Comments on: Baseball as American pastime: nine, even 10 reasons

by: lloyd clark

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:35:48 +0000

I BELIEVE GOLF SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THE AMERICAN PASTIME. MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE A COMPARISON IN SPORTS, MAYBE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE; TO SEE HOW MUCH EACH ONE IS PARTICIPATED IN,
AND WATCHED, SHOWING NUMBERS IN EACH CASE THAT CAN BE COMPARED. I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING.
LLOYD

by: OSP

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:05:53 +0000

Fascinating. I played baseball for 12 years, yet never considered it in such depth. Unfortunately, I believe it was standardized and popularized by a Yankee, Abner Doubleday, was it not?

by: John Calvin

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:05:06 +0000

But a violation of the Sabbath is still a violation, is it not?

Now, with DVR, I can follow the football season closely. :-)

The games could be moved to Saturday’s. Of course this would affect college football, but the networks can add more channels to accomodate this.

And, Football has *4* quarters! (That was for you, JB.)

John C.

by: JonathanB

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:34:21 +0000

Concerning point 8—would this have the same significance if God were a quadrinity?

Just kidding. I hate baseball.

by: Tim H

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:32:23 +0000

Right, but there are three (of course) differences. In baseball, (1) you can follow the baseball seasonal progress closely and still check out for the Sabbath. (2) There is at least one position (pitcher) in which it would be conceivable for a player to negotiate a no-sabbath-play clause. (3) If the owners came under Sabbath conviction, baseball could be reformed with far less disruption of the season than football: think of the stadium rights, advertising, and cultural rhythm.

by: John Calvin

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:51:21 +0000

I love baseball, but I love football even more.

Let’s note that if football breaks the sabbath, then so does baseball. In fact, my Padres lost their series with the Cards yesterday!

John Calvin