At 11/5/09 02:15 AM, Luxury-Yacht wrote:
Probably the fact that the only person pulling their weight on the field is the pitcher, and they're in the dugout for half the game while everyone makes millions of dollars for contributing virtually nothing to society.
All athletes are over paid in my opinion. Sports don't really do much for society either, besides the athletes that do shit for charity. It is a lot harder to be a fielder and batter then you give credit. Lobbing the ball isn't as easy as it looks. Also deciding what kind of pitch is being thrown and reacting within a fraction of a second is very difficult and takes a lot of skill. Also the catcher is under pressure to stay crouched and catch every pitch, which come at him at upwards to a hundred miles per hour. He also has to be ready to stand up and throw the ball across the diamond to pick off a base runner. Accuracy is hard to maintain when you only have a few seconds to get the throw off.
I actually like Hockey, but I'm just not that into it. When you look at it, most popular sports are people chasing something back and forth. Football, Basketball, Hockey, Futbol, Lacrosse. Baseball is a good change of pace.