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I dunno, the last ballgame I went to was towards the end of boot camp, and even with the novelty of not being at the depot and being able to buy whatever food we wanted, I was still bored after an hour or so.
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Ok Fella posted:Actually going to a baseball game is the only not boring way to watch baseball. There's a ton of poo poo going on. Minor league games have cheerleaders, contests between innings, and dollar beer nights. You can also watch a player's dreams and aspirations get crushed under the relentless weight of a .205 batting average.
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Krispy Kareem posted:Minor league games have cheerleaders, contests between innings, and dollar beer nights. Go to see teams from an independent league where the players really have no hopes anymore. Not really freudy, but the St. Paul Saints are awesome. Constant dumb poo poo going on with the fans, a pig that brings the balls to the umpire, beer beer beer, and this guy is a part owner of the team: 
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Tony Phillips posted:Go to see teams from an independent league where the players really have no hopes anymore. Not really freudy, but the St. Paul Saints are awesome. Constant dumb poo poo going on with the fans, a pig that brings the balls to the umpire, beer beer beer, and this guy is a part owner of the team: Bill also is part owner of the Riverdogs here in Charleston.
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Mar 7, 2016 17:04
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Yeah, but then you aren't really going for the baseball, you're there for the peoplewatching.
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Mar 7, 2016 17:10
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Its really not safe to look away from the action at a baseball game. The balls come rocketing into the stands at lethal velocity, bats are the least of it.
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To be fair, the kid could have just been looking at something for a minute. Not likely, but we should give the kid the benefit of the doubt. It wouldn't take that long for a bat to fly into the stands. Good on that parent, though. He was just going for the block instead of the block-and-catch. He probably would have gotten a nasty bruise at least and a hosed up arm at most. Kid's lucky to be walking away without a broken nose.
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Mar 7, 2016 19:17
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Say Nothing posted:Do we need to start a PYF Cringe-Inducing Things thread? adding spinach to a chicken and rice casserolle doesn't make it healthy it just makes it not midwestern.
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Mar 7, 2016 19:19
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Mad Doctor Cthulhu posted:To be fair, the kid could have just been looking at something for a minute. Not likely, but we should give the kid the benefit of the doubt. It wouldn't take that long for a bat to fly into the stands. Yeah he was probably checking his email real quick and not balls deep in angry birds. Come on man.
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Mar 7, 2016 19:39
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https://twitter.com/DavidStegora/status/705833064232935424
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Mar 7, 2016 19:40
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WHO LET DOG DRIVE? He clearly doesn't have his CDL!
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Can't touch him, he's union.
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Dogs still a better truck driver than a fair amount of the human ones.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:WHO LET DOG DRIVE? He clearly doesn't have his CDL! I mean, he does, but the D in his case stands for Dog.
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Mar 7, 2016 20:01
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Ok Fella posted:Yeah he was probably checking his email real quick and not balls deep in angry birds. Come on man. He was watching a screeching child yell rape jokes into a facecam while playing a videogame for the Internet and we all know it
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Mar 7, 2016 20:11
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yeah what a dumb child for not anticipating the risk of a flying bat of death while attending a sleep-inducing, boring rear end event like a baseball game, i personally mastered spatial and projecile awereness at age six and was blocking rogue baseballs before I could even talk some of y'all go through some ridiculous lengths to justify why people highlighted in this thread "deserved it", just enjoy the content you creepy spazzes
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No I know that kid and he's a giant douchebag. Trust me.
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Dad's got some reflexes. I remember when my dad did the ol' father/son stiff arm when he had to slam on brakes suddenly, except he was a lil slow so all he did was punch me in the side of the head and bounce my head off the window. I got a new gi joe out of the deal though, so it was all cool.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Dad's got some reflexes. I remember when my dad did the ol' father/son stiff arm when he had to slam on brakes suddenly, except he was a lil slow so all he did was punch me in the side of the head and bounce my head off the window. This is a mom/daughter thing, too. When I went to visit for Christmas a couple of years ago and she skidded on some ice, she did this despite me being in my mid-twenties.  (The stiff arm, not the sucker punch.)
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KingSlime posted:yeah what a dumb child for not anticipating the risk of a flying bat of death while attending a sleep-inducing, boring rear end event like a baseball game, i personally mastered spatial and projecile awereness at age six and was blocking rogue baseballs before I could even talk Yes why pay attention at a sporting event that's known for poo poo flying into the spectators at skull crushing speed. Just bury your face in your phone it's cool. I'm pretty sure no one is saying a kid deserves that but you should at least be a bit cautious.
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Mar 7, 2016 21:19
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Lets be fair, if I had to choose between sitting through a baseball game or being rushed to hospital with a concussion, I'd have to give it some thought.
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Mar 7, 2016 21:30
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But you can drink beer at a baseball game sillybuns!
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SiKboy posted:Lets be fair, if I had to choose between sitting through a baseball game or being rushed to hospital with a concussion, I'd have to give it some thought. That rear end in a top hat of a dad just cost his son an autographed ball or bat from the team. What a poo poo-head. I hope he gets AIDs in his dick from his fat mistress and his wife leaves him and he never sees his son again. He's worse than the parents that push their kid's face into cakes.
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Mar 7, 2016 21:39
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Ok Fella posted:But you can drink beer at a baseball game sillybuns! America is a bit of a poo poo hole, its true. But I'm pretty sure they don't let children drink beer.
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Morphine though.
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Roro posted:America is a bit of a poo poo hole, its true. But I'm pretty sure they don't let children drink beer. Come to the south, I have many things to show you 
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SiKboy posted:Lets be fair, if I had to choose between sitting through a baseball game or being rushed to hospital with a concussion, I'd have to give it some thought. I mean it can actually be a lot worse than that, like brain hemorrhaging, comas, death, all that stuff. Its not the kids fault per say, kids will be kids. But the first thing I'd drill into my kid's head when I start taking him to baseball would be "pay attention when the ball is in play, or we won't be coming back".
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Also there are thousands of seats in any given baseball stadium that are very very unlikely to see an errant bat or even a ball. If you have a dumb ADD kid, maybe sit there instead.
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HEY NONG MAN posted:Also there are thousands of seats in any given baseball stadium that are very very unlikely to see an errant bat or even a ball. Yeah the "possibility of being hit by bat" seats are a subset of the expensive seats. On the other hand, who cares?
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The batter should've run up into the stands and beat the kid to death with the bat after it failed to bust his face like a watermelon catapult.
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Ok Fella posted:Yes why pay attention at a sporting event that's known for poo poo flying into the spectators at skull crushing speed. Just bury your face in your phone it's cool. Sometimes people use their portable telephones to take photographs of interesting things happening around them. Just saiyan
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syscall girl posted:Sometimes people use their portable telephones to take photographs of interesting things happening around them. Just saiyan Yup. Known people watchers and photo fanatics the 8 year old child.
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Roro posted:America is a bit of a poo poo hole, its true. But I'm pretty sure they don't let children drink beer. It is an affirmative defense in some states for the alcohol to be physically given to the child by the parent. An occasional beer isn't going to gently caress up a kid, particularly if it's piss-water.
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You guys are over thinking it. The schadenfreude is that baseball is still considered a major sport and people still actually enjoy it. People caring about that stupid as hell sport is the schaden.
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RareAcumen posted:The batter should've run up into the stands and beat the kid to death with the bat after it failed to bust his face like a watermelon catapult.
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Jastiger posted:You guys are over thinking it. The schadenfreude is that baseball is still considered a major sport and people still actually enjoy it. Its no less boring than soccer or football. The real schaden is people not watching the One True Sport that is ice hockey. It's fast, action packed, violent, physically challenging to play, and has the coolest uniforms.
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Jastiger posted:You guys are over thinking it. The schadenfreude is that baseball is still considered a major sport and people still actually enjoy it. What sport should people care about Jastiger? Video game contests (that's a sport now)? Competitive eating? Soccer? Curling?
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Anything but baseball. Every sport has its lulls. But I can't think of another major sport in the US that you can spend your entire time on the field standing in engaged and still win. Even in Soccer your goalie can be a part of an offensive to reset the ball. Baseball, only 3 people are required every play. The pitcher, the batter, and the catcher. Everyone else could be snoozing. It's also superstitious which is silly. Lastly it doesn't use technology to properly officiate, so you get snap calls that mean your team wins or loses on literally a whim. No recourse no review just lol, the sun was in my eye so you're out.
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Jastiger posted:You guys are over thinking it. The schadenfreude is that baseball is still considered a major sport and people still actually enjoy it. It's boring as he'll I'll agree with you but going to games is a lot of fun. That reminds me of some personal shadenfreude: I lived in Michigan when I was a kid and you could get tigers tickets for almost nothing(this was the old stadium years after they won a world series so no one gave a gently caress about them) I went to at least 25-30 games and they lost. Every. Single. One.
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