I want to get into American sports. Should I get into American football, basketball, baseball or ice hockey, and why? Where do you watch them? Are there any good resources to learn about those sports?
You get into NFL because it's the best spectator sport for an outsider.Baseball is too boring.Basketball has too many fouls.Ice hockey is too random and is like watching a game of pinball on ice.Go with the NFL. Just read Wikipedia and r*ddit, and then watch YouTube videos of old games. Very accessible.
>>153687418I went to a minor league baseball game in america once, was a pretty cool experience
American football and hockey are the best ones. Apehoop is boring and boreball is dead and won’t be back for a while with an upcoming strike.
>>153687418>Should I get into American football, basketball, baseball or ice hockey, and why? I would say football, it's the most relevant one here and it's easy to keep up since teams only play once a week (kinda like soccer). However NFL season just ended and it won't start again until September, right now there's NBA, NHL and MLB is gonna start in a month.>Where do you watch them?Just search for streams on reddit>Are there any good resources to learn about those sports?Wikipedia I guess?
baseball is great because its relaxing enough that you dont need to follow every minute detail or play but it can snowball into a lead change or break the game open with just the smallest amount of momentum. what you need to remember, and I really, genuinely cannot stress this enough, please read what a pitcher's role is and what he does, and you'll understand why the ball isn't put into play every 5 seconds. unless you watch the rockies. or A's. Or white sox
>>153687636Minor league? So like a 2nd or 3rd division game?
>>153687631Are Brits into American sports? I thought you all watched the Premier League.
>>153689185Yeah we have a whole minor league system (MiLB) here with five different levels I think.The WBC (World Cup of baseball) starts soon so you could try watching that. Just know it'll be different from league play, there are certain rule limitations not featured in MLB, because of the tournament nature.
>>153689959Thanks, I'll check it out.
>>153687418Baseball and football are the best, don't waste your time with basketball. I don't watch hockey so I don't have an opinion on it.>Are there any good resources to learn about those sports?Watching games is the best way to learn the rules, you can check wikipedia or something as well.
>>153691615Is there any way to watch those sports outside the US?
>>153687418>ice hockeybecause youre canadianstream themyoure canadian
>>153692453oops, i saw the actual flag as soon as i posted this. diregard.anyway, our "big 4" sports are football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. pick one you like the most, then pick a team. most of us are born into fanhoods of certain teams based on where we grow up so idk who to tell you to root for. follow the team, learn the players, learn the game, then figure out how to watch.
>>153687418Football = everybodyBaseball = latino's and whitesBasketball = blacks and eurotrashHokey = whites who live near Canada
>>153692430Like the other anon said search for streams on reddit or wherever else you find streams for sports.
football is the most american. baseball used to be most american. its really chill, but theres 162 games in a season so you have to stay on top of the statistics to know ball. hockey is the most consistently fun to watch but its unfortunately kinda niche now, but you get rabid fans that love their teams (my red wings:) basketball is fun in the playoffs but its soft and gay during the season
>>153687418The NFL youtube highlights have been an alright way to casually follow it, although they could do with more replays instead of rushing through it. If you don't know any results you could go to the playlists and start at week 1 of last season.
>>153692516Does American football appeal to everybody or is it just easier to be a fan of American football?
>>153688313>unless you watch the rockies. or A's. Or white soxWhat do they do differently?
>>153693485they mean that everyone here watches football>>153695106they are just shit teams with shit owners with no sign of improvement
Baseball is better the older you get>>153693485A bit of both but it is the most popular sport to play in high school
>>153695106Rockies and A's are also compunded by playing in crap stadiums (A's are currently playing in a temporary stadium in preparation for a move to a new one, the move itself is questionable but their old stadium was also bad)
>>153687418>American footballget a NES emulator and play Tecmo Super Bowl. it makes you appreciate american football and despite being 35 years old its still fun to play.
>>153687418baseball is the obvious choice with the WBC and season opener coming up in a very soon. You can rely on a baseball game every night till October
>>153695264Coors Field is nice as fuck wdym
>>153695324A lot of people there. Looks like fun.
>>153695611They somehow have good attendance despite having an awful team
>>153695298Have you played it?
The big 4 are all soulless. Ice hockey is decent but only really enjoyable in person plus only yankees care about it mostly. Baseball is boring but comfy, especially minor leagues. Worst part about it is that they let too many teams into the postseason and it was already a "get hot at the right time" kinda sport. Ape hoop's only function is to sell hiv prep meds to zesty nogs and for libtard Whites to follow to look less racist. As a sport it was perma crocked by spamming 3 pointers and the refs inability to call basic dribbling violations (due to racism). Leading us to the most soulless and retarded sport (hence the most popular) American football. This is the most boring sport to watch live because most of the time you stare at fat men milling about while the tv audience is shown the same truck/beer commercial incessantly. When they actually do play, stoppage is imminent due to catastrophic injury to a fat (legs finally gave up) or a roided nog (concussion). Playing fantasy football is as close to having a real Death Note as it gets. The gameplay seems high IQ but it really just boils down to whether the refs want to punish your team with arbitrary holding calls. All of these sports are subject to the whims of franchise owner, Mr Shekelberg. If Shekelberg can't get the city taxpayers to build him a new stadium with tax increases (his stadium is 5 years old and needs "modernizing") he will take your childhood team and move it to a metropolitan area naive enough to pay for his new stadium.I watch pro disc golf. The courses are usually interesting to look at and feature the one thing America hasn't ruined yet, the nature parks, and the players are there for the love of the game (also 90% White). There is a lot Christian frolfers that make redditors seethe and even some decently attractive female players.
>>153697887NHL truly is the least pozzed one of the four
>>153695611You'd probably identify with the Rockies given how they are the high elevation team, which is a major blessing and curse in baseball.
>>153692638>football is the most americanIt's an import. Billiards, that's a US invention.
>>153687418playoff baseballeverything else is for retards, children, and retarded children
>>153698539>playoff baseball How about regular basketball
>>153699272I mean regular baseball
>>153698446>It's an importHow is American football an import?
boreball and handegg take way too long and handegg is unwatchable with the amount of ads. Apehoop is dying because everyone is throwing 3 pointers. Hockey is the clear favorite. With onhockey you always have a reliable source of streams too.
/cric/
>>153700714>>153700726That's cricket or hockey?
>>153700797yes
>>153696828yes.people still make mods with updated squads and bug fixes.
>>153687418american football is one of the more popular sport, so you should start there. you can watch college football or just watch the nfl. usually, people who watch college ball are college students or alumni. for me tho, i watch hockey (despite living in florida). glad you're taking interest!
>>153701566How did you get into ice hockey despite living in Florida? That's pretty cool.
>>153687418why tf would you do that
>>153701681the panthers are a good team, and i used to live in washington state
>>153702065Nice. The Panthers uniform looks cool as well. Can you play ice hockey in Florida too?
>>153701756Sports are fun.
>>153687418As European, who only watched football all my life and just last 2 years started checking other sports, I would go with baseball and hockey. NFL is commercial galore with barely and gametime and lazy fucks play only like 17 games each regular season. NBA gets worse each year and is also completely boring with zero defense, diving and chucking 3s. 1. Baseball2. NHL3. NFL4. NBA
>>153701756Brazil should play those sports too
>>153707659Brazil is playing in the World Baseball Classic this year.
Watch Bananaball OP.
>>153709006That's cool. Maybe we can play someday too.
>>153687418Football and basketball are the only true American sports. Baseball has been taken over by spics. If you want to get hardcore American watch college football and basketball although it’s not what it was before NIL.
>>153697915This article is literally one day old. All four leagues are equally soulless.
>>153709429>NILWhat's that?
>>153687418>Should I get into American football, basketball, baseball or ice hockey,Why not follow all four? If "amateur" athletics doesn't put you off you could pick a college that sponsors all four big sports at the highest level and follow their teams as they as heavily or lightly as you desire. Here is a list:United States Air Force Academy (Air Force)++Arizona State UniversityUnited States Military Academy (Army)+Boston CollegeBowling Green State University (Bowling Green)*Brown University*Cornell University*Dartmouth College*Harvard University*College of the Holy Cross*Lindenwood University*Long Island University*University of Maine*Merrimack CollegeMiami University (Miami(Ohio))+++University of Michigan++Michigan State University++University of Minnesota+++University of Notre Dame+++Ohio State University+++Pennsylvania State University*Princeton University*Sacred Heart University*University of St. Thomas++University of Connecticut (UConn)Western Michigan University*Yale University*These colleges play football in the Division 1 Championship Subdivision (FCS) so they are effectivly not at the highest level of football competion and have less media coverage as a result+,++,+++Higher media coverage/larger fan basesRealistically you are on 4chan and will be a fan with other 4channers so find which general you enjoy lurking/posting in the most. /cbb/ or /march maddness/ will be coming up soon for college apehoop so watch out for tbose in particular. Its a fun time even if you don't have a dog in the fight.>>153709964Name, Image, and LikenessCourts shat on custom and said NCAA can't restrict student-athletes from monetizing their NIL. De facto pay for play ensued and most people dislike the kiked results. (At least now everybody pays players so the privledged cheaters have stumbled a bit)
>>153710372Thank you, Anon. Is there a way to watch or stream those outside of the US? How do people inside the US watch sports?
>>153710396Standard piracy sites would be my bet. Often they are listed under NCAA, NCAAF. SEAniggers often restream on youtube God bless them. TV or increasingly streaming in the US. I DVR my schools games so I can watch later at my convenience and skip the ads.https: streameast.fit ncaa-streams Duke NC State should be a good game if you want to try apehoop.
>>153710372>and most people dislike the kiked resultsnot true at all, fucking Indiana won the national championship. shit would have been unthinkable pre-NIL
>>153710609>not true at allBullshit.1. Indiana's victory more on Cignetti than NIL. 2. Tying success to finacial resources is why private capital, jersey advertisements, field/stadium sponsorships and transfer portal gayness is all happening now.3. Georgia-Oklahoma vs. NCAA started this shit, but at least college sports got easier to watch.4. The rich will get richer. Gonna get tired of seeing the same old teams in a few years.5. The plague of 6th year seniors6. Football money destroying smaller sports, but just see 4.Finally found my favorite piracy site btw: https: tvpass.org
>>153700714Funny
>>153700726>BBL on his sleeveBased retard enjoys his plump latinas
>>153687418Baseball is a sport that’s really exciting when the games are at high stakes. If you’re really interested, the WBC (international tournament) is in a few days. The sport is an acquired taste but once you start understanding all the nuances there’s really nothing like it.
Peru should launch a baseball program and become a superpower.
>>153712671What do you play in Chile besides football?
>>153712680We have a traditional sport called ligma
>>153712680They play getting stuck in mines and crashing airplanes into mountains
>>153696828Heh, come at me bro.
>>153713817Cool. Are there more modern versions of it?
>>153687418all of them are rigged and rehearsed except maybe hockey
>>153713817Based.I wish I could play local multiplayer with someone.>>153715170Actually the point is that Tecmo Super Bowl is all you need to get into the sport. Modern games are bloated.
>>153715170There were but they weren't as good. There are modders who update roms, some are good and some are bad. The classic experience on the original NES, with the controllers just can't be beat.
>>153715310I used to play RBI Baseball and Tecmo online in the early 10's. It's easily possible with emulators and each person having a decent connection.
>>153715170ea sports games around 07-12ish before they introduced player cards and ultimate teams werent that bad. even games in the the 00-07ish range arent that bad if you dont mind no "skill stick" and like an arcade style of play. get like a ps2 emulator and play games from 00s - early10s times if you want it more modern.
>>153715310>>153715353>>153715496Can you learn how to play and the rules with videogames? I wonder if the rules have changed too much as of 2026 when compared to playing 2000s or 2010s games.
>>153715956you can learn the general rules for sure, but small little details of the sport that you might only learn by playing it, probably not. lets take hockey for example, when you are a small child first playing as a defenseman, one of the first things they will teach you is, if you have the puck in your own zone and the other team is closing you down and you have no teammate to pass to, dont ever try to force something to happen, just chip it off the glass and into the neutral zone. practically an unspoken rule of hockey that im sure 99% of nhl defenders know too, but there is no button in a video game to just chip the puck off the glass and into the neutral zone. you try to get cute with the puck there in real life and you will drive coaches mad, and depending on what type of team/league you are playing on, its an easy way to find yourself stapled to the bench. but in a video game nothing happens. so you didnt really learn the "rules" of hockey by playing a hockey video game. im sure there are rules and scenarios like that for every sport and every video game. i just used hockey as an example because its the only sport i know that well.overall the strategies would have likely changed more than the rules. the biggest rule change across all the major league sports in the past 25 years is probably the expansion of video review. the format of overtime in some sports has changed a bit, but its still next goal wins. full contact sports like the nfl or nhl have cracked down on guys heeming other guys. harsh penalties for headshots/blindside hits etc that might not have been the case 20 years ago. most rules changes are generally minor, like where the ball is placed or faceoff or inbounding happens after something happens.
>>153687418>>153710372I cannot agree more with this anon, great advice
>>153687418baseballdo itit's very comfykino
>>153716185A very interesting post about hockey and videogames, thanks Anon.
>>153695619It's because they're there to see the other team. It's a nice stadium though (albeit a slight bit tiny). Since Denver is a huge hub for a lot of airlines, most people on the West Coast can get flights to Denver round trip for under $150. I went to Denver and saw my team put up the most runs in team history coincidentally the game I was at 25-2 (Angels). Would definitely go back again just for the stadium. The city of Denver did leave a lot to be desired but I wasn't expecting it to be like California or NY
>>153709471NHL players refused to participate in any gay pride shit. It's the last league that still has integrity and the players try their hardest like previous generations. Outside Edmonton, nobody really gets refpucked. The rules are very definitive and leaves little room for ambiguity. I wish more people got into hockey so I have a chance to talk with non anons about it. Also since we're Americans and Canadians take it way more serious than us, it's fun to rub it in their face how much of a failure at hockey they are these days. Also the stereotype that only whites are into hockey is not true. If you go to games you see everyone of all colors there
>>153687631>You get into NFL because it's the best spectator sport for an outsider.What do I need to consume to become this retarded? Or were you just born that way?
>>153718097I used to think John Denver was from Denver. Later I discovered he's not from Denver, he got that stage name because his original surname is too awkward to pronounce correctly, so he went with John Denver.
>>153687418Basedball because it's the most comfy.
>>153716217>looks away from the batter he just robbed like a little bitch
>>153687418NFL is by far the best American sport. It’s entertaining on the field with the best competitive balance. Everyone tries to win every game. Baseball and basketball teams stop trying when they’re no longer in contention. NFL also has the most interesting in-game strategy. It will take you a few games to understand the basics but once you do, you can criticize coaching decisions like the rest of us retards
I watch the MLS and thoroughly enjoy it
>>153719210>I watch the MLS and thoroughly enjoy it.How do you feel about the Premier League? I thought Brits preferred the it over other soccer leagues.
>>153716185you can manually aim shots/dumps in 360 degrees when youre not in the offensive zone in easports NHL you casual
>>153718687How is baseball comfy?
>>153687418baseball is kinoyou can even watch/listen to it while shitposting without missing a thing unlike other sports
>>153702065>the panthers are a good team>openly admits to being a bandwagonKWAB i fucking hate florida
>>153723315I've heard baseball is popular in Mexico? Do you watch games or do you play too?
>>153725514I thought Swedes loved Florida.
>>153719202In America, how are football games usually watched? Your local TV station? Or do you need some kind of subscription?
>>153731775Until very recently local stations and Cable carried everything. Now it's a crap shoot where things are, but unless you're in a weird prime time game your local TV station will be carrying your teams games to watch.
>>153725514B-but Forsling!
>>153687418well, in terms of game flow hockey is probably the most similar to soccer if that's what you're after.
>>153693485NFL is tailor-made for TV which let it get the drop on the other three of the Big Four sports in the 60s and 70s when TV became widespread. all the other leagues play basically every day of the week which means in the pre-cable era where you only had three channels to watch no broadcaster wanted to air the games. NFL by contrast traditionally only plays once a week on Sundays which makes it perfect primetime TV. this allowed the NFL to more easily disseminate through culture because you didn't have to physically attend the games to be able to enjoy them. you could see every game your team played, even the away games, from the comfort of your living room. especially valuable for a sport that plays a winter season, often in northerly climates where it snows.
>>153697887which is why you watch lower division college sports. nobody gives a fuck about DivII college baseball, for example. for me, it my local girls' softball team.
>>153700661technically invented in Canada
>>153715956the rules changes for football since the 80s are negligible for understanding the actual function of the game. of the top of my head you have to announce onside kicks now, and touchback distances got shifted a few yards.
>>153718138>game factually has 60 minutes of actual playtime>"durr 11 minutes of playing"certified retard moment
>>153687418Baseball is the kinoest one by far, and the one with the most matches (162 per season per team)
>>153692516>latino'swhy is there an apostrophe here
>>153733732From what I've seen so far, this is accurate. I wish we had local hockey teams.
>>153734595Obvious signs of a phoneposter.
>>153733820>technically invented in CanadaHow so?
>>153733862What is he talking about?
>>153687418>Should I get into American football, basketball, baseball or ice hockey, and why? Ice hockey and baseball are my two favorites, the others just bore me. Ice hockey is fast and exciting, and filters out people with poor vision and/or bad screens. We also just had the olympic tournament renew excitement around the sport to a level that hasn't been seen in decades. Baseball is our tradition and admittedly I don't watch a lot of games on TV, but going to a game at the ballpark is a quintessential American experience. Playoff and international baseball are great because the slow sequencing actually pays off with many dramatic moments and storylines.>Where do you watch them? Streaming services, some paid and some are free previews that I just open a new tab in Incognito to watch each time they expire>Are there any good resources to learn about those sports?/sp/
>>153733862You seem to forget that much of the clock time keeps ticking between plays
>>153700661American football started the same way all other codes of football started, in British schoolyards. Why do you think each of the anglo countries have their own version of it?
>>153741710Now it makes sense. Though I was trying to say that American football, as it is, is an entirely American invention, distinct from their British origins.
>>153716217Kek based
>>153718735>>153744965What happened in that video?
>>153741287There's 60 minutes on the game clock, but games are 3 hours long because of stoppages for commercial breaks, injuries, half-time, play reviews, etc.
>>153687418Minnesota boys high school hockey state tournament is on now. Its low commercial hockey, so you can see if you like the game without as many ads as the NHL. https://kstp.com/45tv/prep45/mshsl-tournaments/#streamingplayer
>>153751615Thanks for the link, I appreciate it. When looking for information about ice hockey, Minnesota is always mentioned. Is Minnesota the center for ice hockey in all of the United States? Do the best NHL teams come from there?
>>153687701>ApehoopThe NFL isn't really that much less black than the NBA.
>>153749608Are play reviews done while the game itself is running? Aren't they done in separate programs after the game has ended? Or you mean just showing the movements in replay until the game resumes?
>>153741680So the game keeps going, but other things happen at the same time in the broadcast too?
>>153687418They're all good besides basketball
>>153755336That anon was talking about in gam reviews, play is stopped during these reviews, it's similar to VAR in soccer.
>>153764007That's cool. Are those reviews used to determine a foul and the referee can use it as proof or is it just a TV thing without value?
>>153765576>is it just a TV thing without value?No, it definitely has value. Reviews can be used to determine whether or not a player made a catch, fumbled (this is when a ball carrier loses control of the ball, the other team can gain control of the ball if they recover it), scores a touchdown, and other things. The head coach of each team carries a flag that he can throw onto the field to signal that he wants to challenge a call, and can only be used twice a game, if the call on the field that was challenged is not overturned the team that made the challenge loses a timeout (each gets three timeouts a half). There are also automatic reviews such as all scoring plays.
>>153763957What happens with basketball?
>>153687418just watch ncaa gymnastics bro
>>153770329Why NCAA gymnastics? How do you watch NCAA sports outside the US?
>>153687418Just look at the most active generals on /sp/. MLB, NFL and NHL. Nobody gives a fuck about NBA anymore except gamblers
>>153763923It's clock management, sometimes you wanna waste as much time as possible if you're ahead and don't wanna give the ball back to the enemy team, it'll force them to use timeouts and get more predictable if they get it back because they're gonna try and stop it as much as possible if they're down multiple scores. Here's the Bengals literally counting it down as an example from last season https://youtube.com/shorts/fMdXKL4O3ws?si=_Mjk-1nak3h-tu4j
NFL but it's a weird game, it's like a tabletop game in turns and they only play for 15 minutesHockey is better as a sportSince you have time you should check rugby
>>153781856That's interesting. What happens in rugby?
>>153687418All the sports you listed are Canadian sports.
>>153784275Ice hockey, but all the other sports are entirely American. Even the most popular ice hockey league is the NHL, which is American.
>>153744965Batter struck out due to a questionable call by the umpire, had a meltie, and the ump ejected him from the game.
>>153792795I see, thanks. I find it interesting how referees in baseball are called umpires and not referees.
>>153716185>EA Sports..It's in the game.
>>153785129basket is canadian
>>153753434roughly 60% of NFL players are black, closer to 85% of NBA players are. it's a big difference.
>>153738250the earliest rules of football as distinct from rugby were independently developed both in Canada and the US, ending up with a similar game in the process. the Canadian version was slightly earlier but the US version ended up the most popular. Canadian Football still retains those differences to this day, with stuff like 12 man teams and no 4th down.
I like hockey, but it's better to start with low level hockey instead of going straight to the NHL. I like to watch my home town team play.
>>153799228Spain has a local ice hockey scene? Where?
>>153799256We have an Iberian league, and hockey it's a pretty popular sport in the Pyrenees. It's a very low level league and it's not even close to the big leagues of the continent, but it's there.
>>153799365I hope it expands and becomes more relevant. We need more sports in the world.
>>153798516It was invented by a Canadian who later became an American citizen. Also it spreaded thanks to American efforts as well.
>>153687631The NFL would be great if not for all the mandatory breaksWhy does it need a break when the ball changes sides? it makes no sense. It's there to show extra ads
>>153803480ice hockey is limited by the need for an ice rink. roller hockey or field hockey is more easily prepped for.
>>153817605Is field hockey a popular sport in the US?
>>153819267For high school girls in some parts of the country. Otherwise no not at all
>>153687418I honestly think the videogames are the best way to learn about American sports, as you literally learn by doing. The easiest sport to get into is hockey because it’s as simple to watch on a superficial level as soccer. Basketball used to be too but it’s kind of fucked at the moment, as statistics determine that you’re basically better off finding plays that allow your players to chuck open 3 pointers than literally anything else, which make games feel very sterile, homogenous and uninteresting to watch.Baseball and football require more understanding of what’s going on behind the action, so they’re not as easy to get into.
been enjoying the WBC Perubro?
>>153819423Yeah, I've been enjoying it a lot so far, it's very cool to see all those countries participating in an international tournament. I wish the US team had won last night, you guys were pretty close. Let's see how things develop and hope you can get to the next round.
>>153819419Are there any videogames you recommend for each sport? Are there other sports that aren't mentioned here but like the games too?
>>153734595Probably a typo.
>>153819267it's mostly a Scottish thing. it's what ice hockey evolved from, because Canadians wanted way to play field hockey in the winter when everything is frozen and covered in snow. most Americans don't even know it exists.
>>153831374Do Scots still play ice hockey today?
>>153821956Idk what is the best ones but for me it was Wii sports for baseball, and the PSP NBA Live games for basketball
>>153833094You had a PSP? That's pretty cool. Do you watch baseball and basketball nowadays?
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Peruvianbro, just follow all the sports and root Chicago across the board: Cubs/Bears/Blackhawks/Fire/Bulls.
>>153837722Why Chicago?
>>153763957>>153769095Seconding
>>153838324We’re going to go on a Boston-esque title run, I swear. Get in on the ground level.
>>153813747>Why does it need a break when the ball changes sides?They switch every player in the teams. Each team has an offense and a defense roster.
>>153834905PSPs are quite cheap, i got a new one recently but i had another when i was a kid>basketballBrazilian league yes>baseballOnly WBC and SOMETIMES the highlights of the local league
>>153689897Weirdly enough the only Brits into American sports are the losers who could never play sport at school.
>>153850697....are you one of them?
>>153695298Damn haven't seen that comic in 15 years
>>153850661>Only WBC and SOMETIMES the highlights of the local leagueWhat about the MLB?
>>153851028Eh. I already find difficult for me to watch non-brazilian football, i dont really have the patience nor any connection to these teams to watch MLB
>>153851077Maybe you could pick a team and watch the games. I'm planning to do that after the WBC ends. You can probably find a stream in Portuguese as well.
>>153850709Where's that comic from?
>>153850456Good luck.
>>153890255You've been bumping this thread for the last fifteen days? I've seen you in /mlb/ I assumed you got your answer.
>>153890327Baseball it's a pretty cool sport. The World Baseball Classic is helping a lot as well, though I'd like to get to know more basketball, American football and ice hockey as well.
>>153687418The real answer is Golf. Most of the biggest tournaments are played in the US. Obviously easy to follow, and final rounds of stuff like the Masters and US Open are always kino
>>153892716Hockey playoffs will start soon which is fun for people getting into it. Just be able accept the occasional game that goes on forever because the OT rules in the playoffs are next goal wins that can sometimes take multiple periods.
>>153892926wait is this true? that sounds pretty based
>>153892926Can't hockey just do penalty shoot offs until someone wins?
>>153896478They do that during the regular season but everyone hates it.
>>153892896Yes but golf is full of golf players. And golf players are sadists who hate the world. They can't accept that their game was invented by Scottish aristocrats who wanted to have fun in their large deforested country estates in order to avoid having to learn archery.
>>153896794How about allowing ties? 1 point each if a game ends in a draw and call it a day.
>>153897982they used to do that but americans hate when games end in ties
>>153897982That's some gay ass europeon horseshit.
>>153896822golf was invented by shepherds with nothing better to do with the fields and meadows their sheep had eaten down to the roots. especially ones living on the coastlines where there were a lot of sand dunes.
>>153899246So you don't really need a lot of grassy fields to play golf?
>>153902051You don't need to pick. Watch Baseball, Hockey, and Football playoffs. Regular seasons only really matters if you have a team. Regular season baseball is summer relaxing. I think the playoffs can be more intense than in other sports. Game 7 of the 2025 world series is a great example.You can skip regular season hockey, but the playoffs are amazing as they play at a higher speed.Football is the most fun to play. But ever since they stopped covering up the brain damage research, it has lost its visceral feel. It was loved for its brutality and much of that is gone. So you have to either have a team, or know what games to pick and watch. The wildcard round of the playoffs is typically the peak of the season. Of all the sports mentioned, coaches matter the most.
>>153902051you do, but historically those grassy fields would've been grazing pastures that didn't require any real maintenance, and were usually available for the commons to use.
>>153902328Forgot to add that baseball is a game that you can be doing other things and follow. It always lent itself to radio and that is why it was "America's pastime." And football is the converse, radio doesn't do it justice and you need to visually pay attention every 30 sec. Hockey is even more constant attention.
