Comments on: OPENING (sic) DAY (sic) http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/ E AHO LA'ULA Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:35:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: beastofsound http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/#comment-533 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/#comment-533 Ouch. Guilty as charged: there's plenty of time between pitches to pitch all sorts of products. And proffer the most marginally meaningful facts from over a century of statistics. Time for some positive disagreement. Until I moved to Dixie I didn't fully appreciate how baseball is a summertime game, with a summertime pace. It's easy to disregard the heat when you watch it on TV from home, that is whenever the game is played in the afternoon and outdoors. In my view, sports and seasons go together. And like all major sports, the baseball season is too long. I often listen to radio broadcasts of baseball games while doing other things. I find baseball to be much better suited to radio than other sports, because it's easier to visualize the circumstances of each play. Finally, as much as I enjoy watching football, the athlete/warrior metaphor the game exemplifies can be a turn off to me. Ouch. Guilty as charged: there’s plenty of time between pitches to pitch all sorts of products. And proffer the most marginally meaningful facts from over a century of statistics.

Time for some positive disagreement.

Until I moved to Dixie I didn’t fully appreciate how baseball is a summertime game, with a summertime pace. It’s easy to disregard the heat when you watch it on TV from home, that is whenever the game is played in the afternoon and outdoors. In my view, sports and seasons go together. And like all major sports, the baseball season is too long.

I often listen to radio broadcasts of baseball games while doing other things. I find baseball to be much better suited to radio than other sports, because it’s easier to visualize the circumstances of each play.

Finally, as much as I enjoy watching football, the athlete/warrior metaphor the game exemplifies can be a turn off to me.

]]> by: Mark Hasty http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/#comment-534 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/#comment-534 People always tell me, "Baseball is so much better on the radio," and I always ask, "Better than what--dead air time?" I've read math textbooks that were fast-paced and compelling compared to baseball games. People always tell me, “Baseball is so much better on the radio,” and I always ask, “Better than what–dead air time?”

I’ve read math textbooks that were fast-paced and compelling compared to baseball games.

]]> by: beastofsound http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/#comment-535 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/#comment-535 Perhaps it's a matter of expectations. Since I know baseball is a slow game, when I listen to a radio broadcast, I fill the "dead air" in other ways, depending on whether I'm in the kitchen, family room, or toolshed. So I don't necessarily want the game to dominate my attention. Perhaps it’s a matter of expectations. Since I know baseball is a slow game, when I listen to a radio broadcast, I fill the “dead air” in other ways, depending on whether I’m in the kitchen, family room, or toolshed. So I don’t necessarily want the game to dominate my attention.

]]> by: Mark Hasty http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/#comment-536 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/#comment-536 Well, I <i>do</i> understand the value of ambient radio, Beast. I guess what torques me the most are those days when it seems like every station has a ball game on, and even when there's supposed to be "action," all I get is a bunch of commercials between pitches. That, and I think baseball is boring anyway. Well, I do understand the value of ambient radio, Beast. I guess what torques me the most are those days when it seems like every station has a ball game on, and even when there’s supposed to be “action,” all I get is a bunch of commercials between pitches.

That, and I think baseball is boring anyway.

]]> by: Kennedy http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/#comment-537 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/#comment-537 You would then probably appreciate the Left Field Lounge at Dudy Noble Field at Mississippi State. You would then probably appreciate the Left Field Lounge at Dudy Noble Field at Mississippi State.

]]> by: Vidiot http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/#comment-538 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 http://markhasty.com/archives/2004/03/30/opening-sic-day-sic/#comment-538 Baseball on TV is bad. On the radio, it's sheer torture. But when you're there in person, especially at a minor-league game, it's bliss. Baseball on TV is bad. On the radio, it’s sheer torture. But when you’re there in person, especially at a minor-league game, it’s bliss.

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