Any Baseball Fans Here?

of all team sports, I enjoy baseball the most and will root for the Atlanta Braves. Sometimes, I admit, the whole ritual of players tugging uniforms, twitching, adjusting gloves/pads and *spitting* 😒 does get tiresome. Just play the game! We’d get out of here a lot sooner!
 

I used to love baseball when I was in high school and college. When it became all about money, I stopped watching it. My favorite team was the Phillies. When they lost the series to Toronto, that's when I gave up watching baseball. Richie Ashburn was my boyhood hero baseball player. I actually got to meet him and speak with him at a baseball card show. Him and Robin Roberts.

I was drafted in the late rounds by the Dodgers, but I didn't want to waste 8 years playing minor league baseball. My dad was disappointed. He thought I should do it for at least one year, but I wanted to get on with my life and I knew in my heart that I wasn't good enough to play in the major leagues.
 
Lewkat said:
Mets fan here, but I'll root for the Yanks as well since they are a home team. Not when they play the Mets, however. As a child, my dad took me to Yankee Stadium regularly, but about age 10 or 11, I fell in love with the Dodgers. I was utterly frustrated when they went to L.A. Then, along came my beloved and crazy Mets.
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Did you see the Mets old-timers game on Saturday.
Not a fan, totally NY Giants fan,but,both my kids are diehard Mets fans!
I watched it on TV and thought they did such a great job.
 
Baseball is the only pro sport where the players spend half the game sitting down and eating, and checking their investments on their I phones. The other half of the game they spend standing around watching the pitcher throw the ball, then the catcher throws it back to him. Once in a while the batter manages to hit the ball. Yawn. JimB.
 
I played baseball at school and loved the game. It hasn't really caught on here but we do have some teams that compete overseas.
 
I'm a Chicago Cubbie Fan.
It's because of my dad that I became one.
No one here that I know of ended up to be a White Sox fan.
It doesn't mean that this year I wouldn't root for them to go on to play in the World Series if they get that far.

My Dad wanted to be a pro Baseball pitcher. I kept hearing the story about on my parents wedding day he was nowhere to be found until
they did. He was at the park playing baseball and almost late for the wedding.
Ever since the late 70's I was watching the Cubs off and on.
The stars back then were Bill Buckner, Dave Kingman, Bruce Sutter, Don Kessinger and Ron Santo.

Now forget it they got rid of good players they needed and are ruining the team more and more.
 
Yes, I'm fan. Game has changed over the years and I think teams are to reliant on homeruns.
Headed to Yankee Stadium this weekend with my son and daughter. First in person game since COVID.
Go Yankees!!!
 

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