Why is BASEBALL SO POPULAR????? PLEASE TELL ME!?
365530
its soooo much fun!!! i have no way to explain it to you, but its tons of fun to play and watch. but, its all a matter of taste and opinion! and there's a hebrew peoverb that says "you can't argue about taste ans smell", meaning that these things are personal...\nbut, baseball is one of america's biggest pastimes...! and its played all over the world- europe, asia... \nwhatever...!
625812
Well, soccer isn't popular in the U.S., so why would a varient of it be popular?  I think it's amazing that ice hockey became as popular as it is in the U.S., and unless you're a die hard fan of it, in the U.S., you vaguely know that it even exists.
1074676
I am 12 and I play baseball. But I have a question for YOU: why did you post this on an INTERNATIONAL thing? People all over the world read this and they won't travel 2,000 miles just to go out with someone. This is one of the most pointless questions ever.
995389
i do, i have played fastpitch for half of my life.  i am 14 and have played since i was 7.  i am going to try out 4 high school ball next year.  softball is the best sport out there, y do they not have a softball part of this site. they have baseball.  i guess they think baseball is more important, which is wrong, i hate it when softball gets seconded to baseball.  it just aint fair.  but i still lvoe it. how about u, u like fastpitch?
54821
Baseball has its origins from Cricket. Baseball was infact first belived to be played in Boston outside a regular cricket grounds. While the lucky few who managed to get into the cricket team played cricket, those who could not invented this new game and played it outside the cricket grounds.\n\nI would tend to say that cricket is the more popular game worldwide. However, in the United States Baseball is probably the most popular game along with American Football.
517235
Most people are against war, so they care less. Baseball has been around longer than this war. Baseball is something that may keep people's mind off of the pain of war.
531631
Yeah, the games aren't that fun.  If you are wanting to go to a baseball game in KC, go see the T-Bones at the Community America ballpark.  They have margarita runs and huge hamster ball races for humans, etc., between innings.  It draws the attention of the crowd a lot better.  It's minor league baseball, but a lot more entertaining than the Royals.
716800
Honestly, Gambling is probably a big reason as to why its so big. That and a lot of people like to watch college basketball and football to see who will be in the NBA and NFL respectively in the next couple of years. College baseball has a low  viewer rating because those players still have to rise up through all of the minor leagues before making it to  MLB.
350673
baseball is the only sport where you can fail 3 out of 10 times and still be considered successful,  besides what is there not to like about baseball. Trying to hit a round ball with a round bat, an inch is the difference between a homerun and a pop up. A sport where strength has nothing to do with your success. Baseball is a real life chess game between teams. I guess if youre into football and all the hitting then youlle be dissapointed by attempting to watch 9 innings of baseball. But baseball is just one of the sports you cant pick up right away and just be good, even if you are a natural athlete, and a players strongest attribute is his head, the real game of numbers. A pitcher can throw a no hitter and still lose, i can just sit here all day and think about what really makes me love baseball. and the guys like pujols, smoltz, clemens is what really make people love the game.
458227
It is popular in India because other international team sports are either not popular enough in other countries or too competitive.  For instance soccer and basketball may be more popular internationally and offer bigger salaries but they are  highly competitive and India is unlikely to win a World Cup or World Championship.  Hockey is not popular enough and there is no money for players.  Cricket is the right balance, enough countries play it to make it a lucrative career and India is competitive enough to win World Cups and even become the number 1 ranked team.
144032
In the mid 1800s when baseball became popular, it was something for people to pass what free time they had. The more industrial a society, the more free time the citizens have. Baseball's history is entwined with the proliferation of a working class who needed entertainment whether playing or cheering. They didn't have televisions or radios, and allowed different towns cities and communities to interact with one another in a social competitive environment.
1110642
The game is actually quite popular in South America and the Carribean.  Also, Japan has a rich baseball history.  The game is one of strategy and action and requires a great deal of skill.  It is also spectator friendly as you can take the family to the ballpark or go with friends and enjoy the sites and sounds of the day and the game.
613420
Here's an analytical perspective. Baseball was THE SPORT of the Radio Age. Young Kids and their sports obsessed fathers sitting by a Radio listening to announcers describe "Towering balls hit by (Insert Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, etc. here) that could reach the moon" They'd sit there and even keep an at home scorecard. Everything was described BIG. Curveballs went from head to toe. Home Runs were 400 foot blasts. All these descriptions filled a lot of space.\n\nTo this day some folks listen to radio broadcasts of Baseball instead of watching the TV Broadcasts. I watched the Yankee games with the sound off and turned the radio on until Michael Kay went to TV. Now I actually listen to the TV's sound.\n\nThen came TV. And we got to see that Pitchers spend a lot of time scratching themselves between pitches. Curveballs don't go head to toe. Oh yeah and 400 ft. is from here to where I parked my car.\n\nThen came the Highlight reel. This actually helped baseball for a while.\n\nThen came the digital age. Games, PC's (Or Macs), etc. Things started getting faster. Basball didn't. (And no help from the Human rain delay Steve Trachsel mind you.) Football, Basketball, and Hockey (All very condusive to TV) get faster. Video Games of those sports rival the pace of the real games. Baseball's games. Well, to this day only one company has gotten a Baseball video game right. Acclaim's All Star Baseball (Now out of business no longer making that game because all their other games stunk.)\n\nBaseball is sort of an Athletic Chess. It's just a slower game. They've tried to incease Home Run output in hopes of increasing interest. However, I think they failed. For years, Baseball was the US's answer to Soccer. Our slow defensive game with a 3-2 score. The anticipation for the one big blow. The Home Run to ice the game had us captivated. The same way the rest of the world waits for that moment the announcer yells GOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!!!!! But, Home Runs happen all the time now. \n\nSo now Baseball to the younger generation is a slow game with great highlight reels. Watching it for them is difficult. Some guy scratches himself a lot while the announcer tells you how great his record is when pitching in day games on the equinox if he's at least more then 450 nautical miles North by Northwest of Fiji.\n\nAll that said. I do love Baseball. So much.
432348
To me baseball is the #1 sport because a lot of people can be on a team, it's relatively easy, and is really fun because you get to run, hit, and best of all YELL!!!!!!! But that's just my opinion.
1067603
Imagine what the managers think about that, now that the All-Star Game actually means home-field advantage in the World Series! THAT'S the ridiculous part, in my opinion. Having to play those "former greats" rather than the more talented but not-as-popular players that didn't make the fans' cut . . . that's gotta be frustrating when the game is on the line. I just hope that we don't start seeing any sacrifice bunts in the All-Star game, just so one team can win. The All-Star game should be a fun game.\n\nThen again . . . seeing Barry Bonds bunt would be fun.
495464
i'd say baseball is the greatest for a few reasons.  firstly, its the sport i played most and was best at as a kid, so that helped fuel my passion for the game.\n\nwithout my personal bias however, baseball is great because it is one of the few games not played with a clock.  there is no time limit, no gun, no buzzer, no horn that will sound to end the game......as long as you dont make outs, you are always in the game and have a chance to win.  like yogi berra said, "it aint over til its over".\n\nand although some people find the pace of a baseball too slow or too boring in general.....with just a little effort and understanding of the game, even at its slowest pace, the game(the mind games) can be fascinating.  those mind games include the battel between a pitcher and a baserunner...stepping off the mound and/or throwing to first to forace a runner back and hopefully make him stay closer to the bag for fear of being picked off.  the mind games between the pitcher and batter, each trying to outguess the other as to what pitch and location that pitch will come.\n\nalso inlcuded is the ongoing "chess match" between the opposing managers.......making the right pitching substitutions, the right pinch hitter moves etc etc.\n\ni love football and hockey and the faster pace those games offer, but baseball is just so much more special.
937642
They have an advantage in being a very young team. They have strength in the key areas like pitching and hitting. So really maybe just add a bat and they will have that taste of the big show, and want to return and win it next time.