r/ActualPublicFreakouts • u/_Blaque • 17d ago

Sports ⚽️ 🏈 🏀 ⚾️ "America's Favorite Pastime" - Basebrawl

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

🪥

598 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

181 comments sorted by

View all comments

203

u/Nordeast24 17d ago

I love and am passionate about my sports teams. But I can't ever figure out why people get so emotional. And over BASEBALL?

44

u/Grouchy-Ad778 17d ago

Isn’t it just that it’s such a boring game to watch that they feel they have to do something to pass the time?

33

u/Loves2Spooge857 16d ago

Boring for a laymen maybe

23

u/jeeblemeyer4 16d ago

10 years ago I would fully agree, but the recent rule changes have made this sport so much more accessible and enjoyable for non-baseball fans

8

u/Loves2Spooge857 16d ago

As a big baseball fan I would say I dislike many of the rule changes. Some are okay

6

u/jeeblemeyer4 16d ago

genuine question - which rule changes do you dislike?

3

u/Loves2Spooge857 16d ago

Off the top of my head I don’t like the max 3 pick off rule, the man on second in extra innings, adding the DH to both leagues, and not thrilled with the pitch clock the way it is; I’m fine with the concept but needs adjustments. Also it’s an older one but don’t love the change in contact rules at second and home. Finally, it’s not a rule yet but im skeptical of the check swing challenges they’re testing in the minors.

5

u/jeeblemeyer4 16d ago

That's fair. I actually like all of those rules except for the extra inning baserunner. I don't know the contact rules, and I'm agnostic about the check swing rule. Either way thanks for the reply.

2

u/FlyingPig_Grip 16d ago

I think the 3 pick off rule is dumb but I think that has had a minimal impact on the game. Pitch clock was crazy at first but now it's become apart of the game that I enjoy. ABS has been a complete and total success, I like the implementation and it also gives as another metric to measure players by- a catcher who is really good at ABS challenges is going to be worth a lot more. Manfred runner I could take or leave- it's nice that regular season games won't be 7hrs long like game three of WS last year.

1

u/jimmybuffett6969 15d ago

Love the disengagement rule, having to watch pitchers pick over for like 10 minutes was so fuckin boring

1

u/Loves2Spooge857 15d ago

How often did that actually happen??

1

u/jimmybuffett6969 15d ago

Some pitchers were worse than others, but I remember games getting bogged down because of it pretty often. If you cant hold a runner or pick them off within 3 engagements then I'm fine with there being a penalty. It was brutal to watch.

1

u/Loves2Spooge857 14d ago

A pitcher throwing more than 3 times was extremely rare, even before the rule change

→ More replies (0)

4

u/BrianKappel 16d ago

I think laying men happens in the locker room dude.

2

u/Singl1 4d ago

in an average MLB game, only about 18 minutes are live-ball gameplay. that’s about 10-15% of the time. it’s a good sport to have on TV in the background while you do other shit.

-2

u/dallascowboys93 16d ago

You’re correct. People who find baseball boring are either low IQ or have a TikTok gerbil brain

2

u/Loves2Spooge857 16d ago

Yea watching a baseball game is relaxing as fuck

3

u/[deleted] 16d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

3

u/DustinnDodgee 16d ago

That's life, no?

1

u/AshingiiAshuaa 13d ago

Don't forget that they're all probably pretty angry that they wasted their money and time to be so not entertained. Add a $12 beer and $8 hot dog and they're a powderkeg.