# Baseball ain't been good to me at all. I Pit FOX. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 3, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612 "2005-10-03T17:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/21 "2005-10-03T20:06:53Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > That which does kill you makes you stronger? Does NOT kill… ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/22 "2005-10-03T20:13:02Z")
Does too! ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/23 "2005-10-03T20:19:02Z")
As bad as this is (I love House too) it pales in comparison to what they did to Futurama. They ran that show at 7pm Sunday evening during football season, complete insanity. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/24 "2005-10-03T20:27:58Z")
> [@brownie55](#): > > That which does kill you makes you stronger? I think I want this on a t-shirt. Oh, the places you’ll go and the people you’ll confuse. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/25 "2005-10-03T21:18:56Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Burning question for Cub fans- If it is White Sox vs. Cardinals in WS, who do you root for? This is my nightmare - the two most loathsome teams in baseball in a scenario that I predicted would happen very early on this year. In fact, the CO of my unit popped his head in my office this morning to see if I was going to root for the ChiSox. “Hell NO!” He was just “testing my integrity” 😉 You really just hope against hope that somehow, due to some unbelievable set of circumstances, both teams end up losing. By late October, the Blackhawks will have commenced their march towards the Stanley Cup Finals. So that’ll help distract me a little. Ugh. We’ll get 'em next year. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/26 "2005-10-03T21:43:39Z")
I feel your pain- I’ve lost a few episodes of _24_ to baseball, including 2002, when my beloved Giants were in the World Series. Thankfully, _24_ starts in January, after all that ruckus, and I get 22 straight Mondays of Jack Bauer goodness. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/27 "2005-10-03T22:08:50Z")
Jack Bauer _goodness_? Were we watching the same series last season? The only good thing was the next day skewering by Dave Barry and in CS. \*_BobLibDem_, I went through that same question when it was the Boston Red Sox versus the New York Mets. You root for hockey in that situation. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/28 "2005-10-03T22:13:56Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > You all suck. I should have known the thread title would just attract baseball fans. “Oh no! He implied that baseball is something less than the be all and end all of existence! I’d better go in there and tell him I like baseball!” Well, you’ve made your point, crappy as it is. All of literature is character growth. Tell me how exactly baseball qualifies? > > Oh, and the google ads can just get fucked in the ear with a rusty pipe. Sideways. If I ever spot character growth on network TV, I’ll be sure to let you know. Of course, there’s no testicular fortitude when ball players, aching after a long season with injuries that would have benched anyone posting in this thread, continue not just to play, but thrive in the post-season. Nope, no drama there. ---
**Author:** ![carterba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@carterba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carterba)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/29 "2005-10-03T22:35:22Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Burning question for Cub fans- If it is White Sox vs. Cardinals in WS, who do you root for? I love baseball, but last time I had to make this decision (Yankees vs Braves, 1999), I didn’t bother watching. Cause when it’s two teams that you hate, who cares which one wins? Go I[COLOR=Blue]ndians[/COLOR]!.. oh wait… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/30 "2005-10-03T22:53:38Z")
I like House and hate baseball (too boring. Ya’ll should be watching hockey 😛 ), but this isn’t a bad thing. IIRC, My Name is Earl is on opposite House. I can give that a test run to see if I like it better. It doesn’t help that I’m a Tigers fan by location, so the playoffs mean absolutely nothing to me. ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/31 "2005-10-03T23:37:39Z")
BASEBALL is in the HOUSE! See my ‘location’ as the location of the next World Series champ. Got rings? ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/32 "2005-10-04T00:06:52Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Gosh yes. All of the baseball fans are frothing while you’re the epitome of reason and mild-mannered fandom. I’m being admittedly irrational about this. Especially if, as **Hal** implied, the season is extended on the other end. It’s just that the majority of the first responses were of the form “I like baseball and I (don’t like/don’t know about) House, so there!” ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/33 "2005-10-04T00:29:33Z")
I sort of like baseball and haven’t seen _House_. I still have to agree with **Spatial Rift 47** on this. My favorite show (_Battlestar Galactica_) ended in mid-season (on a huge cliffhanger), and we have to wait until January to see new episodes. Sure, I can watch football until then, but… waaaaaah! Be strong, **Spatial**. You can make it. I have faith. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/34 "2005-10-04T00:37:39Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Any live sport has better drama than any hour-long show featuring a doctor with unconventional methods and craptastic bedside manners when dealing with his patients. Yeah, 'cause I’d so much rather be watching millionaires standing around a field spitting tobacco juice and scratching their crotches. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/35 "2005-10-04T01:32:23Z")
Fuck I hate baseball. It’s almost as boring as watching paint dry on television. Why can’t they just leave this shit on ESPN 2-billion, and leave the regular TV channels to the regular TV shows? That way, people who like sports can subscribe to the sport they like and leave the rest of us alone! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/36 "2005-10-04T03:03:30Z")
> [@catsix](#): > > Fuck I hate baseball. It’s almost as boring as watching paint dry on television. Why can’t they just leave this shit on ESPN 2-billion, and leave the regular TV channels to the regular TV shows? That way, people who like sports can subscribe to the sport they like and leave the rest of us alone! I dunno, maybe it’s because not everyone has cable and the networks are in it to make money? ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/37 "2005-10-04T03:14:49Z")
I know nothing about sports ('sides tennis and maybe a lil basketball), so I could really care less about baseball. I could also care less about House (I watched it once and it was awful). That said: FOX can suck a monkey’s swollen, syphillus infected, goat ravaged crotch for putting baseball on during the Simpsons. Yes, they would only be showing Simpsons reruns, but Simpsons reruns make me happy. If you aren’t going to show me Simpsons, show me FOX execs sucking on a swollen, syphillus infected, goat ravaged monkey crotch\* because that’ll make better TV than baseball. And I’ll be entertained. And that’s all that matters. 😃 - $10 says this ends up on Fear Factor And. . . COWBOYS ARE TEH SUXX0RS!!! Wait, they play the football, no? I told you I know nothing about sports. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/38 "2005-10-04T03:24:30Z")
Can we just make it Tim McCarver? Baseball on TV isn’t as good as baseball in person or baseball on the radio, but baseball on TV is just awful when McCarver is anywhere near it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/39 "2005-10-04T03:32:29Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > You all suck. I should have known the thread title would just attract baseball fans. “Oh no! He implied that baseball is something less than the be all and end all of existence! I’d better go in there and tell him I like baseball!” Well, you’ve made your point, crappy as it is. All of literature is character growth. Tell me how exactly baseball qualifies? Baseball is good for the soul. Watching baseball expands the mind, improves the IQ, and improves your problem solving skills. Playing baseball improves one’s body and mind at the same time. Baseball is the apex of human activity, one of the five greatest accomplishment in the history of human innovation and genius. Involvement in baseball makes you a better person. Baseball fans are, in fact, the finest individuals to ever grace humanity with their existence. The problem with people who say “I hate baseball” is that there’s something wrong with their brains. Those who reject baseball are worthless scum. Anyone who dislikes baseball is, in fact, a drooling, criminally minded dirtbag. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612/40 "2005-10-04T03:35:19Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > And. . . COWBOYS ARE TEH SUXX0RS!!! > > Wait, they play the football, no? I told you I know nothing about sports. Know-nothing or not, you hit it right on the head. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-aint-been-good-to-me-at-all-i-pit-fox/324612.md?page=3)