[quote]Mutu wrote:
I don’t understand what people mean when they talk about baseball “skills”? I mean I guess hitting the ball with a bat is difficult, but other than that…? I mean the only other part to this game is catching the ball, and catching a ball with a big glove isn’t really a skill is it?
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Play the game at a high level and then come back here and tell us this.
Fact is, baseball is most likely the hardest of the three major sports to play well at the professional level. Think about it: how old is the typical rookie in the NFL? 22? The NBA? 19? 20? In major league baseball, it’s probably about 23 or 24, and it’s much more rare for a rookie to come in and have an impact than it is in football, maybe about equal in basketball. The point is that it typically takes several years longer to be able to compete at a high level in major league baseball than it does in either the NBA or the NFL. It’s the skill development and refinement that takes longer in baseball, hence the longer wait. In the NBA and the NFL, first round picks may flame out, but they largely make the team their first year. A first round pick in baseball rarely gets an invite to major league camp at Spring Training.[/quote]
^This. I watched Starlin Castro playing for the Tennessee Smokies just several days before the Cubs called him up. All the guys on the field were worlds better than any of my friends who played in high school and Castro was clearly better than anyone else playing that day. I’ve seen guys strike out while playing slow-pitch softball.
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I don’t understand what people mean when they talk about baseball “skills”? I mean I guess hitting the ball with a bat is difficult, but other than that…? I mean the only other part to this game is catching the ball, and catching a ball with a big glove isn’t really a skill is it?
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Play the game at a high level and then come back here and tell us this.
Fact is, baseball is most likely the hardest of the three major sports to play well at the professional level. Think about it: how old is the typical rookie in the NFL? 22? The NBA? 19? 20? In major league baseball, it’s probably about 23 or 24, and it’s much more rare for a rookie to come in and have an impact than it is in football, maybe about equal in basketball. The point is that it typically takes several years longer to be able to compete at a high level in major league baseball than it does in either the NBA or the NFL. It’s the skill development and refinement that takes longer in baseball, hence the longer wait. In the NBA and the NFL, first round picks may flame out, but they largely make the team their first year. A first round pick in baseball rarely gets an invite to major league camp at Spring Training.[/quote]
Baseball sucks because there are less skills involved with it? You’re right though, there are less skills in baseball than other sports. However, if you lack any of these skills, even just the slightest, you aren’t going to make it far unlike any other sport where if you lack a few things, you can make it up in any other area of that sport.
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I don’t understand what people mean when they talk about baseball “skills”? I mean I guess hitting the ball with a bat is difficult, but other than that…? I mean the only other part to this game is catching the ball, and catching a ball with a big glove isn’t really a skill is it?
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Agreed. No skills needed. Teams are usually just a bunch of half-recovered paraplegics with uniforms on.
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I don’t understand what people mean when they talk about baseball “skills”? I mean I guess hitting the ball with a bat is difficult, but other than that…? I mean the only other part to this game is catching the ball, and catching a ball with a big glove isn’t really a skill is it?
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Agreed. No skills needed. Teams are usually just a bunch of half-recovered paraplegics with uniforms on. [/quote]
I tried watching it a few times. I was confused when the commentators started talking about “strategy”. I guess not all teams use the basic “hit the ball when its thrown at you/catch the ball when it comes towards you” strategy. Oh yea, also when you hit the ball run towards the white squares on the ground.
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I tried watching it a few times. I was confused when the commentators started talking about “strategy”. I guess not all teams use the basic “hit the ball when its thrown at you/catch the ball when it comes towards you” strategy. Oh yea, also when you hit the ball run towards the white squares on the ground. [/quote]
Not everyone possesses the intelligence to understand a simple game, dont be too hard on yourself. Im sure youre useful to the world for some sort of reason though.
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I tried watching it a few times. I was confused when the commentators started talking about “strategy”. I guess not all teams use the basic “hit the ball when its thrown at you/catch the ball when it comes towards you” strategy. Oh yea, also when you hit the ball run towards the white squares on the ground. [/quote]
what funny about this is baseball is arguably the most strategic sport of the big 4
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I tried watching it a few times. I was confused when the commentators started talking about “strategy”. I guess not all teams use the basic “hit the ball when its thrown at you/catch the ball when it comes towards you” strategy. Oh yea, also when you hit the ball run towards the white squares on the ground. [/quote]
what funny about this is baseball is arguably the most strategic sport of the big 4 [/quote]
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I tried watching it a few times. I was confused when the commentators started talking about “strategy”. I guess not all teams use the basic “hit the ball when its thrown at you/catch the ball when it comes towards you” strategy. Oh yea, also when you hit the ball run towards the white squares on the ground. [/quote]
what funny about this is baseball is arguably the most strategic sport of the big 4 [/quote]
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As much as I love baseball, and as much as the game is extremely based in strategy, there’s NO way baseball involves more strategy than football. How long do pitchers and catchers spend going over a scouting report compared to how long coaches spend watching game film.
I will say this, though. Baseball strategy is in the hands of the players much more than football players. Coaches in baseball can definitely make a difference, but not anywhere close to the impact a new coach or coordinator can have in football. The 49ers are a perfect example. That’s what I like about baseball; while part of the game unfolds in the dugout with the manager, almost everything important about baseball strategy happens right there on the field, whereas in football it’s more like watching a conductor lead an orchestra through a symphony. I prefer to root for the guys playing the instruments than the one conducting them.
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I tried watching it a few times. I was confused when the commentators started talking about “strategy”. I guess not all teams use the basic “hit the ball when its thrown at you/catch the ball when it comes towards you” strategy. Oh yea, also when you hit the ball run towards the white squares on the ground. [/quote]
Not everyone possesses the intelligence to understand a simple game, dont be too hard on yourself. Im sure youre useful to the world for some sort of reason though. [/quote]
Haha, very funny.
I can’t believe some of these people, baseball doesn’t require much skill at all. Does this come from someone who has never played the sport before? I’ve played a lot of sports and the easiest game to pick up is either soccer or basketball.
What a dumb thread. You don’t like it, don’t watch it. Simple as that.
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I don’t understand what people mean when they talk about baseball “skills”? I mean I guess hitting the ball with a bat is difficult, but other than that…? I mean the only other part to this game is catching the ball, and catching a ball with a big glove isn’t really a skill is it?
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Play the game at a high level and then come back here and tell us this.
Fact is, baseball is most likely the hardest of the three major sports to play well at the professional level. Think about it: how old is the typical rookie in the NFL? 22? The NBA? 19? 20? In major league baseball, it’s probably about 23 or 24, and it’s much more rare for a rookie to come in and have an impact than it is in football, maybe about equal in basketball. The point is that it typically takes several years longer to be able to compete at a high level in major league baseball than it does in either the NBA or the NFL. It’s the skill development and refinement that takes longer in baseball, hence the longer wait. In the NBA and the NFL, first round picks may flame out, but they largely make the team their first year. A first round pick in baseball rarely gets an invite to major league camp at Spring Training.[/quote]
^This. I watched Starlin Castro playing for the Tennessee Smokies just several days before the Cubs called him up. All the guys on the field were worlds better than any of my friends who played in high school and Castro was clearly better than anyone else playing that day. I’ve seen guys strike out while playing slow-pitch softball.
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The age of the players has absolutely nothing to do with the skill that the sport itself takes. The age is simply a reflection of the longevity the sport allows for the players. The rookies are older in baseball because it’s more reasonable to develop players before bringing them in than it is to develop them by actually playing them.
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I don’t understand what people mean when they talk about baseball “skills”? I mean I guess hitting the ball with a bat is difficult, but other than that…? I mean the only other part to this game is catching the ball, and catching a ball with a big glove isn’t really a skill is it?
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No skill in basketball, football, soccer, or any other sport I guess either?
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I tried watching it a few times. I was confused when the commentators started talking about “strategy”. I guess not all teams use the basic “hit the ball when its thrown at you/catch the ball when it comes towards you” strategy. Oh yea, also when you hit the ball run towards the white squares on the ground. [/quote]
Not everyone possesses the intelligence to understand a simple game, dont be too hard on yourself. Im sure youre useful to the world for some sort of reason though. [/quote]
Haha, very funny.
I can’t believe some of these people Does this come from someone who has never played the sport before? [/quote]
lol yes. clearly.
if you told me the OP had a vagina I’d call you captain obvious.
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I don’t understand what people mean when they talk about baseball “skills”? I mean I guess hitting the ball with a bat is difficult, but other than that…? I mean the only other part to this game is catching the ball, and catching a ball with a big glove isn’t really a skill is it?
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Play the game at a high level and then come back here and tell us this.
Fact is, baseball is most likely the hardest of the three major sports to play well at the professional level. Think about it: how old is the typical rookie in the NFL? 22? The NBA? 19? 20? In major league baseball, it’s probably about 23 or 24, and it’s much more rare for a rookie to come in and have an impact than it is in football, maybe about equal in basketball. The point is that it typically takes several years longer to be able to compete at a high level in major league baseball than it does in either the NBA or the NFL. It’s the skill development and refinement that takes longer in baseball, hence the longer wait. In the NBA and the NFL, first round picks may flame out, but they largely make the team their first year. A first round pick in baseball rarely gets an invite to major league camp at Spring Training.[/quote]
^This. I watched Starlin Castro playing for the Tennessee Smokies just several days before the Cubs called him up. All the guys on the field were worlds better than any of my friends who played in high school and Castro was clearly better than anyone else playing that day. I’ve seen guys strike out while playing slow-pitch softball.
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The age of the players has absolutely nothing to do with the skill that the sport itself takes. The age is simply a reflection of the longevity the sport allows for the players. The rookies are older in baseball because it’s more reasonable to develop players before bringing them in than it is to develop them by actually playing them. [/quote]
This is partially true, but your first sentence is 100% wrong.
Guys dont play out of high school because they arent good enough.
No one is going to sit on a phenom and hide him away in their farm system just because ‘it’s more reasonable to develop him’. Talent is talent. The reason why the average age of a rookie is higher in baseball is MAINLY because it takes more time to refine the skills needed to compete at a world class level. It’s completely ignorant to believe that skill has NOTHING do with it.
[quote]Mutu wrote:
I tried watching it a few times. I was confused when the commentators started talking about “strategy”. I guess not all teams use the basic “hit the ball when its thrown at you/catch the ball when it comes towards you” strategy. Oh yea, also when you hit the ball run towards the white squares on the ground. [/quote]
what funny about this is baseball is arguably the most strategic sport of the big 4 [/quote]
x2[/quote]
As much as I love baseball, and as much as the game is extremely based in strategy, there’s NO way baseball involves more strategy than football. How long do pitchers and catchers spend going over a scouting report compared to how long coaches spend watching game film.
I will say this, though. Baseball strategy is in the hands of the players much more than football players. Coaches in baseball can definitely make a difference, but not anywhere close to the impact a new coach or coordinator can have in football. The 49ers are a perfect example. That’s what I like about baseball; while part of the game unfolds in the dugout with the manager, almost everything important about baseball strategy happens right there on the field, whereas in football it’s more like watching a conductor lead an orchestra through a symphony. I prefer to root for the guys playing the instruments than the one conducting them.[/quote]
What’s the point in differentiating between strategy on vs off the field?
So much of baseball is deliberate. How many pitches are thrown in an average game? 300-400? Before EVERY pitch is thrown, it is talked about (via hand signals), decided upon and then thrown. On top of that, it’s a timeless sport.
