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> Good. Baseball isn't a serious spectator sport. It's only interesting to statisticians What makes a spectator sport "serious"? The average MLB game had almo

by d35007 2y ago

> Good. Baseball isn't a serious spectator sport. It's only interesting to statisticians What makes a spectator sport "serious"? The average MLB game had almost 30,000 spectators in the 2024 season[1]. That's a lot of statisticians. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2024/10/01/mlb-attendance-sees-second-consecutive-year-of-increase-tops-71-million/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2024/10/01/mlb-atten...

lern_too_spel 2y ago
You can put a basketball game on anywhere in the world, and people will watch it, even if they haven't watched basketball before. People only watch baseball out of tradition. MLB didn't even have a play clock until 2023, letting batters step out of the box at whim and create even longer periods with no action.
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- paulcole 2y ago
  > You can put a basketball game on anywhere in the world, and people will watch it, even if they haven't watched basketball before What the heck is this confident assertion based on?
  - 98codes 2y ago
    Source: Trust me bro
  - lern_too_spel 2y ago
    From showing basketball to people who haven't watched a basketball game before.
    - parineum 2y ago
      But what if I have watched basketball and I don't watch it. Basketball is a boring game until there's 5 minutes left.
      - sib 2y ago
        And then it takes 30 minutes to play the last 5 minutes... ugh.
      - lern_too_spel 2y ago
        Baseball is twice as long and boring to most people all the way through, so we seem to be in agreement.
    - daedrdev 2y ago
      Uhh basketball has plenty of issues, like 6 timeouts in the last two minutes, way to many 3s, traveling everywhere that make it hard to watch.
      - lern_too_spel 2y ago
        How do three pointers or uncalled fouls make a game hard to watch? If anything, they make it easier for a first time watcher. Timeouts in the last few minutes happen only when the game is close, prolonging the suspense. If the game isn't close, it ends faster.
    - paulcole 2y ago
      Just checkin’

by d35007 2y ago

lern_too_spel 2y ago

You can put a basketball game on anywhere in the world, and people will watch it, even if they haven't watched basketball before. People only watch baseball out of tradition. MLB didn't even have a play clock until 2023, letting batters step out of the box at whim and create even longer periods with no action.

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paulcole 2y ago
> You can put a basketball game on anywhere in the world, and people will watch it, even if they haven't watched basketball before What the heck is this confident assertion based on?
- 98codes 2y ago
  Source: Trust me bro
- lern_too_spel 2y ago
  From showing basketball to people who haven't watched a basketball game before.
  - parineum 2y ago
    But what if I have watched basketball and I don't watch it. Basketball is a boring game until there's 5 minutes left.
    - sib 2y ago
      And then it takes 30 minutes to play the last 5 minutes... ugh.
    - lern_too_spel 2y ago
      Baseball is twice as long and boring to most people all the way through, so we seem to be in agreement.
  - daedrdev 2y ago
    Uhh basketball has plenty of issues, like 6 timeouts in the last two minutes, way to many 3s, traveling everywhere that make it hard to watch.
    - lern_too_spel 2y ago
      How do three pointers or uncalled fouls make a game hard to watch? If anything, they make it easier for a first time watcher. Timeouts in the last few minutes happen only when the game is close, prolonging the suspense. If the game isn't close, it ends faster.
  - paulcole 2y ago
    Just checkin’