why baseball is addictive to you?how?
482899
When my daughter was a teen.,she loves Robbie Alomar crazy,I felt in love with baseball since the first game I watched The Toronto Blue Jays lost to the other team ( forgot which team )I never liked baseball until that game,found out baseball is so interesting,so many skills ,so many different pitches,the batting,catching,pitching,base stealing,hitting ,running and saving plus found out what is RBI,ERA,WALK,STRIKE,who's the managers,all stars,Jack Morris,Roger Clement ,Kirby Puckett,Jimmy Key,Joe Cater,Paul Morita,Tom Galvin,John Smoltz,David Cone,and fond out The New York Yankees are the all time champion,their legend Babe Ruth,Micky Mantle,Joe DiMaggio,Yogi Berre(?)Don Mat tingly,Dave Winfield,Ricky Henderson and so many many heroes.Since then,baseball is part of my life.
338349
Baseball is my favorite...to play or watch. The best part? All of it! The defense is just as exciting as the offense.
654358
I agree with you, but as far as baseball goes, they didn't "catch on" (which isn't a good thing) until the early-mid 80's. I know myself, no joking of a few players who used steroids to get ripped, as in muscle tone and bat speed, and running speed as well as to prolong thier careers. It is a much different "cycle" than those looking to be huge and monsterous. I'll give you a clue on one of them, he played for the Reds and Tigers and his name rhymes with Derek Shavis. People think ball players tak it for one reason: to hit homers. But the effects are much more potent and better when you try to use it for endurance and to get "chisled". How do I know this, I have studied baseball for 10 of my 20 years on this planet, and I have met and talked to a lot of ball players. It doesn't however make it better to not use it to bulk up, but look at why runners use it and marathoners. Imagine trying to run 26.2 miles and having it feel like 5 miles. Imagine the extra step when you are trying to steal a base? Imagine a few more mph on an outfield throw to get runners out? Or maybe even the extra step to run out a long fly ball. Those are the people MOST don't know about. When a player takes it to bulk, they have one thing on their mind: home runs. So my point is they are both cheaters and punks.
909129
Because they are addictive.
1044124
Futbol, it's so popular that everyone, from kids to grown up people sees it, and even plays it.\n\nWe have an important history with Baseball as well.
603046
I like baseball.  Its one of the only team sports where an individual is credited for winning or losing a game.  Its it suspenseful (most of the time).  You don't need to play close attention to the enitre game.  It fu8n to cheer for your team, and its the most fulfilling when your team wins the world series.  I'd rather my team win the world series then and other sport.
436936
I dont necessaryly call it greedy or needly.  Its a strategy that most players have to use depending on the team hes playing against.  For instance if you have 11 position players and 10 pitchers but the other guy has 13 pitchers and 8 position, chances are in catagories like wins or saves or strikeouts your not going to win cause you are outnumbered in pitchers but in turn you will have a good chance in winning the hitters catagory.  So in most cases you have to add and drop players according to the team your playing to better match yourself and more able to win against that player instead of spliting.  The object of fantasy is to win as many catorgies as possbile, not to take splits or barely win just cause you were out numbered in players.  Thats why they allow you to add/drop.  I'm an active player and drop and add players constantly and been doing so the 2 year i have played fantasy baseball and i fair pretty well.  I won my only league last year and in 1st in both mine this year.  Depends on the players you choose, when you play them, and the time you add or drop them.  You may drop a sorry player but after you drop them they have a break out period or vise versa.  If you are a true competitor, its all bout winning.  You compete to win not play to lose.
993359
Mankind's REAL Obsession is what they do with the ball.  I want to be better than I was last season, playing this game.  I want to score more, play more, Start, Win... Now this is FUN.\n\nCompetition; I can hit the ball harder, further, longer, etc.  I want to win, I play to win, I hate to lose, if I lose, I learn from it & work harder to not let it happen again.  To play is FUN, to win is FUNNNNEERR.\n\nBalls also make exercising more enjoyable.
1187028
I think this is something to do with Psychology. It's a feeling of Euphoria, same as when you won a gamble, or consume drug. It produces a kind of chemical in your brain once you hit a good shot, that you want to experience it again and again. And because hitting good shot, like a hole in one is difficult to achieve, golf then become addictive.
1107242
I love baseball, but I have no idea what you are actually asking.
626034
because this sh** is addictive.
77223
Its extremely different. For one, you don't run the bases as you do in baseball. And I do believe one person can keep hitting........and hitting.........and hitting. But what do I know? *shrugs*
498682
Baseball is the American pastime because it is woven into the history of the United States.  Legends say it started back in the Civil War with Abner Doubleday.  Baseball saw the United States through wars, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement, and so much more.\n\nThis quote from Field of Dreams sums it up better than I can put it into words.  It's one of my favorite quotes of all time.\n\n"The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again."
242361
I love /hate ,I've become addicted to the point where I get head aches , I know I should be doing something else but I'm not. My BF introduced me to the game ,isn't that the way addiction starts  someone introces you to it at a party tells ya it'll be fun ,If you don't like it you can quit any time.peer pressure ect.\nI might need rehab soon  after this game....\nGL
437471
I like Major League Baseball.
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.
286054
Great baseball, like all sports, starts with fundamentals.  It takes practice to improve your basics.  As the famous line from the movie "Bull Durham" says, "It's a simple game; you throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball."\n\nStart by trying to figure out what your team is struggling with the most.  Is it offense--being patient at the plate, making good contact, putting the ball into play where it's less likely to be caught?  Or is it defense--knowing where to put the glove to catch or field the ball, keeping your body low and in front of the ball, knowing where (and how) to throw the ball?  \n\nPick one area--hitting to the opposite field, throwing to the cutoff player--and drill on it until everyone is proficient at it.  At the same time, work other fundamentals in as well, like fielding fly balls and grounders.  At your next practice, pick another improvement area and focus on that.  It's not rocket science, but it will get the players to start feeling more competent about their abilities.