# Your favorite spectator sport **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 8, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661 "2011-02-08T16:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/21 "2011-02-09T06:58:00Z")
Baseball. No contest. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/22 "2011-02-09T07:04:54Z")
Hockey or maybe fishing. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/23 "2011-02-09T11:54:58Z")
> [@Cugel](#): > > League and union aren’t the same thing, and there is quite of lot of (pedant disclaimer: but not universal) animosity between them. This - I could watch a rugby union game between two teams I know nothing about with ease, but league bores me to tears after the first 20 min… ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/24 "2011-02-09T13:00:25Z")
Baseball, with American Football a close second. While I generally pay more attention to Football games on TV, I can’t imagine a life where I can’t go with my son to the ballpark to catch a game, even if it’s only once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/25 "2011-02-09T14:07:18Z")
I’m really torn between baseball and American football. I came close to voting “don’t make me choose” but decided to go with the national passtime. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/26 "2011-02-09T15:36:12Z")
It would suck to be a season ticket holder for a major league baseball team\* and never be able to go. So while I’d miss going to the occasional baskeball game, it’s a no-brainer. \*Yes, the Mets still do technically count as a major league team. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/27 "2011-02-09T15:56:37Z")
Live or on T.V.? If live, then it’s soccer in a runaway. Baseball isn’t too bad live though. If I’m restricted to T.V. only, then either baseball or American football. Probably should’ve chosen “don’t make me choose” in the poll… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/28 "2011-02-09T17:39:37Z")
1`. baseball 2. ncaa Basketball tourny 3. pro football 4. college football 5. golf 6. bowling 7. hockey I would like to watch cricket to see if I like it but it is not on my cable. Soccer does not translate well to television. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/29 "2011-02-09T19:34:19Z")
Hockey. (This is Canada - the ice is implied!) I’m already addicted: a day without hockey is a sad day indeed. I watch other sports only when there’s no hockey on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/30 "2011-02-09T19:50:34Z")
No big deal, I only watch “Combat” sports anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/31 "2011-02-10T00:37:41Z")
baseballbaseballbaseball. Especially in person. Anything else a very distant 2nd. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/32 "2011-02-10T00:42:33Z")
Boxing. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/33 "2011-02-10T04:10:15Z")
I voted for baseball. Maybe if I concentrated 100% on baseball, my psychic energies would enable the Cubs to win a World Series. My other favorite teams have all won championships since I started following them. ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/34 "2011-02-10T04:36:06Z")
Aussie rules football is the best spectator sport ever devised. it is bigger than religion in the southern states of Australia! How could I not see my beloved Tigers, it is a game that is watched by men and women, roughly 50/50. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/35 "2011-02-10T16:36:11Z")
I voted other, for horse racing. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/36 "2011-02-10T17:14:16Z")
Voted American Football (for the delicious, delicious combo of strategy, tactics, and execution) but I wouldn’t be happy in a world that didn’t also include baseball, ice hockey, and MMA/UFC. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/37 "2011-02-10T21:23:57Z")
Cricket, the variety of forms make it the stand out choice for me. I suspect those choosing baseball would like the ebb and flow and the pace of it as well. Rugby and (real) football runners up. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/38 "2011-02-11T14:57:35Z")
Very very close between football and baseball. If it were just NFL vs. baseball, it would have been baseball, easy. But man I am a rabid college football fan and I bleed LSU purple and gold, so I had to go with football just for the excitement of the college game (to me). But baseball is the king of all sports. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/39 "2011-02-11T15:12:14Z")
Combat sports (hoping that also includes judo, wrestling, fencing, etc.). If I just had to pick one among them it would be hard, but lumping them together, no contest. ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661/40 "2011-02-11T20:03:10Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Other: **College lacrosse**. I kind of assumed I’d be the first one in to say lacrosse… I am a HUGE baseball junkie and, as a Canadian, I am constitutionally bound to love hockey. However, since the first time I saw a game of box lacrosse, I’ve been completely hooked. Best. Spectator. Sport. Ever. If I had to pick just one sport to enjoy purely as a spectator, it would be lacrosse, without question. I haven’t seen a lot of field lacrosse, but what I have seen was also sweet! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-spectator-sport/570661.md?page=3)