>Won Lee,
>
>Thank you for your kind talk about baseball. To be honest, unlike my
>brother, I was never sports-inclined, but I do realize I seem to miss alot
>for not into sports. With regards to baseball, I would love to know the
>game's essence like what constitutes win, how each team is made up of and
>each member/player's role, NOT how to play the game. Silly me, picking up
>a book sort of called Baseball for Dummies without thinking the author is
>trying to teach people how to play the game (did not buy it though),
>totally not my cup of tea for this, and probably there would be very few
>people like me wanting to appreciate the game without knowing all the
>bolts and nuts of it.
The object of the game is: At the end of the game the team with more runs
win. This could mean, "score more runs then your opponent." But that
could also mean, "prevent your opponent from scoring more runs then
you." The ideal situation would be for a team to be able to do both: able
to prevent the other team from scoring while scoring a lot of runs
themselves. Unfortunately, it's hard to construct a team like this because
their is a limited amount of players and limited amount of financial
resources. The GM, general manager, is responsible for constructing the
team. The GM usually has a preference of what type of team to build due to
the home park. Because you play half your games at your home park, it
would be to the teams advantage to build a team that would be beneficial in
the home park.
Watching baseball games is actually the most helpful. The announcers these
days are very good and will give you lots of insight into the game. I like
Joe Morgan on ESPN as long as the Reds aren't involved. He has a lot of
insightful things to say. I dislike Tim McCarver because while he does
have insightful things to say now and then but tries too hard. He tries
too hard to say something insightful and often gives garbage tangents.
[Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
