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NPR Proves What I've been Saying for Years: BaseBall is Boooriing !!!

thedutymonthedutymon Posts: 4,323 ✭
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Afternoon,

NPR just did a timed Scientific experiment to prove how much (Little) action there actually is in a Baseball game. The sum total of all action, includes walking to mound, Pitcher warmup, Hitter warmup, ect. ect. is Wait, Wait:

Drum Roll Please: 14 Minutes !!!!!!!!!!!!! Average Game!

Booooorriing................As I have said for years!! Boring, Boring, Boring. Don't get me wrong I love to see the Rockies play at Coors Field, but it certainly isn't for the action!! It's for the afternoon under the sun, drinking Beer, taking the Boys ect.!!!!

YeeHahimage

Neilimage
Actually Collect Non Sport, but am just so full of myself I post all over the place !!!!!!!

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  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What about football? Most time seems to be in the huddle.
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  • MooseDogMooseDog Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭
    That's why hockey is the best value for the buck. Sixty minutes of action.
  • thedutymonthedutymon Posts: 4,323 ✭
    Evening,

    And the same day that somebody throws a NO HITTER....Wow I bet that was exciting...No Hits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    YeeHahimage

    Neilimage

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    Actually Collect Non Sport, but am just so full of myself I post all over the place !!!!!!!
  • mlbfan2mlbfan2 Posts: 3,115 ✭✭✭


    << <i>What about football? >>



    Football games have about 11 minutes of action.
    linky
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    i should watch more chess.
  • SmuggoSmuggo Posts: 425 ✭
    Maybe it's boring, but it ain't half as boring as NPR.
    Collecting Pre-War, Pre-War HOF Types, Pre-War Postcards
  • CEOBIDMCCEOBIDMC Posts: 275
    Baseball is methodical, beautiful and perfect, with moments of explosive action, bang bang plays and unpredictable turns of events.

    You want boring, watch Hockey on TV (up close, very different) Or watch a youth soccer game, or any soccer game for that matter.
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>Baseball is methodical, beautiful and perfect, with moments of explosive action, bang bang plays and unpredictable turns of events.

    You want boring, watch Hockey on TV (up close, very different) Or watch a youth soccer game, or any soccer game for that matter. >>



    The fact that you think soccer doesn't possess those qualities you describe in your first sentence is all I need to know. But thanks for playing!
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    I probably feel the same way about soccer, only because I really don't know the game.

    I can see Boo's point that it does have the same qualities that was described but only after I thought about it.

    Many of us in this country have never watched a full soccer game and thus don't see it like he and others might.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • thunderdanthunderdan Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I probably feel the same way about soccer, only because I really don't know the game.

    I can see Boo's point that it does have the same qualities that was described but only after I thought about it.

    Many of us in this country have never watched a full soccer game and thus don't see it like he and others might.


    Steve >>



    Steve, you didn't watch any of the World Cup matches? US/Algeria? US/England?
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  • HallcoHallco Posts: 3,652 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>i should watch more chess. >>



    imageimage...Glad I wasn't drinking anything as I read that. Thanks a lot for the stomach ache and the sore face!!! imageimage
  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
    To me...

    Soccer and hockey (NHL/College) are blasts to watch (and play). The fans are great (with exception to southern teams...but they are catching on to the rules).

    Basketball is cheap and tacky, especially fouling a team 10 times in the last minute - but I will say that the late '80s/early-mid '90s basketball was pretty classy. I don't know very many NBA fans - college basketball is fun to watch.

    Football has been growing on me a lot, but every superbowl (with exception to Patriots/Giants) I fall asleep around the half-time show...I don't care too much for college football and think the players are exploited (in basketball too but not as much as college football).

    Baseball I will only watch a game seven at around the 8th inning.
  • lanemyer85lanemyer85 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭
    Maybe it's boring, but it ain't half as boring as NPR.


    Recognize
  • nightcrawlernightcrawler Posts: 5,110 ✭✭

    EDIT: Drunkin post. image
  • thunderdanthunderdan Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭


    << <i>EDIT: Drunkin post. image >>



    LOL.
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  • hdunkhdunk Posts: 76 ✭✭
    Former Dodger broadcaster Red Barber once said "baseball is dull only to dull minds"
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>Former Dodger broadcaster Red Barber once said "baseball is dull only to dull minds" >>



    When then I guess that settles it.
  • kmnortonkmnorton Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭
    While it kills me to agree with an Arse fan, I agree.
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  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    Red Barber never met Kevin Youkilis. image
  • 54topps54topps Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭


    << <i>That's why hockey is the best value for the buck. Sixty minutes of action. >>




    Without a doubt
  • PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
    What do you expect from a populace that finds the Kardashians worth watching.
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>While it kills me to agree with an Arse fan, I agree. >>



    A ha! A Spurs fan- there's one on every board.

    Actually, if I had to pick an EPL team that I actively root for it would be Blackpool, followed probably by Everton. Of the 'Big 4', though, I'd go with either The Gunners or Liverpool (though I'm a huge fan of Drogba).

    Basically, my approach to the EPL is 'ABMU'-- Anybody But Man U!
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Steve, you didn't watch any of the World Cup matches? US/Algeria? US/England? >>




    Hi Dan, no not really. If anything I'd see some highlights on the evening news.

    Not really a soccer fan. (I tried about 4x to spell 'afficianondo' all were wrong.

    I don't even watch much football or basketball. I'll watch pro lacrosse a little if it's on.

    I'm big into baseball and only baseball.


    Steve


    Good for you.
  • MeteoriteGuyMeteoriteGuy Posts: 7,140 ✭✭
    At least the NFL has a time clock. They get 40 seconds timed from the end of the previous down, or 25 seconds after the ball is declared ready for play after certain administrative stoppages and game delays.
    Collecting PSA graded Steve Young, Marcus Allen, Bret Saberhagen and 1980s Topps Cards.
    Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
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