# Baseball is the most boring sport evah! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 31, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752 "2013-10-31T15:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/41 "2013-10-31T17:49:22Z")
You probably wish that Pokemon Trading Card tournaments were televised. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/42 "2013-10-31T17:52:10Z")
> [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](#): > > Watching any sport is stupid, pointless, and boring as shit. If you’ve got money on a game, that’s different. Then it’s like keeping track of an investment. But just sitting around watching people exercise for the sheer hell of it is lame as fuck. Soccer, baseball, American football, whatever. Your sport is shit, and you’re an idiot for watching it. +1 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/43 "2013-10-31T17:53:53Z")
> [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](#): > > Watching any sport is stupid, pointless, and boring as shit. If you’ve got money on a game, that’s different. Then it’s like keeping track of an investment. But just sitting around watching people exercise for the sheer hell of it is lame as fuck. Soccer, baseball, American football, whatever. Your sport is shit, and you’re an idiot for watching it. You were always chosen last, right? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/44 "2013-10-31T17:57:12Z")
> [@Lendervedder's Bloated Corpse](#): > > Hope your bag of nuts is big. Pitchers and catchers don’t report for another 104 days. Waiting for spring, as Sandy Koufax said. I’d rank television poker below golf and bass fishing. But I’ll cop to a visceral loathing of speedball, numbers-driven, jargonized “poker” as a good part of the reason. It’s to poker what softball and golf were to those games before the Yuppie/Boomer/technosport crowd found them. ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/45 "2013-10-31T18:00:30Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > I would submit that if you missed the first three runs, you weren’t “actually watching” the game. That’s my point. I was honestly trying, but I failed at watching it. It’s literally too boring for me to watch. If you presented me with a serious offer of $1,000,000 to watch a baseball game the whole way through and actually pay attention to the game, I don’t know if I could do it. Meaning, at some random time you’d pull the plug on the TV and ask me what inning it is and how many people are on base and who’s at bat. I would have no idea. Because I’d be thinking about something else. I quite honestly don’t have the capacity to watch baseball, given how boring it is. Football, on the other hand, doesn’t let you step out of the room while the game is in play. Too much can happen. I always know what down it is, how many yards to go and I always have an opinion about what play should be next. ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/46 "2013-10-31T18:01:55Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > You might want to have a doctor take a look at that. I was going to say exactly this, but decided against it. > [@shambler pat](#): > > You were always chosen last, right? I was also going to say exactly this, but you beat me to it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/47 "2013-10-31T18:04:08Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > You probably wish that Pokemon Trading Card tournaments were televised. I’ve never played it, but I expect that, no matter how much fun it might be to play, I’d find it as boring to watch as any other sport. That is to say, I’d find it as boring as it’s possible to find anything, and bereft of even the marginal practical utility of the proverbial dried paint. > [@shambler pat](#): > > You were always chosen last, right? To clarify: \* Playing\* sport = Great, if that’s your thing. Watching total strangers play sport = boring as shit (unless you’ve got money on it). Getting all worked up over which set of strangers wins, even though the result has no discernible impact on your life whatsoever = Impossibly lame. Like ‘learning Klingon’ lame. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/48 "2013-10-31T18:17:51Z")
Love the game myself, but have to admit I sometimes find myself in agreement with Homer Simpson, when he goes to a baseball game after having quit drinking & says something like “I never realized how boring this game is!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/49 "2013-10-31T18:18:23Z")
You folks aren’t even skimming the surface! Let’s see … synchronized swimming, archery, horse dancing (I think they call it dressage), weight lifting, … And, oh yeah, curling. Yup, curling’s the one! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/50 "2013-10-31T18:38:14Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > Exactly. > Like baseball & soccer, golf is a [del]sport[/del] game nearly anyone can play. Doesn’t matter if you can play well, because they are engaging in their own way _when you’re participating_. Tedious as hell to watch though. > > (American)Football, and yeah even rugby and Aussie football, are more fun for the average joe to watch rather than to play.\ I came in here to say that American football is the most boring sport ever. Holy everloving fuck, they do a little bit of stuff for five seconds (most of it avoiding the ball), and then stand around for 10 minutes. And, in closing, “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.” ― Leo Durocher ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/51 "2013-10-31T18:52:33Z")
No, no, no, try this [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RZwmPBP2JHI/hqdefault.jpg "THE FINAL - MONOPOLY World Championships 2009") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwmPBP2JHI) or this [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/67VumrieWm8/maxresdefault.jpg "2010-09-05 World Pairs 37 tiddlywinks championship - final game") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67VumrieWm8) **and you just this was real - the comments are pretty good too** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SWgg20IqibM/hqdefault.jpg "Big Train - Staring final") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWgg20IqibM) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/52 "2013-10-31T19:25:31Z")
The clinching game of the 1918 World Series was a brisk 1:46, shorter than a movie. Last night’s game was 3:15, twenty minutes longer than _The Godfather_. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/53 "2013-10-31T19:58:30Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Playoff baseball sucks because a game that’s normally 2.5 hours is now 3.5 hours. Timed games, for all their faults, don’t suddenly slow to a crawl because the game is important. Have you ever watched the end of a close basketball game? I guess not. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/54 "2013-10-31T20:02:11Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Have you ever watched the end of a close basketball game? I guess not. I only watch the end of basketball games. I’m pretty close to only watching the end of NBA finals games. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/55 "2013-10-31T20:11:20Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > That’s my point. I was honestly trying, but I failed at watching it. It’s literally too boring for me to watch. Forgot your Ritalin again, didja? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/56 "2013-10-31T20:25:47Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Have you ever watched the end of a close basketball game? I guess not. Yeah watching grown men throw themselves to the ground pretending to be hurt and crying like little girls for 3 minutes is so much fun to watch. Oh, wait. No it’s not. ---
**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 31, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/57 "2013-10-31T20:28:15Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Have you ever watched the end of a close basketball game? I deserve that. Actually, I don’t. Nobody deserves having to watch the end of a close basketball game. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/58 "2013-10-31T20:33:02Z")
> [@Lendervedder's Bloated Corpse](#): > > bag of nuts This bears repeating. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/59 "2013-10-31T20:47:37Z")
There’s no crying in baseball! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752/60 "2013-10-31T20:59:11Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > You mis-spelled “soccer” in your thread title. You misspelled “spectator sports in general.” (also, “misspelled.”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-is-the-most-boring-sport-evah/672752.md?page=4)