Why are people interested in Baseball?
358736
Because people have differnt interests in sports.Football isn't the only sport most people play.Somedon't like it and some do.
478795
They make so much because we live in a society that glorifies fame, and drools at watching others make millions.....sadly, the common person has no drive to make that money themselves. So in turn, they find solace over personal inadequacies by watching others.\n\nDon't get me wrong, I like watching the occasional game too....but as a lover of athletics....I couldn't give a damn about the players...and their stats...and all that junk.\n\nBesides, I'm also not a dead man walking that has no dreams...I'll make their money too, it just takes time.
174080
because they are just so darn good and people are tired of getting beat.\n\nGO YANKEES!!!!!!
898417
While I like to watch both, it's true that smarter people enjoy baseball and big dumb people who can barely graduate high school (if at all) enjoy watching football more because it's easier to understand that a big 300 pound guy can tackle a 200 pound running back or wide receiver, plus they probably like the pretty colors on the helmets...but it actually takes a brain and more skill to figure out where in God's name you're going to try to locate a fastball against the other team's best power hitter in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and the winning run on second base. Or when the best count is to do a hit-and-run or why there are so many little things (like how to round a bag when running) you can do in baseball that don't get mentioned by announcers that often but can be pivotal in any game. It's a game of inches. Baseball players play 162 game schedules, that's not easy. Baseball fans watch their favorite team 162 times a year. Baseball fans are more hardcore. It's easy to be a football fan, your team plays 16 times in between week intervals, and if you make the playoffs, they play 19 at most. People who don't understand sports, claim to be experts in football when they aren't, all they are is people who think they're fitting in by watching this game, which is popular, and can be interesting, but don't have a damn clue on what the hell a 4-3 defense is. I bet you don't know what that is do you? Explain it to me. If you do, I'm sure you looked it up on Wikipedia or something, right? \nI bet you're the kinda person that plays Madden on Playstation all the time and it makes you a damn genius on football right? Because you've figured out a cheat code or a running play the computer can't defend. If you ever actually got into pads though and got knocked on your ass, you'd be probably be the type to quit right away. \nIt takes balls to play football and baseball and it takes brains for both to watch, but it takes a wimp to hide behind this question.
180404
Baseball makes more sense to Americans
691647
Maybe because they are one of the top teams in the country.  Behind the Yankees, they are also the highest paid so they should be getting their moneys worth out of them. They also have been kicking butt in the pennant race the last few years.
492462
Its because of their entire history past and present. The Yankees represent a winning organization and team. This would attract bandwagoners. They are in New York, so New Yorkers or anyone born and raised there will most often like the Yankees or Mets. They have many superstars, and the people that are full of themselves and like to be the boss, this is their team. Also, some of these superstars like arod and jeter have their individual fans.
1074061
I feel the same way, baseball sucks now.  Used to love it, now I don't care.  The pregnant pauses between pitches, the sleeping outfielders, roidheads, it feels like people are forcing themselves to still pay attention.
510320
You already received some really good answers here.  In checking your other question, you probably went just over the line in criticizing those who play/love to follow baseball.  And, people can be touchy and defensive about anything that they really love...\n\nIf you just wrote sonmething on the order of "Can someone explain to me the greatness of baseball.  I just don't get it", you may not have gotten the occasional p'd-off response.
518746
Even though it's called "The Great American Pastime", it's not THAT great.  I think people like it because it is a leisurely game (one of the few games without a game clock) that is spiked by moments of intensity.  There is something about a set moment in a game - "bottom of the 9th, 2 outs, full count, runner on first, and here's the pitch..."  There are subtle strategies in the game that often times go unnoticed (field shifts, hitting strategies) and it is often said that the hardest thing to do in all of sports is to hit a fastball, sometimes traveling at 100mph/160kph.  Besides, there are many, many American kids who aspire to one day become a Major League pitcher.  Maybe the games take these people back to their childhood.
458512
If you are a married woman, it keeps your husband busy.  Yap, that's important.\n\nAnyway, it's fun.  Not only that, it gets people to know more about the game and more about the players.  And sports is about stats.  That matters.
1045256
I think it's because baseball is a slow moving game so they need something to keep them busy.
230404
It is a simple lesson in economics supply and demand. For athletes, people are willing to pay money to see a game and receive a service. Owners are willing to pay star players more because they attract more fans to the games, sell more gear, get more endorsements, get more radio/tv money. The players pay for themselves.\n\nTeachers, policemen and other civil servants does not fall so much into this same criteria. Most of these are paid with taxpayers money.  The taxes come from property, sales or income taxes.  At the same time, they do not produce the revenue that a baseball player/team can produce.  Due to both of these factors they do not get paid as  pro athletes do.\n\nThe same applies to anyone with a specific job with the city, county, state or federal government such as an attorney or an engineer. They typically get paid less than a counterpart in the private industry. They have the same skill set and experience but get paid less. In exchange, they usually get better hours, more benefits. More importantly they usually enjoy knowing that they are working for the citizens.\n\nAs with everything in life there is a tradeoff.
1167411
that's a good question trixie, i don't get it either. i think maybe people are just envious of the fact that NASCAR is so popular. a lot of people are very narrow minded when it comes to sports, they think if there is no stick or ball involved, it can't be a sport. how small minded is that? i guess it's just that baseball and basketball fans are jelous of the fact that NASCAR is more popular than their favorite sports
458121
All of them are American but my favorite is Baseball. Anyone can learn the rules and play. With the others it is too expensive for most to participate.
281111
Why is this question in the Baseball section?
1092581
If you know anything about baseball, and the Baltimore Orioles. You need to understand why the fans are not too happy with the team. Peter Angelos! \n\nEnough said!