re: The decreased interest in baseball is evident on this board

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wut

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baseball's strategy is pretty dogmatic and rigid. a lot of this has to do with the traditional defensive formation and the lack of teamwork

there is simply only so much that you can do defensively in baseball

obviously, offense is completely restrained due to the field and rules

take a basketball game. in 3 trips down the court your base offense/defense may not line up anywhere similar, and then within each possession you'll have a ton of movement (which is strategy) and then reactive movement/strategy

are baseball players highly skilled? yes

is hitting possibly the hardest thing to do in major sports? yes

it's not like baseball is without merit. but teamwork/strategy are major issues compared to a game like basketball (or football. FB = king)