Official MLB Season Thread

[loseyourname]

True, but the physicality of it really doesn't compare to say, soccer or basketball. Most of the time the guys are just standing in place or sitting on the bench.

The bulk of the game is mental. There is a great deal of strategy that goes into it, especially pitching and managing. There is nothing more tense than a great pitcher's duel, where both starters have a shot at a shutout. Watching them spot each pitch and fool the batters time and again is my kind of edge-of-the-seat action. Another great part of the game is the long, drawn-out at bat, where a great hitter will foul off every borderline pitch by a great pitcher, just waiting for the one mistake he can drive. No other sport builds up that kind of tension.

[dusken]

All sports build that much tension. It is not anymore intellectual than any other sport. You can take any sport and put together a scenario that has a great moment of tension. And all sports have decision-making and strategy no less than baseball.

[jilbagh]

i concurr, look at the strategy of the playbooks in basketball and football. i get confused as hell in football, and do you know how thick pat rileys playbook is?

[Inna]

Every sport has their own mind games within it, but of course I personally think that volleyball and softball/baseball are the ones that require the most thinking since those are the only two sports I really ever played

[dusken]

Some sports that require at least as much thinking as baseball:

Billiards
Football
American Football
Basketball
Waterpolo
Tennis
Martial Arts
Wrestling

[jilbagh]

you forgot LaCrosse and BochiBall (whatever that is)

[Anonymouse]

Baseball players aren't real athletes.

[Hogg]

Way to stay on topic, xxxxxxxs!

I can't wait to start going to Dodger games. Hopefully, they have a decent season and I don't go there to only have a place to spit my sunflower seeds.

[jilbagh]

there's a crack of light open on Ventura's game winning hit...let's start rollin big blue

[dstyle]

Ya dont like the dodgers, but love going to the games. Anaheim is too far to drive to watch baseball, so maybe well see eachother at chavez revine one day. go Bonds.