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CMV: Baseball is the most unimpressive and boring popular sport in America

Games last way too long, the season lasts way too long, games are incredibly boring to watch, and the athletic ability and skill it takes to play baseball are far less impressive when compared to other major sports like basketball, football, soccer, and even hockey.

Think about it...you turn on the TV and a random NBA game is on. You will undoubtedly see some incredible dribble moves and some crazy dunks. Both of those are things that your average joe would never be able to do no matter how hard he tried or how much he practiced. Same with football. You see a QB launch a ball 70+ yards or a WR jump 40+ inches to make a one handed catch. That’s just God-given talent, no amount of practice will ever enable an average dude to be able to perform those acts. The same goes for soccer and hockey.

Then we get to baseball. The most famous baseball player, Babe Ruth, looks like the most average joe of all average joes. He’s a little chubby and not really that athletic, yet he’s arguably the best the game has ever seen.

In my opinion, what makes sports so interesting to watch is the fact that you’re watching these incredible athletes do things that you could never do yourself, no matter how much you trained. Whether it be dunking from the free throw line, running a 40 yard dash in 4.24 seconds, or dribbling a ball with your feet across an entire soccer field while evading defenders to score a goal, these spectacular achievements are things that myself and most people could never do. But what’s the most impressive thing you can watch in baseball? A home run? I could do that. Most people could once or twice, or at the very least get a base hit a few times. I’m not saying baseball is easy, but out of all the major sports, it is by far the least impressive because an average person could do what they are doing (maybe not on a regular basis, but they could at least get lucky a few times and connect on a few pitches.

In an effort to stay consistent and honest, I will say that the one area of baseball that is equally as impressive as other sports is pitching. To be able to throw a ball over 90mph accurately is very impressive and is something most people (including myself) would never be able to do, regardless of training. Aside from that, the rest can generally be chalked up to years of training.

As a final note, I'd like to add that I have middle school/high school experience with baseball, football, and basketball, so a lot of this is coming from personal experience. I know how hard each sport is to pick up and play, so I feel at least somewhat qualified to make this statement. Again, I am not saying that baseball is not *hard*, I am saying that it is not *impressive* (compared to the aforementioned sports).
gpt
I’m sorry, but unless you are a great baseball player who has practiced his whole life, there is no way you could hit a home run, in a professional sized ball park, with a wooden bat, off of a major league pitcher throwing the ball one hundred miles an hour. Admittedly, this is a less visually stunning spectacle than, say, a Michael Jordan dunk from the foul line, but it is an impressive feat nonetheless. To your wider point, baseball is a slow paced, relatively boring game, but have you ever tried to watch golf? It’s way more boring. The most exciting thing that happens is that a player smacks a little ball, and then later they cut to a shot of the ball rolling into a hole. This is also an impressive feat, but far less visually interesting than a homerun or an exciting play at home plate.