Is Baseball still america's pasttime???

[Keith7]

Baseball is the best game invented by man..
But it is becoming harder every year to keep little league & younger players to keep the game on their summertime list of things to do...
The numbers in little league in recent years have dropped and alot of them that are playing just don't seem to take it for what it is (fun)... there are too many other things goin on during the season, and kids.... I think are having to choose basketball,football or some other camp for sports that are not in seaon yet... if it keeps going like it is youth baseball will be gone and when the young kids quit playing its only a matter of time before baseball can only be learned about in history books !!!!

[CHSBaseball07]

Yes, baseball still is Americas Past Time!

[Bellville22]

Absolutely!

[CHSBaseball07]

No other sport could or would ever take the name as "America's Past Time".....Baseball will always be there in any true Americans mind

[SintonFan]

Football

[sahen]

profootball seems to be watched more now but its because mlb managment sucks...i mean come on see how many first round playoffs games r played in the middle of the week in the middle of the day....baseball is however making a comeback now due to more excitement in the game, they had it really bad after the strike....it was almost like they couldnt give tickets away....now it seems that the game is getting more popular and will prolly stay america's pastime...but for a while i worried that is was gona be passed by football...

[Gobbla2001]

I believe baseball still is, and will be for some time...

Football was always my favorite sport to watch etc... and will always be, but as for playing, baseball was the funnest to play...

It's the best!

[RTX 14]

Baseball will always be

[Titans]

NO

and Yes - it's WAYYYYYY past it's time.

The only good thing about baseball is the playoffs. The regular season is the worst. Puts me to sleep every time. Good to know it's good for something!

[kaorder1999]

im not a baseball fan so Im prolly the wrong person to answer that

[Junkyard]

Originally posted by Keith7
Baseball is the best game invented by man..
But it is becoming harder every year to keep little league & younger players to keep the game on their summertime list of things to do...
The numbers in little league in recent years have dropped and alot of them that are playing just don't seem to take it for what it is (fun)... there are too many other things goin on during the season, and kids.... I think are having to choose basketball,football or some other camp for sports that are not in seaon yet... if it keeps going like it is youth baseball will be gone and when the young kids quit playing its only a matter of time before baseball can only be learned about in history books !!!!

One can only hope!!

But best i can tell baseball is played year round now that fallball is here. We can only dream that baseball will fall by the way side.

[PPHSfan]

The Ins and Outs of Baseball
By George Carlin



You have two sides, one out in the field, one in.

Each man that's on the side that's in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.

Sometimes you get men still in and not out. If they score, they come in.

When three men are out, those that are in and still out are left out and don't score. Then the side that's been out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get the side coming in out.

When both sides have been in and out nine times, that is the end of the game. Unless, of course, both sides have the same number of not outs, not counting left outs. In that case, they continue to go in and out until after an equal number of ins and outs one side has more.

[dawgmom]

Baseball may be America's favorite pasttime, but FOOTBALL is America's passion!

[Junkyard]

Well said dawgmom.:clap:

[handNthedirt]

I heard Carlin's comparison between football and baseball the other night...freakin' hillarious, and very true! Somebody needs to find it and post it (pphs).

[kaorder1999]

Originally posted by dawgmom
Baseball may be America's favorite pasttime, but FOOTBALL is America's passion!

tell it like it is sista

[Junkyard]

Since we are on the subject when will baseball ever be over i hate seeing those FOOTBALL fields messed up with dirt where the grass is supposed to be.:mad:

[PPHSfan]

Originally posted by handNthedirt
I heard Carlin's comparison between football and baseball the other night...freakin' hillarious, and very true! Somebody needs to find it and post it (pphs).

Here you go.

Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.

Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.

In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.

Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.

I enjoy comparing baseball and football:

Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.

Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.

In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.

Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?

In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.

In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.

Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.

Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.

Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.

Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.

In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.

And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:

In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home!

[handNthedirt]

Outstanding! I knew we could count on you...PPHSfan is ya'lls Daddy!

[JasperDog94]

It's simple. Look at the ratings. Football kicks baseball's tail anytime.

[JasperDog94]

Originally posted by PPHSfan
Here you go.

Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.

Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.

In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.

Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.

I enjoy comparing baseball and football:

Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.

Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.

In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.

Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?

In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.

In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.

Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.

Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.

Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.

Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.

In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.

And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:

In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home! George Carlin at his best.:)

[Junkyard]

That Carlin bit is hilarious. but hearing him do it is what really makes it.:D

[Keith7]

Originally posted by JasperDog94
It's simple. Look at the ratings. Football kicks baseball's tail anytime.

the reason why the ratings are higher are because there are only 1/10th as many games as in baseball..

[Kool Tarpon 21]

Football is definitely better than baseball, but I dislike baseball though. I think is boring. I'm the wrong person to answer this. Peace up, A-Town down.

[pavilion2]

Actually i think the past time is football flagrunning