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    If only the strike had KILLED baseball

    Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 12:19 AM EST [General]

    People ask me "Al, what's your biggest regret?" I try to say things like never having kids, breaking up with my last girlfriend over the phone, or working a job that i hate.   But really none of these is actually true.  My true biggest regret?  Not doing more to kill baseball after the strike.  I look back and think to myself "i could've done more....so much more"  When i think back to that golden era in sports when baseball didn't exist i get a tingling in my soul.  No more did they talk endlessly about baseball on sports center before showing football highlights or tennis highlights or any highlights for that matter.  I HATE BASEBALL.  Its the slowest most boring game(not sport) EVER!!!  Its actually more boring than bowling.  Yes, rolling a rock into ten pins is more exciting than baseball.  And now they have instant replay in baseball, INSTANT FREAKING REPLAY!? Do you really need instant replay for the slowest game known to man? Are you looking to see if the batter adjusted his croctch legally?  Did he get enough dirt off of his cleats before he took that first pitch?  How much rosin did the pitcher get on his hand really?  The fact that people actually sustain injuries playing this "sport" kills me.  If you've ever pulled a hammy running to first base you probably should never leave your house.  Baseball, however, would do itself a great service by adding a shot clock type feature to speed the game up.  Screw instant replay, Selig should put in a rule that the pitcher can only stare blankly at the catcher for ten seconds before he's got to throw the freaking ball already.  Out of all of this i can't say that I'm completely unhappy with the continuation of baseball.  There is one saving grace.  Reds pro models.

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    Baseball is a sport for those of us without ADD. A sport that was created in a time and for an audience who did, and still does not need explosions or seeing grown men grapple around a ring in their underwear. But the best thing is, if you do not like baseball all you need to do is pick up your remote and change the channel to whatever you want. Something that you do not need to think so much about, like Survivor.

    Thadd
    September 30, 2008
    06:38 AM EST