wow that sure takes alot of talent.
2007-09-18 10:43:11 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Because of tradition, skill and there is excitement if you look beyond the surface.
All you do is hit a ball with a stick, huh? Have you tried that against live pitching? Then have that pitch coming at you at close to 100 mph? It's not easy. Go to a batting cage and try even the 80 mph speed.
If it doesn't take a lot of talent, why aren't you out there trying as you can be a multimillionaire playing MLB baseball? Sure beats working for a living.
2007-09-18 13:15:29 · answer #1 · answered by fugutastic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, how can you be so ignorant to post a question like that? I want to see you hit a small white baseball coming at you at 95 MPH over 300 feet. And there are these things called change ups, curve balls, sliders, and other breaking pitches. And baseball is a lot more than hitting. If you are a pitcher you have to be able to pitch a game which usually includes about 100 pitches over the course of about 2 hours or more. And if you are an infielder you have to be able to track where the ball is going to bounce and what speed it is going at and you have to put those 2 together and predict where the ball will go so you can put it into your glove. And if a ball is 50-100 feet up in the air it is not easy to track it. And how about catchers. They have to squat down and catch a ball about 150 times per game. Baseball is a lot harder than people think, this is the most ignorant question I have ever seen on here.
2007-09-18 11:22:05 · answer #2 · answered by ryansraysrule 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ted Williams was arguably the best hitter ever and he did it 4 times out of 10, so it's harder than it looks.
There's a lot of strategy and a certain amount of Zen in baseball, so not everyone likes it. If a game that contains a lot of slow patches (which are actually full of things going on if you know what to look for) is going to bore you, then it's not your game. I have a love for stories -- telling them and listening to them -- and that's what led to my own interest in baseball. It's a sport full of great -- often funny -- stories, and a game itself has a sort of narrative feel, if you sense things on that level. Going to a game with someone who knows and loves the game and is good at communicating the whys of both is the best way to find out why people like it, if you do in fact care to have an answer to your question.
2007-09-18 10:59:18 · answer #3 · answered by Illyria 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're absoutly right - hitting a ball with a stick takes a great amount of talent. Bar none, it's the hardest thing to do in any professional sport in the world.
2007-09-18 11:53:40 · answer #4 · answered by DoReidos 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a huge baseball fan either, but they say hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in all of sports... so yea I would say that does take alot of talent!
2007-09-18 10:51:08 · answer #5 · answered by soulfly739 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Wow how much dumber can people get? If you say that for baseball might as well say it for basketball or football (that they just fight over a ball). But it takes a LOT more talent then you think for anything. Try it, it isn't that easy. It isn't easy at all.
2007-09-18 11:13:39 · answer #6 · answered by St. Louis Cardinals Fan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why didnt your mom swallow u!!!!
hitting a 95 mph fast ball is alot harder than kicking a ball (soccer) throwing to a 6'5" reciever (football) bouncing a round ball( basketball), hitting stationary ball on a tee (golf, which is still a pain in the ***)
dont get me wrong football is the greatest sport alive, but baseball is the hardest to be good at!
2007-09-18 16:44:51 · answer #7 · answered by George C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-19 00:51:35 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think that it takes little talent lets see you hit a fastball. I bet you can't even hit the ball if you did you would get tired from running to first base.
2007-09-18 11:11:04 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. Smith 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you ever tried to hit a round ball with a round bat and make it go forward. oh yeah, and the ball is coming at you at 100 mph or curving down or left or right or a combination. try it once you won't think it is so dumb and easy
2007-09-18 11:05:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋