Late night bullshit: A "smart guy's" sport.

[Direckshun]

How about this:

Baseball is harder to learn how to play.

Football is harder to learn how to deeply understand.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

How about this:

Baseball is harder to learn how to play.

Football is harder to learn how to deeply understand.

I think even that's debatable. There are layers and layers of strategy that go into baseball. Most people don't think about it while they're sitting there scarfing down nachos. Yeah you can try to boil it down to the pitcher and batter matchup, which is an entire essay by itself... matchups, pitch counts, pitch arsenal, batter strengths, available relief pitchers/pinch hitters... and on and on. Even then, managers will line the defenders up across the field based on hit charts of each player. And from there, those adjustments may change depending on the count, who is on base, what base they are on, the game score and situation, the pitcher on the mound, the weather, field dimensions.

[ChiefAshhole20]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

How about this:

Baseball is harder to learn how to play.

Football is harder to learn how to deeply understand.

I'd still say golf is harder than both of those sports in each of those aspects.

[Simply Red]

He's basically Simon Cowell, let's face it.

[Cephalic Trauma]

I think we can say with certainty that the smartest man to invent a sport was the man who came up with mud/KY wrestling.

[Simply Red]

I tend to lean basketball - with that said; there are chock full of variables and with most all sports you could fairly easily 'make the case.' I'd have to say there's not one true 'clear cut' leader, here.

That's my final opinion on it...

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

How about this:

Baseball is harder to learn how to play.

Football is harder to learn how to deeply understand.

I pretty much agree:

I think if you use the terms tactics & strategy & techniques, there almost has to be more tactics and strategy in football.

The techniques involved in baseball might be a little harder / require to learn, so I do agree.. mostly...but blocking and tackling require learning proper technique also.

Strategy-wise (big picture game planning) I think it could be close also....run game / solid defense/ ball control being an example of a strategy a team might employ in football..........'small ball' being thre eqivolent maybe in base ball...bunting, stealing, 1 run....and good pitching/D.
There are probably more types of strategies in football, so yah....football wins by a little there too.

Tactics it isnt even close.......football BLOWS away baseball...and most other sports by having an almost infinite number of offensive and defensive tactics. chess, bridge & go all have this, but are not sports.......

do a google on 'chess tactics quotes' and you will see that the vast majority of chess masters agree that tactics is the number one element of chess...the heart, soul....

it is the same with football IMO

In general I consider that in chess everything rests on tactics. If one thinks of strategy as a block of marble, then tactics are the chisel with which a master operates, in creating works of chess art.-------- Grandmaster Petrosian