But the Washington Nationals baseball team has been doing really well this year and they have a tendency to WIN those tough close games at the end, so I've gotten a bit more into a watching habit. It also helps that they play most of their games at night just as I'm sitting down to dinner (when I'm going to watch "some" TV anyway).
They've won 7 games in a row, something like the last 6 of 7 games have been won by 1 run late in the game, and the last 3 games were "walk-offs" (which I think means that, as the home team, they score the winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning and don't even have to complete the inning). So they just "walk off" the field in the middle of the last inning.
And their fielding is a delight to watch. They make plays I never even heard of a decade ago. Say there are runners on 1st and 2nd base. The batter hits a ball to the 1st baseman. Traditionally, the 1st baseman would just run to 1st base with the ball and force 1 out there while the runners advanced. But no, the 1st baseman throws to 3rd, who throws back to first and its a double play! I even saw a double play from a ball that went into the outfield!
I'm amazed! And a fan who is becoming more knowledgeable with each game I watch.
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I like watching a variety of sports on television, Mark - although, like you, I usually plan to do something else at the same time so it doesn't seem too lazy and too much like a 'waste' of my time. I like the skill involved, the strategies and tactics and getting emotionally connected to the competitive interaction.
All that said - baseball? Nup. Not something that interests me very much. And, of course, it's not played very much in Australia and is never shown on television.
Megan
Sydney, Australia
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