My Ode to Baseball

[Infinite_limit]

As I reached my late 20's and am now 30, I've steadily lost time & interest in a baseball season. My favorite sport when I was 12 years old with nothing else to do in the Summer (1995 season) . But what sort of healthy functioning adult can watch 162 games*2.5 hours (16 total days of their living life) in one calendar year? In sports it's all about watching each second of your teams live action in order to structure an accurate picture of the club. The slow pace and never ending replays makes Baseball the perfect "background noise" sport. But actually planning my day or putting time aside in order to watch a regular season game....it is rare at this point of my life. There are simply more worthwhile and intriguing sports to watch. The name of the game is watching a 1.5-2 hour sporting event and moving on with your life for the next 4 days or week. 3 (heavily commercial filled) hours every other day for 8 months while nearly 1/3 of the total teams make the playoffs?

It is a weird feeling when you hit that age where you saw a players career from Day 1 to Retirement. I started watching Baseball a couple seasons before Chipper Jones made his debut and now 2 years since his retirement I've struggled to connect with many of the current players beyond Freeman & Kimbrel (McCann is now gone). Chipper came, gave us 19 seasons and went on with his life and I think I'm doing the same.

[lefty]

:lol baseball
:lol "sport"
:lol standing around for 10 hours
:lol 10 hour games
:lol fat be@ners with oily skin and mustache
:lol steroids
:lol barely move and need steroids
:lol players hit the ball a couple of times during a game, but need steroids for that
:lol fat
:lol spitting
:lol manager dressed like his players; imagine Terry Stotts wearing basketball uni, a headband, and carrying a loaded 45 , or Bellichick wearing a helmet
:lol play by play announcer and fans who jizz when someone finally hits a ball, because nothing happened during the previous 9 hours
:lol Joe Buck
:lol fake intense voice
:lol pretends he gives a fuck, just wants his paycheck
:lol fans sleeping during the game, because no shit is happening
:lol fans walking around, going to a restaurant and coming back to the game, because nothing is happening and they have all day
:lol fat fucks
:lol catching a ball with their glove is the most exciting part of the game for fat fans
:lol "let's go to the ball game " song
:lol still living in the 50's
:lol "God Bless America" song in the middle of a WS game, because the national anthem wasn't enough
:lol 'Muricaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa propaganda
:lol AIDS buying a baseball team
:lol so called athletes who get "injured" while playing on their Playstation or flipping channels, WTF
:lol Reliever
:lol worst role ever; even worse than punter
:lol does nothing for 8 innings, then when he comes in looks pumped with his theme song playing
:lol paid to play 1 inning

[Clipper Nation]

OP is a faggot, the third-world lawn game isn't even a sport....

[Biernutz]

:lol baseball
:lol "sport"
:lol standing around for 10 hours
:lol 10 hour games
:lol fat be@ners with oily skin and mustache
:lol steroids
:lol barely move and need steroids
:lol players hit the ball a couple of times during a game, but need steroids for that
:lol fat
:lol spitting
:lol manager dressed like his players; imagine Terry Stotts wearing basketball uni, a headband, and carrying a loaded 45 , or Bellichick wearing a helmet
:lol play by play announcer and fans who jizz when someone finally hits a ball, because nothing happened during the previous 9 hours
:lol Joe Buck
:lol fake intense voice
:lol pretends he gives a fuck, just wants his paycheck
:lol fans sleeping during the game, because no shit is happening
:lol fans walking around, going to a restaurant and coming back to the game, because nothing is happening and they have all day
:lol fat fucks
:lol catching a ball with their glove is the most exciting part of the game for fat fans
:lol "let's go to the ball game " song
:lol still living in the 50's
:lol "God Bless America" song in the middle of a WS game, because the national anthem wasn't enough
:lol 'Muricaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa propaganda
:lol AIDS buying a baseball team
:lol so called athletes who get "injured" while playing on their Playstation or flipping channels, WTF
:lol Reliever
:lol worst role ever; even worse than punter
:lol does nothing for 8 innings, then when he comes in looks pumped with his theme song playing
:lol paid to play 1 inning


Don't hold it back. Tell us how you really feel!

[Blizzardwizard]

:lol