Why is baseball one of the best sports?

Answer 1

I have a theory:
During the game, between pitches, people have time to talk to one another, about baseball of course, about how the players and doing, about these two teams, about other teams, but also about life. Baseball is slow enough to give you time to enjoy life, to have a few stress-free hours of talk and beer and peanuts and nothing. However, there is another side to game. A good baseball game, with two evenly-matched teams, is great fun to watch, full of fast defensive plays and breath-holding moments. The plays are fast enough that you can relax while waiting for the next great moment, but they are there and they are thrilling! Plus, in that last inning, when everyone's on their feet, holding their breath, praying silently, there is no more exciting time in sports! The tension is just so thick in the air! I think it is the duality of the sport that makes it so great.

Plus good baseball fields are wonderful places to be. I grew up in Boston, and there is no greater structure on earth, as far as I'm concerned, than Fenway Park. (Although Philly's new field, where I live now, is also quite beautiful). How can you dislike a game that occurs in such a beautiful place?

Answer 2

Welcome to The Show, one of the best sports games out there. If you're a baseball fan, you're going to eat this up like a ballpark frank with chili, cheese and extra onions.

One of the most solid sports games out there has gotten even better this year by building on its stellar in-game play and adding an amazing amount of off-the-field stuff that really makes it as much of a role-playing game as it does a sports title.

Start with the gameplay. The pitching interface is great, as there's the necessary strategy (you have to pick the right pitch at the right time) and you can't just keep throwing heaters or you'll end up like Barry MacDonald -- on the DL with whiplash, watching the balls sail over the fence. There's lots of timing involved in the execution of the pitch as well.

Hitting is a treat, too, as you can delve into how well you know the sport. Guess the pitch, and you'll be given a big advantage of seeing where it will land so you can time your swing to perfection. Guess wrong and you're in the dark.

Fielding is still solid, though sometimes it seems like the outfielders are a bit slow. Baserunning has been fixed from last year's version and you're not going to have runners only taking one base on a double.

There's loads of variety in here -- exhibition, rivalry, career, season and franchise modes -- along with Home Run Derby and King of the Diamond contests.

Of course, this is a baseball game so there's loads upon loads of stats, with more than 75 categories tracked.

Overall, the completeness of The Show makes it excellent value for the hard-core fan.

It's well worth the money.

Answer 3

It features the toughest thing to do in sports...hit a Major League Fastball, Baseball gives u the biggest adrenaline rush in all of sports

Answer 4

because it is fun to play an watch. and people who do not like baseball should move to russia and live. and if you think it is a easy sport, just go try and hit a fastball coming at you 95 to 100 miles an hour. baseball is amercia's best past time and always will be.

Answer 5

Watch Ken Burns' documentary for the answer. Some great points are there's no running out the clock, its being a combination team and individual sport, the amazing history... But I stopped watching pro baseball in 1994 thanks to the strike, and what thought I gave to starting to watch again was pretty much torpedoed by the weak response to steroid abuse.

Answer 6

I'd rather watch paint dry than watch baseball. It's fun to play with friends, but I wouldn't pay money to my television cable company to have that put on my tv. What's the point? You wait for five minutes to watch one guy throw a ball really fast (which is impressive judging at the speed) at someone else, hoping that someone else would hit it so something unpredictable happens. And usually, it's a routine play like a pop-out or an out at first base. Whoop-dee-doo. Why don't you ask why NASCAR is entertaining?

Answer 7

baseball is America's sport...both fathers and sons come together in comraderie and share America's pasttime...baseball brings this country together like no other sport in the history of this country:)

Answer 8

because each game is different and you never know whats going to happen. Its a family game without a lot of violence (like in hockey), they aren't playing against a clock so its slow and relaxing - takes enough time so you can sit and have a beer (or two), and it happens in the warmer months when you can go to the game and catch some rays.

Answer 9

Because it takes actual skill to hit a Round ball with a Round bat!

Answer 10

well to me is not..but baseball is hust a tradition the americans(and some other countries) enjoy to play and watch