2006-10-28 05:51:21 · 17 answers · asked by dave 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
because, when a father and a son bond together, is it during tennis, or basketball? no, its having a catch with your dad, and the son, thats the american dream
2006-10-28 06:30:43 · answer #1 · answered by Adam R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baseball is considered America's pastime because more people play it competitively than any other, especially when softball is added into the mix.
More people watch football than baseball because it is so structured. You know how long it will last, you know how soon the next play will occur. There is less thinking involved for the average fan watching the game on TV.
As for attendance at the games, baseball still easily wins out.
Even a terrible team like the Detroit Lions can draw 80 thousand fans per game (640,000 per season), When the Detroit Tigers were so bad in past years ago they drew 2,000,000 fans.
2006-10-28 14:37:37 · answer #2 · answered by jpbofohio 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not only is it the most attented sport, more kids grow up playing baseball then any other sport in the USA, You know the saying dont you? BASEBALL, HOTDOGS ,APPLE PIE,& CHEVROLET America's pastime. I LOVE THIS GAME-BASEBALL is my LIFE, I'm a college UMPIRE,High School, American Legion ,SLABA,Little League,and anywhere else my services to teach the greatest game ever invented is needed, I'll be there, You'll see me at the Ballpark,can't wait till next year so it all starts over again
2006-10-28 10:12:40 · answer #3 · answered by Ricky Lee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't. It is "called" America's pastime. As far as popularity, NFL and colleg football outstrip it by a mile. In reality, MLB is a sport that is incredibly popular in certain regions of the nation and globally...but the World Series TV ratings die year after year.
It might've been "America's pastime" last back in the '50s.
2006-10-28 06:09:06 · answer #4 · answered by fugutastic 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was at one time many years ago but no longer..
Football is now and has been Americas favorite pastime for many years...
Baseball just tries to hang on to the phrase in denial of its demise.
The players unions were the death of Baseball...
2006-10-28 06:01:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because during a war (i dont know which one since i'm only a teen but i do no the backround of the name.) the prisoners of that war played baseball to pass the time..thats how it came to be known as Americas past time
2006-10-28 05:55:34 · answer #6 · answered by Larry 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"because, when a father and a son bond together, is it during tennis, or basketball? no, its having a catch with your dad, and the son, thats the american dream"
exactly what i was going to say
and also, how many bigtime rivalries in the NFL are well known?
would an average person know about the redsox yankees rivalry or about some NFL rivalry more? college is a different story but..
2006-10-28 14:37:36 · answer #7 · answered by pat o 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know, it is America's oldest sport and played in the summer. Good weather, watching guys play ball-what could be better or more relaxing?
2006-10-28 06:00:04 · answer #8 · answered by Ceci 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probable using fact it extremely is been around the longest. so a strategies as participation, baseball ranks 5th. soccer, Basketball, soccer and Skateboarding are performed greater usually than baseball. in case you integrate all board activities mutually, they surpass soccer via a gentle margin.
2016-11-26 00:57:32 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you think of another favorite pastime? I sure can't.
2006-10-28 06:28:23 · answer #10 · answered by Chicken Jones 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because back when the saying was created it was the largest attendance sport in the country. Options for sport/entertainment were far more limited and of cource TV was not an option until the middle of the century.
2006-10-28 05:56:08 · answer #11 · answered by ridingdragon 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋