Baseball has never really made much sense to me. I mean, every time I watch it I always wonder (more than during any other sport) “How in the world did anyone come up with this game?”. Not to say Baseball isn’t a great sport or that it isn’t fun to watch or play, I’m just saying that all the rules, restrictions and obligations involved in the sport are just plain weird. I mean how lazy and out of shape do you have to be to recommend during the invention of a sport that instead of forcing a player to run after he has reached base, we should allow him to come back to the bench and sit on his ass while a pinch runner runs the bases for him? In honor of Baseball’s idiocies (no offense) and the new year (why not), I found this collection of top ten reasons Baseball is a weird sport and thought it was pretty funny so here it is.
[1] If a batter fails two-thirds of the time, they’re still considered an excellent batter. It’s too bad this standard isn’t applied to everything else in life.
[2] It is legal to “steal” in this game. This is, perhaps, a questionable example for children.
[3] If you aren’t such a good hitter, you can have a pinch hitter bat for you. If you aren’t such a fast runner, you can have someone–a pinch runner–come in and run for you. At what point, you might wonder, is a team entirely comprised of “pinch” players?
[4] There’s a rule preventing pitchers from spitting on the ball. They can spit anywhere else they like, apparently.
[5] If a batter walks with the bases loaded, he is credited with an RBI (Run Batted In). That’s right: even though he didn’t hit the ball.
[6] The game is played on dirt and grass, but if the ball gets dirty, it is replaced with a new clean ball.
[7] If a batter accidentally hits the catcher when swinging, it’s the catcher’s fault, even if the catcher gets injured. The batter is awarded a base. The catcher gets an apology, if he’s lucky.
[8] The coaches and managers wear the same uniforms as the players.
[9] When a pitcher walks a batter, the batter jogs to first base. Incongruous, but it is a nice show of effort.
[10] The 7th-inning stretch makes baseball the only sport where spectators must take part in calisthenics.
July 10, 2008 at 10:18 pm
dude your a fuckin retard…baseball is the greatest sport on earth…tell me what your favorite sport is i bet you i could find 20 reasons its not as good as baseball….shit you sound like a fuckin soccer fagat after all soccer queers are the only shits on earth that dont like baseball
January 30, 2009 at 12:40 am
Cody you’re the retard here. Learn to spell “you are” first, before you go calling people effing retards. And just because something is weird doesn’t mean it’s not good. I think a lot of other people don’t like baseball besides “soccer queers”. Besides, we all know David Beckham could kick your ass.