How much baseball do you watch?

[bk400]

I thought it would be interesting to find out how much present-day baseball people here consume.

[philliesfan]

I watch more than 50 games a year. However, many times It is just partial games.....just a few innings at a time if I have somewhere to go. But added all up would amount to over 50 games.
Bob

[Leon]

There was no 0 answer. The poll is skewed...

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[bk400]

Originally Posted by Leon

There was no 0 answer. The poll is skewed...

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Apologies, Leon. I don't know how to add another option for 0.

If anyone feels that an emphatic "0" represents your baseball consumption more accurately than "fewer than 20 games", please kindly post that!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bk400

Apologies, Leon. I don't know how to add another option for 0.

If anyone feels that an emphatic "0" represents your baseball consumption more accurately than "fewer than 20 games", please kindly post that!

I could change it for you (*admin and all) but no need to. I think there are only a few of us that never watch baseball. Plus, I do watch a few innings, here and there, so it might total up to about 1 game a year....
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[pawpawdiv9]

+1
I never watch- just replay on sportscenter

[OhioLawyerF5]

I watch as close to 162 Reds games as humanly possible (I may miss less than a handful per year). I also have mlb.tv and watch dozens of other games each season. Add to that probably 100 minor league games as well. I usually have the Reds on the tv and a Reds minor league game on my phine every night. I love baseball.

[BobbyStrawberry]

I watch whenever I can, but as others stated, it's often not complete games. Also, I will not watch zombie baseball, so any regular season game that's tied after 9 I will turn off.

[Alaskanmade]

1-2 live games a year
Highlights of another 12-20 games

Baseball is the best sport to watch live, and the most affordable. It was commercialized at a time when live games and the radio were the only option, and guess what… it’s the best sport live and on the radio.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Alaskanmade

Baseball is the best sport to watch live, and the most affordable.

And I love Cracker Jack! Sadly though it's no longer available at the Rogers Centre here in Toronto or most other MLB stadiums.

[BioCRN]

This much...

[ajjohnsonsoxfan]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

And I love Cracker Jack! Sadly though it's no longer available at the Rogers Centre here in Toronto or most other MLB stadiums.

really?! bummer. I've had it at every park I've been to this year including Seattle, Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Diego and NY Y.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

I watch as close to 162 Reds games as humanly possible (I may miss less than a handful per year). I also have mlb.tv and watch dozens of other games each season. Add to that probably 100 minor league games as well. I usually have the Reds on the tv and a Reds minor league game on my phine every night. I love baseball.

Whereabouts in Ohio do you live? Do you attend many games live?

Have you ever acquired a strong rooting preference for any wider area AL team, e.g. Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers?

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Whereabouts in Ohio do you live? Do you attend many games live?



Have you ever acquired a strong rooting preference for any wider area AL team, e.g. Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers?

I'm a 4 hour drive from Cincinnati. I make it to 3 or 4 games a year. We do go to several games in other stadiums. We spent a week in Arizona for spring training this year and saw 6 games. We are working on visiting every stadium and are about half done. Toronto is on our list for next season. Maybe we'll see you there.

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

Toronto is on our list for next season. Maybe we'll see you there.

Could be done cause I'll still be here!

[BearBailey]

More than 50, and between my 2 sons 48 in person college games last year to see them play, throw in a few MLB and MILB in person games as well.

[Balticfox]

Hmmmm. I don't know how to answer. I listen to a lot of games on the radio but I don't watch much TV at all.

[Mark17]

Only during the post season and only when it's free (CBS, NBC, ABC, or FOX.)

[bk400]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Hmmmm. I don't know how to answer. I listen to a lot of games on the radio but I don't watch much TV at all.

Listening to games counts as watching in the spirit of the poll!

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Balticfox

Hmmmm. I don't know how to answer. I listen to a lot of games on the radio but I don't watch much TV at all.

This is exactly what I do. I listened to around 100 Phillies games this season.

[Kevin]

1. I listen to more baseball than watch on TV

2. Do my son's games count? He's a 10u local legend (think Greg Luzinski/Bartolo Colon hybrid). That's at least 50+ games this year.

[LEHR]

I'm in the 20-50 game camp, and that includes playoffs and the World Series games. I still enjoy the modern game, and even have MLB.TV, but I'm often too busy with other stuff to just sit and watch baseball in the summer. I seem to always have more free time November to April, so I've been watching a lot more hockey in the last 5 years or so. I probably watched 80+ complete hockey games last year, and really find it to be the most entertaining of modern sports.

[shoreball51]

Go to about 15 games a year with my wife, grandson, and son. Great family bonding. Watch about 50 games on tv and turn on games when in the car.

[WillBBC]

I've been on the same cycle every year.

From April through mid May I watch like a madman. 90% of Yankee games, 75% of Nats games, multiiple screens going to watch ABs of guys like Ohtani, Chourio, Vlad, the big names I love.

From June until early September it's 2-3 games a week, tops. Once September rolls around it's just like April. Game(s) on just about every night right until the end of the World Series.

[molenick]

I totally understand why some people are not interested in the current game. I would just say that it is worth looking in every now and then because there are some amazing players performing at a very high level and it would be a shame to miss them (case in point, Ohtani today).

[Exhibitman]

I've lost my interest in the game over the years. I was a fanatic as a kid, then out until around 1996, then fanatical until about 2000, and gradually faded away. I am much more likely to watch a boxing match or a race (F1, NASCAR, Indy) than a baseball game. I follow the Dodgers but I don't watch until deep into the postseason. Hopefully will see my first games of the year in a week or two.

[commishbob]

My sons take me to see the Orioles each year when they come through Houston. Went to two of those this year, my only games to watch live.

I catch a few innings of playoff baseball here and there if a game interests me. I flipped over to the Tigers-Mariners the other night after the Rangers hockey game ended and watched to the end. Sometimes a game is so intriguing that you forget that you don't care who wins, and you're watching as if you do.

To be fair, my sports watching in general is way down. I still follow my teams, almost entirely through the usual sports sites online, but sitting down to watch just doesn't appeal to me anymore.

[Spike]

Something about watching a broadcast is too stressful, perhaps because of its association with everything else that appears on screens these days. I’ll attend a handful of games each year and those are all the live baseball I watch.