is baseball the worst sport on the planet?

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"][QUOTE="TacticalDesire"]

Yes it is. The skill it takes to hit a 400 ft homerun is almost unparalleled. I remember they had a segment once with some NFL players going to try and hit a ball in Fenway park, and none of them hit it farther than mid outfield, and these are men more athletic than your average person.

lx_theo

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="OmegaAxl"]Golf is the worst sport.OmegaAxl

I'll watch women's fast pitch softball once in a while.

MLB is simply the lol tier of sports.

Tradition is the only reason why it's still popular.

cybrcatter

[QUOTE="TacticalDesire"]

Yes it is. The skill it takes to hit a 400 ft homerun is almost unparalleled. I remember they had a segment once with some NFL players going to try and hit a ball in Fenway park, and none of them hit it farther than mid outfield, and these are men more athletic than your average person.

sSubZerOo

Well, I'm just saying that baseball's premiere play is harder to achieve than let's say basketball's. Numerous people, from other athletes, to non professionals of any sport at all, are capable of dunking the ball and hitting a three point shot.

Yeah. Try hitting a 100MPH fastball by Justin Verlander. If you didn't sh!t your pants by seeing it go that fast by you inches away, you certainly didn't have the reaction time to swing the bat. It takes 1/2 of a second for that pitch to reach the plate.

EDIT: .412 seconds to be exact.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"][QUOTE="TacticalDesire"]

Yes it is. The skill it takes to hit a 400 ft homerun is almost unparalleled. I remember they had a segment once with some NFL players going to try and hit a ball in Fenway park, and none of them hit it farther than mid outfield, and these are men more athletic than your average person.

TacticalDesire

Well, I'm just saying that baseball's premiere play is harder to achieve than let's say basketball's. Numerous people, from other athletes, to non professionals of any sport at all, are capable of dunking the ball and hitting a three point shot.

And numerous people, from other athelets to non-professionals of any sport at all, are capable of hitting a fastball or shagging a fly ball. Being good and consistant at these things is another matter. Michael Jordan's foray into baseball produced solidly mediocre results. On the flipside I doubt you could put Albert Pujols on a basketball court and get greatness out of him.

Yeah. Try hitting a 100MPH fastball by Justin Verlander. If you didn't sh!t your pants by seeing it go that fast by you inches away, you certainly didn't have the reaction time to swing the bat. It takes 1/2 of a second for that pitch to reach the plate.

EDIT: .412 seconds to be exact.

RoslindaleOne

Something tells me you've never played baseball with people who are actually good at it.

It's much harder than you think it is, and the highest skilled team I have ever played against was a college team.

Something tells me you've never played baseballWiiCubeM1

Fixed that for you.

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Something tells me you've never played baseballworlock77

Fixed that for you.

Simple. I like it.

It can't be the worst in a world in which lacrosse exists.raven_squad

Baseball is the most boring sport of them all to me, I'm sure it takes some kind of skill...but really, when your top "athletes" look like:

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And your games take 4-5 hours due to crotch scratching...there is a problem.

its definetly the worst of major sports. I have no clue how Americans call it their passtime, yet find soccer boring. oh the irony

It's not that bad to be honest...

its definetly the worst of major sports. I have no clue how Americans call it their passtime, yet find soccer boring. oh the irony

lostfan132

its definetly the worst of major sports. I have no clue how Americans call it their passtime, yet find soccer boring. oh the irony

lostfan132

Both sports are fun to play, but my god is soccer boring to watch. I find Baseball fun to play and watch.

But, to each there own, I guess. Differences in culture. The only cool thing about soccer that isn't playing it is that the fans make the worst sports fans over here look like kittens.

[QUOTE="RoslindaleOne"]

Yeah. Try hitting a 100MPH fastball by Justin Verlander. If you didn't sh!t your pants by seeing it go that fast by you inches away, you certainly didn't have the reaction time to swing the bat. It takes 1/2 of a second for that pitch to reach the plate.

EDIT: .412 seconds to be exact.

ZumaJones07

No idea, I've never even watched it.

[QUOTE="raven_squad"]It can't be the worst in a world in which lacrosse exists.Andrew_Xavier

Baseball is the most boring sport of them all to me, I'm sure it takes some kind of skill...but really, when your top "athletes" look like:

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And your games take 4-5 hours due to crotch scratching...there is a problem.

Awesome, you found one fat player. That must mean that all of the hundreds of Major League ballplayers are fat as well. I guess all rugby players look like this:

[QUOTE="raven_squad"]It can't be the worst in a world in which lacrosse exists.Andrew_Xavier

Baseball is the most boring sport of them all to me, I'm sure it takes some kind of skill...but really, when your top "athletes" look like:

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And your games take 4-5 hours due to crotch scratching...there is a problem.

[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"]

[QUOTE="raven_squad"]It can't be the worst in a world in which lacrosse exists.RoslindaleOne

Baseball is the most boring sport of them all to me, I'm sure it takes some kind of skill...but really, when your top "athletes" look like:

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And your games take 4-5 hours due to crotch scratching...there is a problem.

Yup. And I've never seen a game run 5 hours (although I know it was happened). Most games run around 2 1/2 - 3 hours.

No but it is outdated.

No instant replay

No banning of tackling the catcher when going to home despite so much evidence of concusions and risk.

Teams being able to buy their way to a title while lesser teams are given the scraps

4 teams in the AL West, 6 Teams in the NL Central

So many flaws but it is still fun for me to watch with the thrill of anything can happen

I would say basketball is easily the worst. Boring as **** to watch, the scores are almost meaningless with how many points are made in a game, and it takes the least amount of skill of any sport. I mean seriously, 75% of being a basketball star is just being freakishly tall so you can reach to stupid net...

LostProphetFLCL

[QUOTE="lx_theo"][QUOTE="sSubZerOo"] I don't see how that is some how "impressive".. Of course a guy playing baseball all of his life will be better at baseball then say a professional football player.. The same can be said for vice versa if a baseball professional player started playing football.. famicommander

Teams being able to buy their way to a title while lesser teams are given the scrapsfueled-system

No, just no. Money does not buy championships. Were that the case the Cubs would actually be competitive, rather than being professional sports' biggest joke. And look at the Cardinals - they're a relatively low spending, small market club that regularly fields competitive teams.

[QUOTE="fueled-system"]Teams being able to buy their way to a title while lesser teams are given the scrapsworlock77

No, just no. Money does not buy championships. Were that the case the Cubs would actually be competitive, rather than being professional sports' biggest joke. And look at the Cardinals - they're a relatively low spending, small market club that regularly fields competitive teams.

And the Yankees and Red Sox are the prime examples of this.

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="fueled-system"]Teams being able to buy their way to a title while lesser teams are given the scrapsfueled-system

No, just no. Money does not buy championships. Were that the case the Cubs would actually be competitive, rather than being professional sports' biggest joke. And look at the Cardinals - they're a relatively low spending, small market club that regularly fields competitive teams.

And the Yankees and Red Sox are the prime examples of this.

And the Cubs spend nearly as much as them and have not a thing to show for it (althought they're spending considerably less this year). The belief of buying championships is flat out false. Hell, the Red Sox, for that matter, are currently sucking like nobody's business. Last place in their division. And the Yankees are floating around mid-place. The Phillies (second in salary to the Yankees this year) are pining away in last place in their division. As are the Angels (who plunked down huge money this year). Meanwhile the modestly salaried Orioles have the best record in MLB. There is so much more to the game than simply having the most expensive players.

[QUOTE="fueled-system"]

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

No, just no. Money does not buy championships. Were that the case the Cubs would actually be competitive, rather than being professional sports' biggest joke. And look at the Cardinals - they're a relatively low spending, small market club that regularly fields competitive teams.

worlock77

And the Yankees and Red Sox are the prime examples of this.

And the Cubs spend nearly as much as them and have not a thing to show for it (althought they're spending considerably less this year). The belief of buying championships is flat out false. Hell, the Red Sox, for that matter, are currently sucking like nobody's business. Last place in their division. And the Yankees are floating around mid-place. The Phillies (second in salary to the Yankees this year) are pining away in last place in their division. As are the Angels (who plunked down huge money this year). Meanwhile the modestly salaried Orioles have the best record in MLB. There is so much more to the game than simply having the most expensive players.

Also I am an Orioles fan but this always is the case, the redsox/yankees start weak but end up doing much better while the O's start strong and crash and burn(I wish they wouldn't).

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="fueled-system"]Congrats? Doesn't still disprove the fact that teams with rich rich owners can buy the best players.

And the Yankees and Red Sox are the prime examples of this.

fueled-system

And the Cubs spend nearly as much as them and have not a thing to show for it (althought they're spending considerably less this year). The belief of buying championships is flat out false. Hell, the Red Sox, for that matter, are currently sucking like nobody's business. Last place in their division. And the Yankees are floating around mid-place. The Phillies (second in salary to the Yankees this year) are pining away in last place in their division. As are the Angels (who plunked down huge money this year). Meanwhile the modestly salaried Orioles have the best record in MLB. There is so much more to the game than simply having the most expensive players.

Also I am an Orioles fan but this always is the case, the redsox/yankees start weak but end up doing much better while the O's start strong and crash and burn(I wish they wouldn't).

Salary caps don't do a thing. Case in point: the NBA.

[QUOTE="fueled-system"]

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

And the Cubs spend nearly as much as them and have not a thing to show for it (althought they're spending considerably less this year). The belief of buying championships is flat out false. Hell, the Red Sox, for that matter, are currently sucking like nobody's business. Last place in their division. And the Yankees are floating around mid-place. The Phillies (second in salary to the Yankees this year) are pining away in last place in their division. As are the Angels (who plunked down huge money this year). Meanwhile the modestly salaried Orioles have the best record in MLB. There is so much more to the game than simply having the most expensive players.

worlock77

Also I am an Orioles fan but this always is the case, the redsox/yankees start weak but end up doing much better while the O's start strong and crash and burn(I wish they wouldn't).

Salary caps don't do a thing. Case in point: the NBA.

[QUOTE="fueled-system"]

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

And the Cubs spend nearly as much as them and have not a thing to show for it (althought they're spending considerably less this year). The belief of buying championships is flat out false. Hell, the Red Sox, for that matter, are currently sucking like nobody's business. Last place in their division. And the Yankees are floating around mid-place. The Phillies (second in salary to the Yankees this year) are pining away in last place in their division. As are the Angels (who plunked down huge money this year). Meanwhile the modestly salaried Orioles have the best record in MLB. There is so much more to the game than simply having the most expensive players.

worlock77

Also I am an Orioles fan but this always is the case, the redsox/yankees start weak but end up doing much better while the O's start strong and crash and burn(I wish they wouldn't).

Salary caps don't do a thing. Case in point: the NBA.

Fvcking no baseball is awesome. Nascar is the worst sport.

baseball is a blast to play but watching it is comparable to watching paint dry, it's just awful. plus the steroid scandals destroyed any real dignity the game had left. it's a joke now.

Nah.

I used to think that baseball would be too boring too watch, but then I started watching the Tigers games a little bit. The tension is ASTOUNDING at time. I remember some of those 9th innings when we had Valverde up trying to close out a game in the playoffs. God that would be so much pressure to take.

I would say basketball is easily the worst. Boring as **** to watch, the scores are almost meaningless with how many points are made in a game, and it takes the least amount of skill of any sport. I mean seriously, 75% of being a basketball star is just being freakishly tall so you can reach to stupid net...

LostProphetFLCL

look carefully at what you posted....now punch yourself in the face.

seriously how can anyone watch it not live? it's just people standing around 80 percent of the time and doesn't take much skill to be a professional, "hey look at me, i can hit a ball with a stick!" or "hey look at me, i can catch a ball hit by a stick!" or "hey look at me, i know how to run!"ZumaJones07

This is one of the dumbest statements I have ever read on here. Hitting a baseball is one of the hardest things to do in all sports. It takes incredible amounts of talent and skill to be a professional baseball player on the MLB level.

It's a great sport. Right up there with football. NBA and NHL are the worst sports imo.Mr_Cumberdale

[QUOTE="Mr_Cumberdale"]It's a great sport. Right up there with football. NBA and NHL are the worst sports imo.ujjval16

It's a great sport. Right up there with football. NBA and NHL are the worst sports imo.Mr_Cumberdale

[QUOTE="ujjval16"][QUOTE="Mr_Cumberdale"]It's a great sport. Right up there with football. NBA and NHL are the worst sports imo.Pirate700

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[QUOTE="worlock77"]

Answer my question first.

Irrelevant.

Nope, it's entirely relevant. Were you a professional or amateur? If professional how much were you being paid during your one season?