Baseball

Ozcub · #1 03-22-2014, 06:44 PM

We had the a major league baseball game here in Australia Saturday 22/3/3014 , this was the second major league game in over 100 hundred years.
The game was between the LA Dodgers and the Arizona Diamonbacks with another tonight , now I know this will receive the odd comment but boy was it boring , watched about 10 (ten) minutes and wow paint drying would be more fun to watch.
The batters do not even take a swing at the ball and 3 strikes they walk off , get millions of dollars for nothing
Regards
Oz

Jeff in Pa · #2 03-22-2014, 07:44 PM

Not all of them make millions of dollars but they do get paid well for a game.

I'm sure if your rugby team came over here, a lot of folks would be confused about the game too.

At least you can give a honest opinion of the game since you did watch for a bit

Ozcub · #3 03-22-2014, 10:09 PM

They showed a bit of footage of members of the Diamondbacks watching a Rugby game and they were gobsmacked to say the least
No helmets , no giant padding , no postulating , no 30 seconds then another breather just blokes playing a hard game

Cub Cadet 123 · #4 03-23-2014, 02:35 AM

Looks like our mate from the land down under just found out why we call it the great "past time". It is a rather passive game, but we have enjoyed it for decades and have cheered to watch our greats play it. I remember watching the Cincinnati Reds play George Foster (OF), Johnny Bench (C), Ken Griffey, Sr., Dave Concepcion (SS), Joe Morgan, etc...in the late 70's---a lot of fun!!

I suppose it is an acquired interest and you might find it more fun to play than to watch. When I was little, I didn't fully understand the game myself and found it so hard to play. In our little leagues, they sent me up to the plate to bat and there were 9 of my opponents out there and only me, but I had a weapon--my bat. I ran to each base with my trusty bat and whenever they threw the ball to the base or if anyone got in my way with that ball, I came charging while swinging my bat! Going to 2nd base seemed like a waste of time, so knowing that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, I ran from first to third--besides, there was only one opponent in my way then, the pitcher.

Take you a sheila along to the game, with a couple of hot dogs, relax and enjoy the game! The game was a lot more fun for fans when players didn't bankroll so much, when a sport was a sport.

Cub Cadet 123

dbuck · #5 03-23-2014, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Cub Cadet 123

Looks like our mate from the land down under just found out why we call it the great "past time". It is a rather passive game, but we have enjoyed it for decades and have cheered to watch our greats play it. I remember watching the Cincinnati Reds play George Foster (OF), Johnny Bench (C), Ken Griffey, Sr., Dave Concepcion (SS), Joe Morgan, etc...in the late 70's---a lot of fun!!

I suppose it is an acquired interest and you might find it more fun to play than to watch. When I was little, I didn't fully understand the game myself and found it so hard to play. In our little leagues, they sent me up to the plate to bat and there were 9 of my opponents out there and only me, but I had a weapon--my bat. I ran to each base with my trusty bat and whenever they threw the ball to the base or if anyone got in my way with that ball, I came charging while swinging my bat! Going to 2nd base seemed like a waste of time, so knowing that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, I ran from first to third--besides, there was only one opponent in my way then, the pitcher.

Take you a sheila along to the game, with a couple of hot dogs, relax and enjoy the game! The game was a lot more fun for fans when players didn't bankroll so much, when a sport was a sport.

Cub Cadet 123

CC123, have you ever been to Crosley Field? I remmeber going with my Dad and Grandfather in the late 40's thru the early 60's. We used to ride an excursion train from McArther, OH to Ciny during baseball season and to Cleveland, OH during football season. My Grandfather was a RR Engineer and my Dad was a Brakeman for the DT&I and they got free tickets for the train ride. I also remmeber, everytime the
Redlegs switched beer sponsors, my Grandfather would switch also.

oneharvester · #6 03-23-2014, 10:40 AM

it's lot's more enjoyable when you have a home team to root for or a team you grew up watching as a kid ! GO ROYALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cub Cadet 123 · #7 03-23-2014, 11:23 AM

All apologies Ozcubowner--sorry to hi-jack your thread.

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Originally Posted by dbuck

CC123, have you ever been to Crosley Field? I remmeber going with my Dad and Grandfather in the late 40's thru the early 60's. We used to ride an excursion train from McArther, OH to Ciny during baseball season and to Cleveland, OH during football season. My Grandfather was a RR Engineer and my Dad was a Brakeman for the DT&I and they got free tickets for the train ride. I also remmeber, everytime the
Redlegs switched beer sponsors, my Grandfather would switch also.

No unfortunately, I haven't dbuck. I grew up watching them and admiring them. There is something nostalgic about the magic of that game. You saw some of the greats play ball if you watched it during the 40's through 60's--Ted Williams, Stan (the man) Musial, Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays, and the list goes on and on. That was well before my time and I look at the great era, realizing what fun that must have been to go to the ball park! How lucky you were to ride the rails and go to the games. Some of my relation is from Lockland and Redding, OH and I need to take some time away to catch a game--though, I wouldn't recognize any of the players since I left my interest of baseball in '84 when they went on strike and me as a young boy, left disillusioned. Oh, did you ever see the round barn (turnstyle ?) in Cincy? I have seen pictures of it, but I never saw it.

Thanks for sharing such a great story dbuck,

Cub Cadet 123