I believe and I know because im just as much of baseball fan then the rest of you, that people are getting more consurned about winning and stats then just enjoying the game and enjoying seeing the game that might not be true for all but do you believe thats true too?
2006-07-12 11:18:55 · 18 answers · asked by FM2_fan 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
I think you are right in it is about the money to a lot of people but I am one who just loves the game.I am disappointed in all the steroid controversy but I love to watch the game.That's all that matters to me.Of course most of us have our favorite team but I will watch anybody play if my Yankees aren't playing that day.I am not a fly by night who only roots for a team because they have the money or whatever the popular thing to whine about that day.I love to see an underdog come and shake things up.It keeps it interesting.
2006-07-12 11:55:46 · answer #1 · answered by cmeand3 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's a lot of attention paid to stats, but that's because baseball is by far the best sport when it comes to lending itself to statistics. Just look at the sheer number of counting stats, and all that can be done with them. I don't expect everyone to spend all day on the BP and Hardball Times websites, but it's only a natural progression from the days of kids studying the backs of their baseball cards. Baseball has always been the most stats-focused major sport, so this fascination with numbers isn't anything new.
Even with the love of stats, though, I don't think anyone cares more about them than about watching their favorite team play, or watching a guy they like smash a homer or steal a base. I think love of the game, and love of the stats behind it, can coexist.
2006-07-12 11:25:31 · answer #2 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it has became a numbers game.That why I'm so bitter about the Tigers, I didn't care if they won or lost . I just enjoy watching my fave guys play. I was at the game were the rocket had 19K's. back in 96. I was still cheering on my tigers. The front office's in the teams care about the numbers nothing else but the numbers and how much the team is losing in cash. I had like to watch the guys make fanstics plays, like Kirby Puckett robbing a guy's home run. That what makes baseball fun not how many HR or RBIS.
2006-07-12 11:36:27 · answer #3 · answered by bleacherbrat34 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually think the game is less about numbers than it was a few years ago. ESPN is horrible about scrolling meaningless statistics across the screen for no good reason at all. I think it comes from their inability to broadcast a game and create an expereience that is worth watching. However, BALCO Barry has really killed the analysis by numbers approach. The game is looking for a new voice and wants something outside of statistical categories to guage player performance. Keep in mind that Barry does not have a World Series ring. Character is making a comeback!
2006-07-12 11:23:13 · answer #4 · answered by rattwagon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
football has surpassed baseball in words of regular attendance and rankings by skill of people gazing on television. The great Bowl is the #one million watched carrying experience interior the rustic (inspite of the actuality that the commercials have something to do with it). And even inspite of the actuality that baseball's revenue cap has made countless divisions good-heavy imagine about this. international sequence champions 2001- Diamondbacks 2002- Angels 2003 - Marlins 2004 - red Sox 2005 - White Sox 2006 - Tigers or Cardinals No different pastime has managed this aspect of parity of championships.
2016-12-10 08:39:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. There are a lot of us that watch just because we love the game. I don't care at all about who puts up what numbers. I just want to watch the game no matter who's playing.
However, I've noticed that the people who can't get past all the stats are just trying to sound smarter than everyone else. So insecure! So sad.
2006-07-12 23:09:56 · answer #6 · answered by Mary* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has became a money game. I don't understand why people continue to go to those ball games, when the players have million dollar contracts and use steroids. I wish everyone would stop going to the games, and then watch the baseball and football leagues all go bankrupt. Then, star a new system of leagues, where it would be like the 1940's where they didn't play for money, but for the fun of it.
2006-07-12 11:23:12 · answer #7 · answered by Joe T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baseball, atleast at the professional level, has always been about winning and stats. The statistical part of the game adds to part of the game's lore. What I don't like is the big money, and now this problem of steroids which, I think, is about to explode.
2006-07-12 11:24:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. I think that some players (and fans alike) are forgetting to enjoy it and instead just want to see big numbers. People aren't recognizing those players who still have the passion for the game- the players that might not have the best average, but actually play for the team instead of just improving their own average. I miss that, but I think MLB still has some hope.
2006-07-12 11:26:30 · answer #9 · answered by amy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you, I love the old-school baseball.
Unfortuantly baseball has became a steroids game. all baseball players want to do is hit the homers and show off and make money. they dont do the little things that help make a team win a world series
2006-07-12 11:21:58 · answer #10 · answered by thatsob01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋