How can even caring about a bunch of strangers fighting over some kind of ball make any sense?
How can even caring about a bunch of strangers fighting over some kind of ball make any sense?
Uhhhhhh. What? How would it not make sense?
Announcer:
[Pitcher](team 1) on the mound. [Player](team 2) at the plate. Here's the pitch. Ball 1. Second pitch. Strike. 3rd pitch. * bat noise * fly ball to center field caught by [player](team 1). Next batter.
And so on and so forth.
Uhhhhhh. What? How would it not make sense?
Announcer:
[Pitcher] (team 1) on the mound. [Player] (team 2) at the plate. Here's the pitch. Ball 1. Second pitch. Strike. 3rd pitch. * bat noise * fly ball to center field caught by [player] (team 1). Next batter.
And so on and so forth.
Who's on first?(m.youtube.com)
[Who's on first?](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M)
Used to listen when I had a shit hole place in the ghetto.
Used to listen when I had a shit hole place in the ghetto.
Golf on radio is even more insane
Golf on radio is even more insane
Baseball is highly deterministic. Each event has a very limited set of outcomes. (Example: Any deviation from normative defensive behavior will be called an Error, and those are pretty rare.)
Makes it easy to follow audibly. Plus, radio commentators talk a whole lot more than TV commentators.
I find baseball FAR too boring to watch. But if I'm doing something else that is a mindless task (lawn work, etc), then it can be enjoyable to listen to.
Baseball is highly deterministic. Each event has a very limited set of outcomes. (Example: Any deviation from normative defensive behavior will be called an Error, and those are pretty rare.)
Makes it easy to follow audibly. Plus, radio commentators talk a whole lot more than TV commentators.
I find baseball FAR too boring to watch. But if I'm doing something else that is a mindless task (lawn work, etc), then it can be enjoyable to listen to.
My grandpa used to take me fishing when I was a kid, and he always had a small radio on the boat tuned into the ball game. Back then it made the time pass when the fishing was slow. That was around 50 years ago, he's been gone for twenty, and now I still listen to a ball game when I fish. There's just something relaxing about it, and it reminds me of him while I'm fishing.
My grandpa used to take me fishing when I was a kid, and he always had a small radio on the boat tuned into the ball game. Back then it made the time pass when the fishing was slow. That was around 50 years ago, he's been gone for twenty, and now I still listen to a ball game when I fish. There's just something relaxing about it, and it reminds me of him while I'm fishing.
Plot twist: You guys are neighbors and he was talking shit about you.
Plot twist: You guys are neighbors and he was talking shit about you.
:) Only headphones for me. I'm a polite neighbor.
:) Only headphones for me. I'm a polite neighbor.
How does it not make sense unless you know literally nothing about baseball?
How does it not make sense unless you know literally nothing about baseball?
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