Baseball

[Cub Cadet 123]

Originally Posted by Ozcubowner

Hijack away ,your comments make interesting reading , one thing I did note in my brief exposure was the commentator remarked how they previously scored 30/40 home runs in a season now if they get 15 thats a good year , maybe they need a good cricket coach
Regards
Oz

Perhaps if you knew more of the history of baseball, then you might find it more interesting and enjoy the game more. Some great players to read about are: George (Babe) Ruth-called his own home run by pointing where he would hit it that he promised for a little boy in the hospital, Tyrus Cobb-perhaps the meanest player ever in the game, but a great hitter, he would intentionally slide into base with his cleats up to kick the opponent, Cy Young-fabulous pitcher and has a pitcher's award named after him "The Cy Young Award", Jackie Robinson-first black player in professional baseball who broke a lot of barriers to play--they made a movie about it, Yogi Berra-perhaps a better coach than he was a player, his trite sayings are known as Yogisms, Ted Williams-held several batting titles and often had a batting average over 400, which is outstanding, Willie Mays-held the home run record for a very long time, Pete Rose-broke Ty Cobbs all time hit record but was banned from the Hall of Fame because he bet on the outcome of a game while he was a coach, Nolan Ryan-who frequently pitched balls clocked at around 102 miles per hour, the Chicago "Black Sox"-the 1919 Chicago White Sox in which several of the players threw the World Series by accepting a bribe to not perform at their best and there was a movie made about this called "Eight Men Out" and I was actually an extra in that movie!!, etc....

Not every game is exciting, but as was already mentioned, if you have a favorite team and you follow them, then you take a deeper interest in the game. Of course, a double header with a fight over a pitcher's duel (when pitcher's intentionally try to hit some batters with the ball, but not make it look obvious) in the 3rd inning of the first game makes for a very interesting game!!

Here are some youtube links that bring back the yesteryear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0ytGaO2uXU
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04KQydlJ-qc

Cub Cadet 123

[Ozcub]

Those names you mention all do ring bells , even saw the movie about Babe Ruth
102 mph thats about the speed of a good fast bowler in Cricket , have a poor mans insight into Baseball , I think that will suffice.
Both games out here pulled a good crowd approx 40,000 each game and the funny part was they put together an Australian team with a player worth of about a million and they beat the 250 million team worth of the DBacks and only just lost to the Dodgers who I think they said had a team worth of 450 million
Regards
Oz

[nikster]

I also lost interest in a lot of sports when $$$$$$$$$$ became a major factor.
Baseball,
Football,
Basketball,
Hockey,


Eg: we went to a game in Chicago with a group of friends & it cost me over $ 160.00 for the evening. not including the 5hrs. Wasted ! I guess I'm

Un-

As far as soccer is concerned, you couldn't pay me to attend a game.

Excuse me while I go watch the paint dry.

NIK,

[sawdustdad]

I'm with Ozcubowner, baseball is boring. But, most sports bore me. My father took us to see the Senators back in the 60's and got angry at us for paying more attention to the peanuts and popcorn vendors than the game.

[Ozcub]

Originally Posted by nikster

I also lost interest in a lot of sports when $$$$$$$$$$ became a major factor.
Baseball,
Football,
Basketball,
Hockey,


Eg: we went to a game in Chicago with a group of friends & it cost me over $ 160.00 for the evening. not including the 5hrs. Wasted ! I guess I'm

Un-

As far as soccer is concerned, you couldn't pay me to attend a game.

Excuse me while I go watch the paint dry.

NIK,

Old mate do not be to hard on Soccer/Football as I believe your team and my team are both in the World Cup in Brazil this year , the largest sporting competition besides the Olympics
My team (Socceroos) is in the group of death as they call it , but we will give them a run for their money , the team to watch however will be Japan they might upset a few of the fancied runners
The best paint to watch dry is the ceiling paint that goes from pink when you apply it to white when dry , goes on easy , you can see where you are going and awesome to watch dry (lol)
Regards
Oz

[FlyingB]

I love sports and baseball is my favorite. Oz, as you are new to baseball I will try to explain things from my point of view. I grew up in a home of 4 brothers and I was the only one who liked sports so nothing was shoved on me, but there is more to baseball games than just the game, it is the experience. I am a huge Chicago Cubs fan but I do not watch every game and do not go to many at all; to be able to do that I would almost have to be a player because baseball is a long game and season. When you go to a game the experience not only includes the game but seeing the sites, sounds, food, people, and everything else. Ya, you can go to the game and it be a boring game where not much happens, but remember everyone, baseball is 162 games to a season it is truly a sport of endurance. Everyone that has been to a game has at least 1 memory that you will always remember, even if it's about peanuts. My boys love sports and they are really good at them, hopefully they will have good memories about going to games. Baseball is an American game like Soccer (football to the rest of the world) is to the rest of the world. You might go to a game unsuspecting that you will have one of the best sports experience you ever: like scalping some tickets that are behind home plate on a business trip and the game going 13 innings in a pitching dual and ends in a walk off home run with the team on the edge of playoffs that are only 2 weeks away.....ya talk about a packed, loud, crazy Stadium.

[Ozcub]

Thank you for trying to give me an insight into the game , I agree with one aspect you mention that is being there trumps anything else
Regards
Oz