I've always found baseball intriguing, even though I've never lived in a country where it's a popular sport. Something about the culture around it, the history of it, the aesthetic, has always seemed very appealing to me. However, I don't actually know anything about the sport. I don't know how it's played, I don't know the rules, I don't know the price of a hot dog. I don't have any local friends who are into it, and honestly I don't know where to start.
Help me out, RM. I'd like to become a fan by the start of the next season. I know that together we can make this happen.
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 2:41 am
by 96583UP
go to the mountains with doug
and train
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 2:44 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
Watch baseball movies
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 2:46 am
by doug rr
tell me where you want to start, Jorge..we can cover the bases from crow hops to fungos to balks or stupid fans that boo whenever a pitcher makes a throw to first to pick a guy off...I got you
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 2:47 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
doug rr wrote:tell me where you want to start, Jorge..we can cover the bases from crow hops to fungos to balks or stupid fans that boo whenever a pitcher makes a throw to first to pick a guy off...I got you
omg I hate when fans boo that
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 2:48 am
by doug rr
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
doug rr wrote:tell me where you want to start, Jorge..we can cover the bases from crow hops to fungos to balks or stupid fans that boo whenever a pitcher makes a throw to first to pick a guy off...I got you
omg I hate when fans boo that
i want to punch them all
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 2:49 am
by doug rr
we're here to help Jorge though...everyone can chip in
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 3:07 am
by doug rr
I dont know where Argo or Lenny stands on this but I think an old worn baseball smells better than a used library book..
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 3:10 am
by spike
The postseason starts in a couple days, so your timing is impeccable as it’s the best baseball. Immerse yourself in the games if you can, soak up the drama, and we’ll answer your gameplay questions along the way. There is only one October.
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 3:10 am
by spike
doug rr wrote:I dont know where Argo or Lenny stands on this but I think an old worn baseball smells better than a used library book..
Diddy lube post
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 3:11 am
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:i hate in sports when someone says "i got it!" but then they miss it.
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 3:11 am
by spike
Is this how we get chud back?
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 3:13 am
by The Argonaut
doug rr wrote:I dont know where Argo or Lenny stands on this but I think an old worn baseball smells better than a used library book..
Yeah, I love the smell of old balls
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 3:15 am
by doug rr
spike wrote:The postseason starts in a couple days, so your timing is impeccable as it’s the best baseball. Immerse yourself in the games if you can, soak up the drama, and we’ll answer your gameplay questions along the way. There is only one October.
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 3:30 am
by doug rr
spike wrote:Is this how we get chud back?
I miss chud and his Red Sox posts
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 3:45 am
by doug rr
I dont think Jorge is taking this seriously
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 3:58 am
by The Argonaut
It's a big undertaking. Where should he start? He's probably too old to spend hours after school throwing a ball against the side of a barn and pretending he's on the Yankees so I'm kind of at a loss about where he should begin
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 4:01 am
by Farmer John
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 4:14 am
by doug rr
The Argonaut wrote:It's a big undertaking. Where should he start? He's probably too old to spend hours after school throwing a ball against the side of a barn and pretending he's on the Yankees so I'm kind of at a loss about where he should begin
if you were to have first choice on the playground to make up a team who would you choose first?
Tony Gwynn
Don Mattingly
George Brett
Lenny
Re: Help me become a baseball fan
Posted: Sun September 29, 2024 5:15 am
by spike
The Argonaut wrote:It's a big undertaking. Where should he start? He's probably too old to spend hours after school throwing a ball against the side of a barn and pretending he's on the Yankees so I'm kind of at a loss about where he should begin
We didn’t all grow up wanting to play for the Yankees, pal.
