do fans hold Baseball up to a different standard then other sports?

Question

I say this because it seems that fans are very passionate about baseball, and they seem like religion in some cities like Boston, New York, and St. Louis.

Answer 1

yes here are a few examples which i think are examples

1, Sean Merriaman (NFL, dominant linebacker for the best team durning the regular season) gets busted for steroids and no one really cares. It makes news for a couple weeks and then dies away.

2, The Hall of Fame is incredibly hard to get into. you are lucky to have 1 or 2 people get in each year where as in the NBA and NFL, 4 or 5 go in each time.

3, the historic figures are more prevalant than any other sport, Babe Ruth, Lou Gerhig, Joe Diamiago, Micky Mantle, and thast just one team, then you have Sandy Koufax, Hank Aaron, Ty Cobb, ect ect ect.

4, the records, we hold the records/stats as sacred, the home run record is by far the most important record in baseball just because more people care about it than anything else.

Answer 2

Baseball is looked upon much differently than any other sport because of several factors. It's the original nation pastime, although many seem to think that football has now taken that title away from baseball. I'm one who does not agree with that perception.

Of all the sports baseball's history is revered more than all the other sports put together. Even today baseball represents a more simple time in our lives as we cheered for the heroes of our youth.

There are no other names that conger up more excitement or get the average fan to put on a pair of cleats and grab a glove than Babe Ruth or Ted Williams or Mickey Mantle.

Baseball is so much different than any other sports in many ways. For example in what other sport does the defense control the ball? But more important, in what other sport can an athlete fail 70% of the time and still be good enough to be elected into the Hall of Fame?

Stats in baseball are also part of the American landscape. Numbers like .406 and 755, and 20K's, .367 lifetime batting average not to mention 500 home run club and 3000 hits and 300 wins, mean more to sports fans than any other stats from any other sport.

I wouldn't give credit just to the fore mentioned cities. I think every city and town in American that has a major or even a minor league team feel that same passion for the game. We all root for our various teams and we often poke fun at each other when our teams don't come through for us but we all have one thing in common, we love the game of baseball like no other sport. It truly is the greatest game of them all.

Answer 3

There are other sports?

lol

Regardless of current popularity of any sport, baseball is woven into the national character and cultural history of the United States like no other, and like few other institutions from any field. The stories and legends are told and re-told every year, even as new ones unfold before us. Baseball gives us a daily fix for over half the year. Baseball, at its very best, provides the glory of victory, the anguish of defeat, and the knowledge of what everyone did to get there, plus another chance tomorrow. Both success and failure are fleeting, because we've gotta go do it again. It can be appreciated and enjoyed in myriad ways.

Baseball can make anyone feel young again. Try getting that from anything, anywhere.

Answer 4

Standards about what? Baseball is my favorite because I have been watching for so long, and it is the one thing that will get you through a long summer, but I like college hoops and the NFL almost as much. I agree with the other guy, there are some pretty passionate people about all sports, it just depends on the place. Like in Kentucky, where they do not have any professional sports, they love college ball there, they live and die that krap.

Answer 5

I would say yes. On the list of the most important things in life:
(1) family and friends
(2) baseball
(3) who ******* cares

Seriously though, baseball is held to a different standard simply because it's america's pasttime. It envelopes everything we love about life, love, and passion. It, to me, is the most rewarding sport to watch and there is so much of it to be watched. There is so much strategy that goes into it. At any given time, you could be seeing a no-hitter, a grand slame, a triple play, someone hitting for the cycle, or records being broken. The best sport, period!

Answer 6

Yes in some cities like Boston , new York , and of course Dodger fans but its like this in all sports if you havent yet watch a golden state basketball game at there home court they are at a high standard its like that in almost all sports (except Golf)

Answer 7

I live in Toronto. The fans that you mention have nothing on Bills fans (NFL - I live within Bufallo's broadcast shadow), and even that pales in comparison to each of Canadien and Leafs (NHL) fans.

An an example, the local all sports radio station does post-game call in shows for all of the major sports in this city. During the 1993 MLB post season, with the Blue Jays on their way to their second consecutive WS victory, people were still trying to ask Leafs questions on the Jays' post game shows.

Nuff said.

Answer 8

You should see how passionate people are about college football in certain sections of states like Texas, Florida and Ohio! Comparing it to a religion is an apt description.

Answer 9

1)family freinds
2)cars
etc
last on my list baseball because its so damn boring.