tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29090025.post3813211104489067499..comments2024-01-31T08:53:14.005-07:00Comments on Taylor's Twins Talk: Slate's Takedown of Baseball AnalysisJSThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12207754797909843134noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29090025.post-33767470598873916892008-10-15T20:09:00.000-06:002008-10-15T20:09:00.000-06:00Oh and one more thing (apparantly I didn't feel my...Oh and one more thing (apparantly I didn't feel my last comment was long enough). Football has more flayoff teams than baseball, so more fans are going to be interested in the games than in baseball. I really think this applies for the whole playoffs, even after their team gets knocked off. I know from my experience that I watched more of the ALCS and WS in '06 (after the twins were knocked out) than I did in '07. I actually am not sure if I watched one playoff game that year. This year, with the twins keeping me in it for 163 games, I'm back watching some of the games. But maybe thats just me.<BR/><BR/>Ok one more thing and then I'm done. You mentioned how football fans keep watching because it only gets played once a week... think if baseball was only played once a week? I would be glued to the TV all sunday (or whatever day it was played) for the twins and whatever baseball was played after. Ok, thats it.Steven Ellingsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023063969965767482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29090025.post-36243261922754277962008-10-15T19:59:00.000-06:002008-10-15T19:59:00.000-06:00Yeah Bert really isn't as bad as some of the alter...Yeah Bert really isn't as bad as some of the alternatives. <BR/><BR/>I think the reason why baseball shows try to appeal to the casual fan is that its hard to be a casual fan of baseball. The game is slower and has more subtlties to it, while football is completely made for us americans with no attention spans. <BR/>For someone like me, baseball is very exciting - watching the location/speed/movement on each pitch, the types of swing the batter takes, the routes an outfielder takes to the ball etc. For someone like... say... my girlfiend, she doesn't see any of those things and is bored if there isn't someone making stupid jokes and explaining the game in a dumbed down manner. (Bert and I both do these things for her). Most of us diehards watch if there were no announcers, and some have been known to use their mute button to make this happen, so making the game appealing to us is really pointless.<BR/><BR/>Well that's always been my theory on the subject at least. Steriods are gone - so we now rely on Jon Kruk to keep the casual fans coming.Steven Ellingsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03023063969965767482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29090025.post-84453074173052695342008-10-15T12:15:00.000-06:002008-10-15T12:15:00.000-06:00Baseball "analysis" or commentary on Television? ...Baseball "analysis" or commentary on Television? Completely intolerable. It's why I defend Bert Blyleven so much, he's at least entertaining and he's not nearly as bad as <I>everyone else</I> in the business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com