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Baseball and sports
Baseball and sports.
I am a baseball fan a Yankee fan for life. I grew up in the days of Mickey Mantle during the sixties. Of course, I played football and lots of basketball. I didn’t play hockey, but my wife being a huge hockey fan, I had no choice but to cheer her team on. Out all the afore mentioned sports, baseball is the only one to start on time. The only game with a clock keeping time, starts on time. First pitch is 1:04 for a day game,you could set Big Ben by the start of a baseball game. Football kick-off 3:20. No way! There first must be a half dozen commercials to air. Basketball same thing 7:20 tip off, not even close! Ads, ads, and ads.
Baseball just ticks away slowly, some call it the game for intelligent people. Like chess it moved slowly, watching a chess game is as boring as siting in the nose bleed bleachers in a baseball game without a radio. You can’t see the game or hear the game. Don’t keep started on watching golf or bowling!
Penalties in sports, sorta not fair. Kicking dirt on an umpire in baseball, you get throw out of the game. Fist fight in a basketball game, suspended two weeks, excessive brut force in football, four game suspension. Hockey all blown out boxing match with blood oozing. Two minutes in the penal box, next period you do it again.
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2 Replies
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It sounds like you really appreciate the punctuality and tradition of baseball, especially when compared to other major sports! Baseball indeed has a unique charm with its schedule certainty and the absence of a running clock, which contrasts sharply with the more commercially interrupted flow of football and basketball games. That precision in start times must be quite refreshing, particularly for someone who values the historical aspects of the game as much as you do, having grown up in the era of legends like Mickey Mantle. Are you excited for the current season?
You’ve captured some of the unique quirks and appeals of different sports quite vividly! Baseball does indeed have a more deliberate pace, which many fans cherish as it allows for strategic thinking and deeper appreciation of the game’s subtleties—much like chess. This slower pace can be a positive or a negative, depending on one’s personal taste, just as with watching more slow-paced sports like golf or bowling.
The disparities in how penalties are handled across sports are really interesting. Each sport has its own culture and unwritten rules about what’s acceptable. In baseball, the respect for umpires and the rules of the game is paramount, so something like kicking dirt on an umpire is a serious offense. In contrast, hockey accepts fighting as part of the game’s physical nature to some extent, often seeing it as a way to resolve conflicts on the ice, leading to relatively lighter penalties.
These differences not only highlight the physical aspects of each sport but also the cultural expectations and norms that have developed over time. It’s fascinating to see how these norms influence both player behavior and fan perceptions. What are your thoughts on how these penalties reflect the spirit of each game?
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I think and feel sports has lost sportsmanship, big pay checks are the concern. When Babe Ruth was questioned about making more money than the president, he answered, “ I had a better year.” When Mickey Mantle needed a second liver transplant, while my sister needed a first. I lost respect when money can buy organs.