. Plays last usually 2 to 6 seconds. Football also has ties too.

[whitemamba]

Soccer's pretty boring to watch.

disagree, soccers has some of the greatest stages in sports.

[z0sa]

Every time i turn on ESPN all i see are shitty baseball highlights, or PED investigations. Shit is infested with steroids. Fucking garbage ass sport.

:lol MLB
:lol "Pros"
:lol athletes
:lol tights

You're very fast there, Argyle

[spurraider21]

but as for golf, if you play it you understand how hard it is and you respect watching it for what those guys can do. Im down with golf tbh

:lmao

[The Reckoning]

golf is the biggest waste of land and water use in the world. tennis is a far better country club sport.

test cricket is most boring.

[lefty]

Nine reasons why baseball is the worst “sport” ever. (http://nevertilt.com/teamnevertilt/?p=1525)Nine reasons why baseball is the worst “sport” ever.


9. The announcers – A home run isn’t the second coming of Christ, so stop treating it like that. It’s a ball that was steroid-fueled to fly 400 ft. Yawn. It happens hundreds of times in a given season, so stop acting like it’s the first time you saw a set of titties.
Oh yeah, just because an announcer is old doesn’t mean that he should be commentating. You want to know how to commentate baseball on TV? You say, “Did you see that?”
Old equals nostalgic, but it also equals as boring as a being dropped off by your mommy at a Blink-182 concert.


8. Sticks and Balls = lame – Baseball is a game, not a sport. Why? Because you use a stick and a ball. Now let’s see, what other “sports” use a stick and a ball?
There’s Golf… oooh, real athletic fare.

What else? Polo?

Another activity that makes me wish for a global 17.0 earthquake.


7. It’s Not a team sport – Baseball has pulled off a master con on the world by getting people to think it’s a team sport. It’s not. Baseball boils down to pitcher vs, batter. That’s it. The other guys are there to pick up the garbage.
Baseball fans are nuts about individual stats. Why do you think that is?


6. The DH: A Professional Fat Guy – Hey, are you a tub of lard with a dream of being a professional athlete. Fear no more. You too can still be a professional athlete! The Designated Hitter role is tailor-made for you and other high level pros who don’t like to run.

Just swing a bat, jog to first, get replaced by a real athlete who likes to run, and collect your millions. Don’t worry about things like diet and training. Those are for suckers. You’re a DH. You’re a professional batting cage attendee.


5. Worst interviews ever – On the whole, sports interviews suck worse than an MTV awards show, but baseball players bring a whole new level of annoyance to interviews. Why even bother talking to these morons? They have no personality.
“We played hard. Just taking each game as they come. We just have to keep working and playing hard. We have to stay focused. It’s a long season. Anything can happen. We’re making the right adjustments. Our team is really starting to come together. We’re going to make a run for the playoffs.”
Hey look, I just covered every baseball interview for the past 50 years.


4. The Manager’s wear a uniform – Could you imagine a football coach wearing tights like his players? Or a basketball coach wearing baggy shorts, a headband, and a loaded .45 in his waistband? So why do baseball managers do it? :lol
And why the hell are they called “skipper?” They’re not sailing the seven seas, they’re sitting on their ass for three hours spitting out seeds until they get a chance to yell when the ump makes a bad call.


3. Relief pitchers – This job is even easier than the DH. You crack jokes in the bullpen for 7 innings, warm up for one, and then come in when your team is already winning and the other guys are tired. The relief pitcher is like a professional bully.
Look at them when they stroll their lazy ass out to the mound; you’d think they were getting ready for 15 rounds in Madison Square Garden vs. Ali.
Basically, if you’re a relief pitcher that means that you’re not good enough to be a real pitcher, but your jokes are funny, so they keep you around on the team bus.


2. Baseball players are Pussies – I’m talking major league pussies here.
Exhibit A: Sammy Sosa, muscular Home-Run hitter, misses games because he hurt his back sneezing.
Exhibit B: Wade Boggs, Hall-of-Famer, misses games because he strained his back while putting cowboy boots on.
Exhibit C: Kevin Mitchell was late reporting to spring training because he hurt himself eating a microwavable donut. I’m not making this up.
Exhibit D: MVP Jeff Kent broke his wrist… while washing a car at a self-serve car wash. Seriously. Are you fucking serious?
Exhibit E: Marty Cordova burned his face in a tanning bed and had to miss a game. Big. Gaping. Vagina.
Exhibit F: Glenallen Hill fell out of his bed, crashing into a glass table, while having a nightmare about spiders.
I rest my case.


1. I’m Good at it – I’m no super athlete, but I can play baseball with the best of them. There was a time where I hadn’t touched a glove or bat for three years, and I was asked to fill in on a baseball team… and I was the best guy on the team. It’s not hard.
It’s America’s pastime because it’s easy. You have to run for less than a minute. You get to hit something. You have a big ass glove with webbing to catch something. You know the secret to catching a ball? You stand in front of it and stick your hand up. Bingo

[irishock]

All are probably true except for #7... baseball team chemistry is a thing of wonder tbh

oh and lol at #1. faggot author should try hitting 95 mph fastballs

[DAF86]

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/151980/nolan-ryan-kos-ventura-o.gif

You know it's bad when the best thing a basseball fan can come up with to defend the sport are GIF's like this one.

[JamStone]

I like MLB baseball better than NBA basketball these days.

Hitting a baseball traveling anywhere from 80-100 MPH with movement is still the hardest thing to do in professional sports.

[Trill Clinton]

nah, nascar is worse.

[Clipper Nation]

I'd say soccer is the worst sport if it was one :lol

:lol Soccer
:lol Third-world "sport"
:lol Fat Mexicans celebrating 0-0 ties
:lol More flopping and rigged officiating than the NBA could ever dream of

[Bill_Brasky]

I used to hate baseball but it's very exciting to me now. Idk what changed, maybe i got a little more patient. I do know i gained a lot of respect for how hard it is when i realized how accurate every throw has to be.

[flipspursfan]

I'd say soccer is the worst sport if it was one :lol

:lol Soccer
:lol Third-world "sport"
:lol Fat Mexicans celebrating 0-0 ties
:lol More flopping and rigged officiating than the NBA could ever dream of

CN, I respect ya, I really do. But football's gotta be one of the most intense sports out there.

[benefactor]

NASCAR, soccer, baseball...in that order.

[Michael Jordan.]

Fuck baseball. :lol

[TimmehC]

Golf, tbh.

[Clipper Nation]

Golf is a great sport, tbh.... what other sport inherently trolls everyone who plays it? :lol

[ElNono]

What's the name of that Olympic sport that's like a marathon, but you can't run, you have to like walk fast... it's like watching Nascar (bad enough), but with like every car having the handbrake on...

[whitemamba]

What's the name of that Olympic sport that's like a marathon, but you can't run, you have to like walk fast... it's like watching Nascar (bad enough), but with like every car having the handbrake on...

Special Olympics ?

[ElNono]

Special Olympics ?

Nah, it's on the regular olympics... here's a vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PrR4PjDF8M

[whitemamba]

Nah, it's on the regular olympics... here's a vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PrR4PjDF8M

:lol yeah ive seen that before, thats pretty bad

[DAF86]

Hitting a baseball traveling anywhere from 80-100 MPH with movement is still the hardest thing to do in professional sports.

:lol That's a phrase created by baseball fans to make themselves feel better about liking baseball, tbh.

[spurraider21]

I like MLB baseball better than NBA basketball these days.

Hitting a baseball traveling anywhere from 80-100 MPH with movement is still the hardest thing to do in professional sports.
who's asshole did you pull THAT out of?

[irishock]

^ watch your mouth. Jamstone is one stone cold nigga when it comes to shitting over Fabbs' obsession over Mark Trout

[Chief Brody]

soccer is played by euros and faggots

[Arnold Toht]

^ Best player in the world is from Argentina.

[Chief Brody]

^ Best player in the world is from Argentina.

Nobody gives a shit about anything below the equator

[baseline bum]

What's the name of that Olympic sport that's like a marathon, but you can't run, you have to like walk fast... it's like watching Nascar (bad enough), but with like every car having the handbrake on...

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Still better than soccer though

[Rogue]

Baseball is my 3rd most favorite sport behind only basketball and soccer. It only seems boring to you when you don't even understand that game because it's too "complex" for you to read.

[elmanutres]

the only time i find baseball interesting is when the world series is on. Seems to be the only time baseball stadiums are ever full. Sometimes baseball is great to watch, like the Yankees pulling off the greatest choke in sports history in '04 or when the rangers were sipping their champagne before winning it like the spurs this year in 2011 world series. aside from that though, baseball is 2-3 hours of watching 2 guys play catch.

[rascal]

Baseball is America's game, best sport in the world. The most unique game in the world. The defense has the ball and it doesn't have a damn clock dictate when the game ends..

[Arnold Toht]

the only time i find baseball interesting is when the world series is on. Seems to be the only time baseball stadiums are ever full. Sometimes baseball is great to watch, like the Yankees pulling off the greatest choke in sports history in '04 or when the rangers were sipping their champagne before winning it like the spurs this year in 2011 world series. aside from that though, baseball is 2-3 hours of watching 2 guys play catch.

6

[elmanutres]

6
arnold, you were one of the best trolls when you came along, but now your work is getting stale like Phillip and Buddy "the worst troll ever" mignon

[Arnold Toht]

^ 6 will never be stale.

[HI-FI]

^ 6 will never be stale.

sup Venti.

[Arnold Toht]

0-for-10.

[ElNono]

^ Swept

[Arnold Toht]

^ insisted on playing Ginobili in the Finals. Cost Duncan 5-5.

[ElNono]

^ Swept

[Arnold Toht]

^ 4-timer.

[ElNono]

^ :lol Swept that $130m shit sandwich

[Arnold Toht]

^ yet, you couldn't capitalize when it mattered most.

[ElNono]

^ Swept :lmao

[Arnold Toht]

^ compensation for 6

[ElNono]

^ 0-4 Swept

[Arnold Toht]

^ still can't break the 5-4 curse.

[ElNono]

^
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[Arnold Toht]

^
http://i.i.cbsi.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim2/2013/06/21/james_nba_heat_170992723_620x350.jpg

[ElNono]

^ Lakerfan riding Lebron's nuts :lmao

Swept

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[Arnold Toht]

^ down 5-4

[ElNono]

^
http://www.animateit.net/data/media/185/broomswp.gif

[Jodelo]

Nono putting in some work!

[JMarkJohns]

I like MLB baseball better than NBA basketball these days.

Hitting a baseball traveling anywhere from 80-100 MPH with movement is still the hardest thing to do in professional sports.

Yep. Offensive lineman are fat. Being fat doesn't make one unathletic. Fielder has a bunch of triples and multiple inside the park homeruns. He's as good an athlete as any offensive lineman. Two of the greatest athletes to ever live in Sanders and Jackson excelled at football much easier than they did at baseball.

Also, lacrosse uses sticks and balls, as does hockey (variant, anyways), and hockey and lacrosse are fucking legit.

Author had a bat shoved up his ass once and is now a pissy little gash.

[Stephen A. Smith]

Author had a bat shoved up his ass once and is now a pissy little gash.

My sources tell me to achieve that level of butthurt it would have to be more than just once. Quite frankly I'd estimate it happened four times in a row.