LOCKOUT '22: When will we see baseball again?

[casimir]

7 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

 

With MLB taking more control over the minor leagues, at what point does the MLBPA extend into the minor leagues?

[casimir]

10 hours ago, buddha said:

the best thing about baseball is that its boring and you dont actually have to pay attention.  put it on in the background and go do yard work...

Nothing wrong with MLB on the radio in the background whilst doing yard work or some other chore.

[oblong]

Soccer... the sport of the future in america.... and always will be

 

[casimir]

11 hours ago, buddha said:

soccer is much more exciting than baseball.

dumbest.

[gehringer_2]

14 minutes ago, oblong said:

Soccer... the sport of the future in america.... and always will be

 

It’s more popular with kids that grew up playing it, which is pretty much the same reason baseball is dying (relatively).

the thing that baseball has in excess to other sports is not action, but tension. Tennis somewhat similar that way.

[oblong]

Just now, gehringer_2 said:

It’s more popular with kids that grew up playing it, which is pretty much the same reason baseball is dying (relatively).

the thing that baseball has in excess to other sports is not action, but tension. Tennis somewhat similar that way.

Maybe but I've been hearing this since 1982.

Soccer is like running.... would people partake in it if they were prevented from telling you they partake in it?  (I say that as someone who's main use of social media is to brag about my running)

 

 

[buddha]

8 minutes ago, oblong said:

Maybe but I've been hearing this since 1982.

Soccer is like running.... would people partake in it if they were prevented from telling you they partake in it?  (I say that as someone who's main use of social media is to brag about my running)

 

 

i remember when beckham came to mls and everyone on the old site told me soccer would never catch on in america.  now mls is thriving.

i'll see you all this winter for the world cup.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, casimir said:

Nothing wrong with MLB on the radio in the background whilst doing yard work or some other chore.

But even for this, it only works if you know the game well enough or had played it so that your mind is able to fill in the action from the description. A fan already knows well what his team’s DP combo looks like making the play so you don’t need to see it as much. Sort of the inverse of basketball or hockey where radio is harder because there is no set form to what is happening. 

[casimir]

7 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

It’s more popular with kids that grew up playing it, which is pretty much the same reason baseball is dying (relatively).

the thing that baseball has in excess to other sports is not action, but tension. Tennis somewhat similar that way.

Soccer is a good first sport for kids to play because they can do it a younger age than most sports.  The basic movements are easy to do.  You can mix boys and girls and there isn't an advantage to one or the other.  The equipment is cheaper.

[buddha]

3 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

But even for this, it only works if you know the game well enough or had played it so that your mind is able to fill in the action from the description. A fan already knows well what his team’s DP combo looks like making the play so you don’t need to see it as much. Sort of the inverse of basketball or hockey where radio is harder because there is no set form to what is happening. 

it works because nothing is happening for most of the "action."  basketball, hockey (and yes, soccer) have almost constant movement amd something is always happening.

baseball is a game of standing around for the most part.

[buddha]

3 minutes ago, casimir said:

Soccer is a good first sport for kids to play because they can do it a younger age than most sports.  The basic movements are easy to do.  You can mix boys and girls and there isn't an advantage to one or the other.  The equipment is cheaper.

its the world's sport because all you need is something round.  

[casimir]

1 minute ago, buddha said:

its the world's sport because all you need is something round.  

But its played on a rectangle.

[buddha]

Just now, casimir said:

But its played on a rectangle.

its played anywhere where people have feet.  the people's game.  the most popular sport on the planet by far.

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, casimir said:

But its played on a rectangle.

the most finely articulated part of the human body is the arms/hands. You give up a lot taking them out of the game!

[Edman85]

I'm getting a bit perturbed with the twitter echo chamber shilling for the Union during this.

[buddha]

38 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

I'm getting a bit perturbed with the twitter echo chamber shilling for the Union during this.

then you should probably stay away from this thread, lol.

[1984Echoes]

6 hours ago, buddha said:

dumb

 

and dumber.

I've been told I resemble Jim Carrey...

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

it works because nothing is happening for most of the "action."  basketball, hockey (and yes, soccer) have almost constant movement amd something is always happening.

baseball is a game of standing around for the most part.

It looks like something is happening in soccer until you realize it isn't. 

[sabretooth]

13 hours ago, buddha said:

soccer is much more exciting than baseball.

the best thing about baseball is that its boring and you dont actually have to pay attention.  put it on in the background and go do yard work...

I agree about baseball, fans know when to pay attention and when it's time to chat with your friends or grab something from the fridge. 

Soccer (at least European soccer) is just dreadful as a spectator sport to me, not exciting in the least bit, and has very little to interest the mind.

Because my wife is from Spain, I have watched a fair amount of European soccer.  I think if they had more liberal ball-advancement rules it might be OK to watch, at least as a mind-numbing thing on the TV while I do something else...maybe MILS is better, I don't know.

[sabretooth]

43 minutes ago, buddha said:

then you should probably stay away from this thread, lol.

😃

[RandyMarsh]

My college girlfriend played soccer so I would always go to her games and outside of looking at some hot chicks I freaking hated it.  She tried to teach me how to play and I could never grasp it. 

[buddha]

16 minutes ago, sabretooth said:

I agree about baseball, fans know when to pay attention and when it's time to chat with your friends or grab something from the fridge. 

Soccer (at least European soccer) is just dreadful as a spectator sport to me, not exciting in the least bit, and has very little to interest the mind.

Because my wife is from Spain, I have watched a fair amount of European soccer.  I think if they had more liberal ball-advancement rules it might be OK to watch, at least as a mind-numbing thing on the TV while I do something else...maybe MILS is better, I don't know.

mls ia not better.  european leagues are the best leagues in the world.

i find them very enjoyable.  italian league on paramount, spain and germany and holland on espn +.  its awesome.  some english championship too.

champions league starts up again today.  real against psg.  😉

[casimir]

45 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

It looks like something is happening in soccer until you realize it isn't. 

Maybe soccer is like jazz. 

Jazz: It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play.

Soccer: It's not the plays that lead to a score, its about the plays the don't lead to a score?

[casimir]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

the most finely articulated part of the human body is the arms/hands. You give up a lot taking them out of the game!

Team handball.  That's fun to watch.

[Tigeraholic1]

2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

It’s more popular with kids that grew up playing it, which is pretty much the same reason baseball is dying (relatively).

the thing that baseball has in excess to other sports is not action, but tension. Tennis somewhat similar that way.

Going off of my 13 yo son and his athletic friends none of them play soccer (They all play Baseball,Football,Basketball). The idea they like to say is the non athletic kids play soccer, they are also the socially awkward kids playing soccer, I dunno.