Not one baseball playoff thread (please join the rant)

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Baseball is in the midst of what should be the most compelling time of its season. The playoff run. There hasn't been one thread on it on this forum unless I missed it.

I only like baseball in that it is important to my father. I've gone to countless games with him from the time I was a kid to now. I enjoy those experiences, but I could care less about the sport.

A sport where you can interview the manager in the middle of a pivotal world series game bothers me. A sport where the often fat, old managers dress up in the outfits of the players is ludicrous. The amount of games, the size of the salaries/contracts, the new stadiums every year is just overkill. If it weren't for the need for so much TV filler on all these networks, baseball would more of an afterthought than it is.

Lastly what I hate about baseball is its inability to change. The fact that its most compelling part of the season goes into football season is absurd. Keep the Boys of Summer in the Summer and you may have more support with a world series that ends before the NFL/NCAA kick off.

I know this is a Gator forum, but I was shocked to not see one thread yet. (unless you count the recruiting thread). I'm frankly glad of it. So here's your obligatory thread baseball. Your'e welcome.
 

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Please post threads like this in the lounge from now on. Playoffs in sports besides football have no real meaning.
 

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The World Series in November is a joke. Not having World Series games in the daytime is a joke. Not having scheduled doubleheaders during regular season due to greedy owners wanting extra gate is a joke. Paying $25 now for a seat that a decade ago was $8 is a joke. Not having Pete Rose or Shoeless Joe Jackson in the HOF is a joke.

Baseball at the pro level is a joke. At least it is still watchable in the minors, college, and Legion ball.
 

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The Braves suck. The Rays suck. The Marlins suck.

Why watch?
 

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I could not agree with you more for all the reasons you stated plus the self righteous attitude of the purists. They spew their pseudo-reverent garbage about the sanctity of the game, a game that has been manipulated and compromised multiple times in the last 20-30 years. As long as the druggies and their "records" remain, I cannot support anything about the game.
 

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Hoping the Cubs can prove Back to the Future II to be correct. I'm not a Cubs fan or anything, but since the Marlins are absolutely horrendous, I gotta have a bandwagon to hitch my ride to. Last year it was the Royals, this year it's the Cubs.
 

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BostonGator84;n284737 said:
The Braves suck. The Rays suck. The Marlins suck.

Why watch?

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Go Royals!!
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Rays not in playoffs...don't care.

Bucs have a rapist clown as their QB...don't care about them either.

All I have is my Gators and the Lightning. At least hockey starts in two weeks.
 

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Professional baseball sucks, and has sucked for a long long time.
 

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This thread provides ample reason as to why you don't see any baseball threads on this board. It's clear that most posters aren't fans so why start a thread that would be filled with "baseball stinks" responses. I acknowledge the appetite of the majority and simply look elsewhere for baseball discussions.
 

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Captain Sasquatch;n284747 said:
Hoping the Cubs can prove Back to the Future II to be correct. I'm not a Cubs fan or anything, but since the Marlins are absolutely horrendous, I gotta have a bandwagon to hitch my ride to. Last year it was the Royals, this year it's the Cubs.

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Baseball clubs need scantily clad buxomed cheerleafers waving their butts around... you know -- for the kiddies.
 

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That NL Central Division is brutal - 3 best records in baseball right now.
 

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I look at the standings and scores everyday but I'm not passionate about any team.
 

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