Headache in a Suitcase said:
i can't understand how people can sit through a soccer game, so i guess we'll have to just agree to disagree.
I think the appeal of soccer is its simplicity, and the fact that to see a professional euro match in person is a beautiful thing. The other main factor of footie's awesomeness comes from the fact that the clock never stops.
There are no TV timeouts, no breaks between innings, you don't wait 15 seconds for a pitcher to dust up his hands and scratch his ass before throwing, there are no switching squads between defense/offence - it's a constant game that goes roaring along with the players and the fans.
Even if they do just pass the damn ball around forever
I don't follow baseball much since the Expos left for Washington to continue their suckage, but I loved it when I was younger.
The appeal of baseball is sitting outside on a warm summer evening as the sun goes down, watching the action, talking to good friends, and eating consession food. It's honestly like the country fair and apple pie, you get it or you don't. The beauty of the game is that I can have as much fun at a minor league game with 8,000 people in the stands as I can have at a major league venue.
Wishy-washy nostalga-marinated movies like 61*, The Natural, and Field of Dreams don't hurt either - watch those back to back and you'll be chewing tobacco and calling balks in no time.