Why we play baseball simulations

[The Wolf]

The beauty of baseball

[Spud Eating Buccos]

A-freaking-men...

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

The beauty of baseball

I'm starting to get into that site, thanks to you.

EDIT: Heh, this I like:

Some silly fools call baseball's season too long, the day-to-day grind too much to keep up with. We'll leave them to enjoy their once-a-week football contests, three hours of pent-up fury unleashed on the gridiron. Or their sporadic basketball and hockey schedules, about as comprehensible as string theory.

Me, I'll take baseball, its metronome-like consistency a comforting, reliable presence, sometimes at the forefront of our attention, other times as an aside while we're working on the car, fishing, or playing catch with our children.

EDIT 2: He talks about how baseball "provides a distraction, a focus other than our difficulties when they prove too much to bear. The feeling may be fleeting, but watching a pitcher-batter confrontation or listening to a friendly, familiar voice describe a deep, arching home run can provide a brief escape, which may be just what we need to get by at that moment." That's how I feel about OOTPB as well.

[TribeFanInNC]

Really? Huh...I thought it was so we could point out how (insert random event here) would NEVER happen in real baseball. I didn't see that mentioned at all...

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

I'm starting to get into that site, thanks to you.

You're welcome. That site is generally good and informative, but sometimes it also features something really special like that article.

[BradC]

Thanks for this. It's a great piece, so I posted it on our FB and Twitter accounts.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by BradC

Thanks for this. It's a great piece, so I posted it on our FB and Twitter accounts.

You're welcome, Brad.

[Curve Ball Dave]

Great piece, thank you for sharing it. As for OOTB, once I get immersed my adult worries go to the back of mind and my biggest concern is whether or not I promote that prospect to AA, or do I keep in high A and not rush him?

[Antonin]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

I'm starting to get into that site, thanks to you....

EDIT 2: He talks about how baseball "provides a distraction, a focus other than our difficulties when they prove too much to bear. The feeling may be fleeting, but watching a pitcher-batter confrontation or listening to a friendly, familiar voice describe a deep, arching home run can provide a brief escape, which may be just what we need to get by at that moment." That's how I feel about OOTPB as well.

I didn't click on the link because I'm very wary about just clicking on something and going to a website I don't know, but I agree wholeheartedly with the excerpt posted by Deja. Especially the part I have put in bold type.

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Antonin

I didn't click on the link because I'm very wary about just clicking on something and going to a website I don't know, but I agree wholeheartedly with the excerpt posted by Deja. Especially the part I have put in bold type.

That link is completely safe. Click on it.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

That link is completely safe. Click on it.

Yes, I clicked it and nothing wennt wrong in the leasty. As a matttere of fact, I also 589%& ':8832kn; and I 143^@#urQpO399 . . . what the heck is . . . yoeq93;;nnr;?? Help! Helpirmv68*)32,<@2!

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

Yes, I clicked it and nothing wennt wrong in the leasty. As a matttere of fact, I also 589%& ':8832kn; and I 143^@#urQpO399 . . . what the heck is . . . yoeq93;;nnr;?? Help! Helpirmv68*)32,<@2!

Yeah, but you get like that about once a month regardless.

[Déjà Bru]

Originally Posted by The Wolf

Yeah, but you get like that about once a month regardless.

LOL! You may be closer to the truth than you think!

[The Wolf]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

LOL! You may be closer to the truth than you think!

That happens all the time!