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Posted on 6/11/12 at 11:25 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
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50k posts.
Posted on 6/11/12 at 11:26 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Posted on 6/11/12 at 11:27 pm to Walt OReilly
Posted on 6/11/12 at 11:28 pm to bayoujd
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Also, as it relates to LSU, the baseball program was awesome to follow in the late 80s and 90s, while the football program was garbage.
That's when I stumbled upon it, I knew very little about the nuances of the game, and came to love it (college BB that is). I even like that most fans don't like it, it's like a cult following, and the rest don't know what they're missing.
Posted on 6/11/12 at 11:28 pm to Duzz
You don't have to be the stongest fastest or tallest to be good at it.
You get to watch/play it everyday.
Happens during the summer, my favorite season
There is no time limit.
It's a buildup and probably takes the best hand eye coordination of any sport.
You get to watch/play it everyday.
Happens during the summer, my favorite season
There is no time limit.
It's a buildup and probably takes the best hand eye coordination of any sport.
Posted on 6/11/12 at 11:34 pm to josh336
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It's a buildup and probably takes the best hand eye coordination of any sport.
Only Hockey is close.
Posted on 6/11/12 at 11:41 pm to Doc Fenton
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It's a thinking man's game. It doesn't appeal to the ignorant masses who can't appreciate nuance.
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Football is a game about how to compete in times of war.
Baseball is a game about how to compete in times of peace.
Football involves coming together with your comrades in times of intense pressure and destroying the other team.
Baseball involves traditions passed down from father to son, endless details upon details, and managing yourself for the long haul without burning out on the ups and downs of natural cycles that occur.
I hate the way some baseball fans make themselves a little better than the normal sports neanderthals.
I'm a baseball fan because I played the game ever since I was knee high to a frog.
Posted on 6/11/12 at 11:52 pm to TigersRuleTheEarth
Why do you think I look down upon things associated with war? 
Posted on 6/12/12 at 6:57 am to Duzz
Baseball was passed down in my family, everyone played it from the time they could walk. Every year we'd go on a trip to Houston, St. Louis, or Atlanta to see a few MLB games. Saturday afternoons were NBC game of the week times(in the 60's this was all you would get). It was an ingrained thing with lots of good memories. I still go to at least 45 or more college games a year and a trip to some MLB city at least once a summer. Just walking into old Yankee and Fenway gave me goosebumps.
This post was edited on 6/12/12 at 6:58 am
Posted on 6/12/12 at 7:22 am to Duzz
The objective in baseball is to go home.
Posted on 6/12/12 at 7:24 am to LSURussian
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The objective in baseball is to go home.
Former Professor Eubanks student?
Posted on 6/12/12 at 7:32 am to Politiceaux
Posted on 6/12/12 at 7:50 am to LSURussian
Baseball (and football) share a common aspect in that they are both chess matches. They're on very different levels, mind you, but strategy games nonetheless. I'm a fan of both because of this.
I can't watch basketball, not even college because (just my opinion) the 5 man team, fast action and repetitiveness of it just bores the shite out of me. I enjoy playing it for the same reasons I hate watching it.
I played baseball all the way through middle school and even though I couldn't field or bat worth a shite, I always enjoyed it because my dad coached. I know it frustrated him to no end that I sucked but he coached year after year.
I've coached all my daughters' softball teams. I'm coaching my grandson's team now and I'll coach my own son's team as soon as he old enough to take the field.
I can't watch basketball, not even college because (just my opinion) the 5 man team, fast action and repetitiveness of it just bores the shite out of me. I enjoy playing it for the same reasons I hate watching it.
I played baseball all the way through middle school and even though I couldn't field or bat worth a shite, I always enjoyed it because my dad coached. I know it frustrated him to no end that I sucked but he coached year after year.
I've coached all my daughters' softball teams. I'm coaching my grandson's team now and I'll coach my own son's team as soon as he old enough to take the field.
Posted on 6/12/12 at 8:16 am to Duzz
went to every home lsu game since i was a little kid...loved it from day one, especially baseball at the box
Posted on 6/12/12 at 8:21 am to Duzz
As others have said, I played it growing up. Grew up in Beaumont, used to go to Golden Gators games as a kid, and of course Astros games. Always loved it.
As you get older, if you pay attention, there is so much more to the game than just throwing, hitting, and catching.
As you get older, if you pay attention, there is so much more to the game than just throwing, hitting, and catching.
Posted on 6/12/12 at 8:38 am to LSURussian
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George Carlin
Gotcha. Eubanks would refer to that on every exam.
Posted on 6/12/12 at 9:05 am to Duzz
Baseball is the ONLY major sport where the DEFENSE POSSESSES THE ball. I am 55 years of age and continue to see plays in baseball that I have never seen before almost every year. If you like pouring over statistics, trends, and stategy, baseball is a sport like no other.
Posted on 6/12/12 at 9:20 am to Gulf Coast Tiger
Agree with so many of these posts...
1) a game of nuance where situational strategy alters with every pitch
2) a father - son "rights of passage". Much of my son's personal make up came from this sport and our bond was strengthened as the teacher - student of the game.
3) skills for this game needed allow for a kid with average physical prowess to be successful. Height, weight are meaningless...eye hand coordination, intelligence, and focus on fundamentals make you successful.
4) a game where "at bat" you fail more than succeed is a tremendous example of how to face adversity in life.
5) a tremendous combination of individual accountability meshed with teamwork as much as any sport.
1) a game of nuance where situational strategy alters with every pitch
2) a father - son "rights of passage". Much of my son's personal make up came from this sport and our bond was strengthened as the teacher - student of the game.
3) skills for this game needed allow for a kid with average physical prowess to be successful. Height, weight are meaningless...eye hand coordination, intelligence, and focus on fundamentals make you successful.
4) a game where "at bat" you fail more than succeed is a tremendous example of how to face adversity in life.
5) a tremendous combination of individual accountability meshed with teamwork as much as any sport.
Posted on 6/12/12 at 9:46 am to Thunder Tiger
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Also, as it relates to LSU, the baseball program was awesome to follow in the late 80s and 90s, while the football program was garbage.
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That's when I stumbled upon it, I knew very little about the nuances of the game, and came to love it (college BB that is). I even like that most fans don't like it, it's like a cult following, and the rest don't know what they're missing.
This explains my exact reasons right here. I was young in the 90's when we started winning NC's. But it was what we watched during the bad years of LSU football and I just continue to love it. Even when i went to LSU when nobody wanted to go to a midweek or a Sunday game with me I had no problem with going over there and watching one by myself.
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