Reply #88: Actually, I think you DO need to admit it. [View All]

It is, IMO, a totally objective and true statement: baseball is not high action. Doesn't mean it's boring, wrong, or something to sneer at - but to say it's a fast action game is a misnomer. The vast majority of time very little is actually happening in terms of action.

I have had the pleasuer the last two summers to have my seats near a guy who umpires and who is also very nice enough to explain a LOT of things I never understood, and a GREAT MANY things I didn't even realize existed (like if you have two strikes and hit the ball and it hits the plate but doesn't go anywhere you can run to first base if something else... i can't remember, but anyway, he's really opened up the game for me and showed me some of the more bizarre rules that don't come up very often; and I'm much better at telling the difference between an error and a not-error).

it's definitely not an action game, though - which is why I love going to them! I also love that there's no bullshit mandatory end of the game in overtime: it goes on 'til someone wins, and both sides get a chance to play, too. One thing I hate about football overtime is that it's "First one to score wins!", which is an inherently bullshit and unfair methodology. They should play a whole 'nother quarter.