Are you excited Baseball Season has started?

[yuiyoshida]

15 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Time expired
	HELL YEAH!! I love BASEBALL! This is going to be a fun season!
	8 (53%)
	Yes. We have a minor league Team locally and its fun to go out to the game.
	1 (7%)
	Yes.. We already had Opening Day, our team wasn't that bad...
	0 (0%)
	Yes..We already had Opening Day, our team was awesome!
	1 (7%)
	Yes...We haven't had Opening Day, but I can't wait to go this season.
	0 (0%)
	Yes..I have signed up to watch mostly all the games on MLB.com (Espn, Fox Sports, other networks)
	0 (0%)
	Peanuts, Hotdogs, Cracker jacks, I don't care if we ever come back!!!
	0 (0%)
	No! Bleh, its always the same team in the World Series.... Our team will never make the playoffs...
	0 (0%)
	Hell No! Bleh all Commerical Sports sucks
	2 (13%)
	No! Baseball? Screw that give me (Football, Soccer, Tennis, Golf, The Olympics, Hockey, Basketball...)
	3 (20%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[LeftyMom]

1. Of course I am, it's an even numbered year and Pablo showed up healthy. Bring on the Buster Hugs!

[yuiyoshida]

2. ooooh !!! I just LOVE BUSTER POSEY!!~~~~~~~~~O

[AsahinaKimi]

3. <3

[blueamy66]

4. Went to opening day for the TinCaps

Froze my ass off, but got my fix.

We will be going as much as possible.

I had a blast!

[TBF]

5. Yes!! nt

[eridani]

6. The Mariners started out well. I'm a fair weather fan

I follow home teams only if they're winning.

[Logical]

7. Baseball is so boring. Slow! nt

[99Forever]

8. How about a ...

... "No. I don't hate it, I just don't care." option?

[Buns_of_Fire]

9. Only if they institute the rule changes I've suggested.

For example, I think it should be legal to tackle the base runner (but the only player allowed to tackle is the one in possession of the ball at the time).

That, and in odd-numbered innings, the bases would be run "traditionally" (counterclockwise). But in even-numbered innings, all play would be clockwise. Except for the fourth and seventh innings, when the runner may touch the bases in any order they wish (but all bases must be touched for the run to count).

I've left out the part about oiling the base paths and requiring three cows in the outfield, but I know these changes have to be introduced gradually.

[AngryAmish]

10. Calvinball

My suggestion is importing the indian tag from kickball to baseball.

[panader0]

11. Especially when the Giants beat the Dodgers!

[KamaAina]

21. There is a Dodger fan in the cubicle right across from mine.

In San Jose. He forgot that their home opener last week was a day game, so I got to break the delicious news that we piled up 6 in the first, including a 2-run single by pitcher Vogelsong! and went on to win 8-4.

[Hip_Flask]

12. I've given it a good go...

... but I just can't seem to get interested.

Don't feel invested in any particular team. It all comes down to what you were raised on I think.

[City Lights]

13. No. I dislike baseball.

Find it extremely boring. The only thing it's good for is curing insomnia.

[KamaAina]

20. Why do you hate America so much?

[yuiyoshida]

31. People today who complain that Baseball is too slow have never really gotten the game...

Yes basketball, Hockey and Football are fast pace, but with Baseball its about the story, the drama that to builds during a game. I have gone to games that have turned out to be 1-0 after 9 innings. You might call that boring, but that game could end up being a no-hitter which is rare in baseball. It might even be about a duel between two pitchers for that day... its all about the drama of the game, the Story and there are many of them.

The players of the past like Rickie Henderson who could steal bases. You knew he was good and you wanted to see it with your own eyes; would he steal it or get caught? The strong players of Baseball history like Harmen Kilibrew who could hit home runs (In the days before Steroids and Barry Bonds.) I am surprised that people in the Bay Area still like Barry Bonds despite his use of steroids. There steroid scandal was bad for baseball...too many players turned up using.. but still, all of this is part of the drama of baseball.

Baseball tells a story.. even when you make your own box score or use the one provided, baseball is charted out. You can tell what happened every inning. That ground rule double... a three base hit... the ball that should have been caught but was dropped allowing runs to score. Its all part of the nuance of the game.

[shanti]

33. Exactly

I hate baseball. If the OP hadn't mentioned the season starting, I'd be none the wiser.

[dembotoz]

14. baseball means winter is finally over-and that is reason enough to love it

plus
i live in wisconsin
odds are i will NEVER score a pair of packer tickets

but i can see my brewers with out much hassle

[Dirty Socialist]

15. No

My fantasy baseball team ain't doin' too good. My bullpen is toast.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. Let's Go O's!

And/or Miami Marlins.

[pipi_k]

17. Zzzzzzzz....

The only good thing about baseball (IMO) is being able to nap through it, waking up in between for the exciting parts (like fights and commercials).

[Blue_Tires]

18. I don't know if this will be a fun season, but I do love it

At least this is a good omen:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_04_05_cinmlb_nynmlb_1&mode=wrap#gid=2014_04_05_cinmlb_nynmlb_1&mode=video

[Sentath]

19. YES! It gives that one over excitable co-worker something neutral to obsess about.

YMMV


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[Populist_Prole]

38. Hah! That's so true

Got one at work like that. Generally decent fellow but somewhat narrow/shallow and not particularly well read. When it comes to sports however, he positively gushes forth with all manner of eloquently stated and articulate ramblings about mostly baseball, basketball and soccer. Mostly about off-field politics/strategy and the people involved. You can sense how intense his feelings are on the subject....As if it all actually mattered.

I bust his balls sometimes and told him once: "Y'know if you ever applied the same attention you give sports to some other field you'd be a nobel peace prize winning guru".

[librechik]

22. meh, Go Rockies

to hell,apparently. Always a cliffhanger, tho.

[randome]

23. So...so excited.

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The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]

[yuiyoshida]

35. cute..

See post #31

[randome]

43. I'm not trying to take anything away from the fans, just posting my personal reaction, FWIW.

Cheers to you all!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]

[taught_me_patience]

24. Baseball, a game of complete meatheads

4% of baseball players have a college degree!

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/curtis-granderson-college-grads-in-baseball-a-rare-breed-051712

[SwankyXomb]

44. That's because the NFL and NBA

have gotten the NCAA to subsidize their minor league system.

[whistler162]

25. Sure when does it start?

[LittleBlue]

26. Yes. Go Giants!

We took 2 out of 3 from the Dodgers!

Let's just hope our starting pitching holds up

[yuiyoshida]

34. Aside from last night...

That was a great series, and a great start. Wait till they come to AT&T Park!

[Iggo]

27. I'll get excited once they put the Dodger games on TV again.

'Til then, fuck 'em.

[whistler162]

32. and then need to return to Ebbetts field!

'til then they are dead to me.

[Iggo]

41. Understood.

[Zorra]

28. Hoping the Mariners take their cue from the Seahawks and are 2014 MLB champs. nt

[petronius]

29. I wasn't aware of it, so I guess I'm not that excited

But although MLB doesn't do much for me, I'll definitely go to a couple of the local college and Summer League games...

[quinnox]

30. Kind of.

Used to follow it closely, but lost interest in it for many years. As a Dodger fan, they haven't been to the world series since 1988. But I heard they finally got a good team last year, and was disappointed they just fell short again. I'm interested if they can get to the world series again.

[yuiyoshida]

36. The dodgers have great pitching this year...

People are already talking Giants and Dodgers in the playoffs... that should excite you!

[quinnox]

37. Yea, that would be a classic match-up

I would tune in for that.

[Blue_In_AK]

39. BOR-ING.

At least to me.

[Lizzie Poppet]

40. More of a soccer fan here.

I do enjoy seeing a baseball game at the park (not so much on TV), but I'm really all about soccer when it comes to team sports. The Timbers and Thorns play their home games just a few blocks from my house here in Portland.