Why I don't like baseball

I used to like to play baseball as a kid, but watching MLB is a bit like watching the grass grow. Here are just 2 reasons:

1. Stupid touchy - feely little meetings between pitcher and manager right in the middle of an inning. Why do fans have to watch some overweight manager waddle out to the pitchers mound, and waste time explaining to his pitcher why he needs to be replaced? If a manager needs to replace a pitcher, he can just send the replacement pitcher in the game and get on with it! Let these 2 carry on their little hand holding session in the dugout. 2. Time wasting arguments. If a manager wants to protest a call, he can file a grievance, or request an officials film review just as they do in the NFL, flapping his jowls at an official in the middle of an inning over a call that will never get overturned is just one of the many reasons people are turning to other sports and MLB is losing attendance.

@mchill said
I used to like to play baseball as a kid, but watching MLB is a bit like watching the grass grow. Here are just 2 reasons:

1. Stupid touchy - feely little meetings between pitcher and manager right in the middle of an inning. Why do fans have to watch some overweight manager waddle out to the pitchers mound, and waste time explaining to his pitcher why he needs to be replac ...[text shortened]... ed is just one of the many reasons people are turning to other sports and MLB is losing attendance.

@great-big-stees said
I’ve played a lot of sports and used to enjoy watching some on TV but I mostly stopped doing that because I really hate watching, ad Infinitum, those damn replays. Come on, I saw it the first time.😡👍

@venda said
I watch it recorded on ESPN when the giants are playing.I've no particular affiliation to the giants but I don't have the time to follow more than 1 team and I started watching the giants when Bumgarner was pitching for them.
It's frustrating though because the game that is advertised is not always what is shown so when I think I am recording the giants at Midnight UK time I ...[text shortened]... e wasted time on replays,mound meetings and disputes.
I also think the DH detracts from the tactics

@mchill said
I used to like to play baseball as a kid, but watching MLB is a bit like watching the grass grow. Here are just 2 reasons:

1. Stupid touchy - feely little meetings between pitcher and manager right in the middle of an inning. Why do fans have to watch some overweight manager waddle out to the pitchers mound, and waste time explaining to his pitcher why he needs to be replac ...[text shortened]... ed is just one of the many reasons people are turning to other sports and MLB is losing attendance.

I agree with the previous comments except when it comes to the playoffs. Post-season games have an entirely different feel and every play, sometimes every pitch.

I watched that Yankees/Red Sox game that ended up being the longest baseball game in history: despite the length, every moment was exciting, the tension was palpable. Maybe it could be that I'm a Yankees fan; but then again, most playoff games have this electricity to it.

So I agree with all of you except during the fall.

@vivify said
I agree with the previous comments except when it comes to the playoffs. Post-season games have an entirely different feel and every play, sometimes every pitch.

I watched that Yankees/Red Sox game that ended up being the longest baseball game in history: despite the length, every moment was exciting, the tension was palpable. Maybe it could be that I'm a Yankees fan; but ...[text shortened]... t playoff games have this electricity to it.

So I agree with all of you except during the fall.