The other blue and white team doesn't seem to have a problem with it...

yawn.....

bb is boring....

and the Royals will finish below .500 this year

 

Well they are winning the games they need to win that is for sure. I am excited about them but they have yet to play anybody good. But hell if they play 500 ball the rest of the way they will be in a penant race.

 

Re: Re: Re: The other blue and white team doesn't seem to have a problem with it...

I don't understand how anyone could watch 9 innings of baseball to begin with....

 

The White Sox last year went .500 and won the division and the playoff spot that came with it.

I am going to see them on Friday, got free tickets. Basabe ball to me is like Indoor Soccer, I will watch it, I just won't pay to.

 

Baseball is fun to watch and follow when the team is playing well. I dont care if the Royals win the division, I just would like to know that when I watch them I don't already know they are going to lose. Knowing the team can win any game makes it exciting again.

 

i dont care for baseball really at all.

I get all the Royals i need from the highlights shows. Its cool that they are winning, i always support the home teams, and i am generally interested in them continuing to win, but i couldnt sit through an entire game, unless i am at the game yelling "you're all washed up" randomly at players.

but so many people say soccer is boring - its all just what gets you going, i just cant get into baseball.

 

All you have to remember about baseball is:

It's a bunch of juiced-up steroid freaks playing a game originally designed for women.

 

Does anyone else appreciate the irony here?

 

Yes, It's a nigtmare come true, we actually have people defending baseball on big soccer.

Someone wake me up......

James

 

Its not ironic. Like many people, I grew up loving baseball. Yes, the strikes turned me off to the game. But just as much, the fact that the Royals have sucked for a decade turned me off. BigSoccer is not just for soccer anymore. Look around,there are forums for politics, games and other sports.

It may be a surprise, but all soccer fans arent just soccer fans. Just look at wizardcharter (Dave), hes an all around sports fan, but he chooses to talk soccer with us here. Theres nothing wrong with soccer fans liking other sports at all. Jut because you dont like them, doesnt mean others cant like the sport and defend that sport.

 

Really, baseball is the true beautiful game. I've only come into soccer the last 10 years or so, but baseball is in my blood. Both sports have subtle nuances that only people who have played or watch very closely can ever appreciate. Personally, my enjoyment of soccer, I think, is complemented by baseball.

Anyone who says baseball is boring is simply being ignorant. As someone once said "Don't criticize what you can't understand."

 

ignorance

anyone who says someone else's opinion as to what is boring is ignorant simply for having that opinion is in fact ignorant.

The vast majority of sports reporters in the US seem to think soccer is boring, they aren't just ignorant, they might be, or they might just not like it.

I played baseball, i can even get into a game under the right circumstances, that i think the game is generally boring doesn't mean my opinion is the result of my ignorance, it simply means that i have an opinion just like everyone else.

If i asked you who the best hardcore band of all time is and you either a) rattle off some band that in fact does/did not play hardcore or b) name a band that is different than the one i had in mind, you will display either ignorance or opinion.

People who dis any sport for being boring when they have never given it a chance are ignorant as to whether or not it is in fact boring. People who say a sport is boring after giving it a sufficient chance to determine whether or not they think it is boring are not ignorant, they simply disagree with you.

 

Re: ignorance

My impression was the people on this board who were bashing baseball were those who had never given it a chance.

I'll just leave it a that. This is a soccer board after all.

 

baseball to me is boring. If there weren't so many stoppages (16 minimum) it would seem more exciting to me. Baseball just isn't my thing, and alot of it is because of the lack of flow. Sure you may have a good inning, but once that inning is done you have to rebuild your momentum, it may be easier to do if you just had a good inning, but it is still a significant drop. I guess if I had to sum up baseball in one word it wouldn't be boring, it would be "choppy".

 

Re: Re: ignorance

From age 5 on, starting in Lee's Summit (1975), I played baseball every summer, soccer every spring & fall, and basketball as well.

I've been to 100's of Royals games in my life, as well as traveled to St.Louis, and "the new Ball Park" in Arlington, TX for a Rangers v Royals matchup.

That was then, in 1994, World Cup USA, 1995, 1st taste of the UEFA champions league and EPL, in 1996, year 1 MLS.... and so the story goes.

I still enjoy a good baseball/softball game as a participant, I can appreciate the sport.

I cannot however, appreciate the "athletes" (using the term loosely) of MLB. Sure, there are great players in MLB. But the game is just, well, for lack of a better word, boring on television. I also would not pay to see a pro baseball game again, however, I might attend with my children if given free tickets.

It is ok to like other sports, as Ben was saying, but the "good ole boys" of baseball, are very much against the MLS & soccer and do not want it to succeed. Because they know that baseball is dying, they've lost two straight generations, and soccer will/has finally made it.

James

 

Re: ignorance

If I said Minor Threat, I'd be right, neither ignorant or opinionated. If you had 7 Seconds in your mind, i'd give you half credit

 

just got back from the Royals game to night. 3-4 in the 11th inning. Single shot homer from rookie named Hardy, or Herny or something like that. About 39,000 and a loud crowd. Entertaining game, 11 innings in under 3 hours makes it much more bearable. Derek said on our road trip last year that at heart KC is a baseball town. He may be right. Though I think it has to do more with a fair weather town.

I enjoyed every penny I spent on the game.

 

Re: Re: Re: ignorance

Each time I swear I'm done with this thread...

If you really think that the "good ole boys" are worried about the MLS...Come on! The powers that be in baseball probably don't even know the MLS EXISTS. Are you getting into conspiracy theories here, because Oswald was a patsy for the Cubans, the moon landing was filmed on a soundstage in Florida and Roy Williams had a deal to go to UNC in Feburary. I mean really, put down the crack pipe. Trust me, baseball doesn't give a damn about soccer or the MLS.

For every problem baseball has (and there are many) the MLS has at least 2.

What the Wizards set an attendance record last week with about 22,000. Tonight the Royals had 39,000 (against the Tigers!!!) That's a Wizard fan's wet dream. Too bad that will never happen.

I truly enjoy soccer and hope it catches on in the US. It's gonna be tough. I think the MLS has to be considered a huge success, just for surviving this long but they still have a long way to go. If you want to crack the top sports in the US, focus on hockey first. I think soccer is just about there in the pecking order.

 

Yes, KC is a fair weather town. The Chiefs have proven it a little, although many are still holding on to the great '90s. But attendance has dropped (dont let the "sell outs" fool you) at Arrowhead as well.

I do like baseball, and I'm glad for the Royals, because I can still remember jumping around the living room as George Brett and Brett Saberhagen (sp?) jumped up and down after game 7 in 1985. I was five years old and I still remember that hispanic pitcher going nuts in the 5th and Whitey getting tossed in the 5th. All the while the whole city was going nuts, because the game was already in the bag.

All that behind me, I'm a soccer fan through and through now. I always was, I just needed somewhere to practice the trade. I look at the Royals success now as a problem for my true love. If the Royals keep this up, the Wizards attendance will go down. People only have so much expendable income, and as Dave pointed out, history plays a part. Many people that dont love soccer like we do, remember '85 and want it again. They'll go there thinking "they'll quit winning one of these days", but they're really hoping they win it all. I want them to be mildly successful and fall off, and the Wizards to keep having crowds like the opener.