Classyposter58;1392751 wrote:Oh come on Babe Ruth became who he was because he hit so many, and Roger Maris would have had his own ESPN channel that year he broke the record. We all love the home run, and hitting in general. Why else do you think All-Star voting is almost entirely based on hitting
Using this shit as a defense of your stance isn't helping you.
Babe Ruth became who he was partly because of hitting HRs in the dead ball era and bigger parks. But also, his personality is a huge reason to why he is who he is.
And Maris probably wouldn't have gotten his own ESPN channel. Mantle might have, but not Maris. Rog was not considered a media favorite.
'We all' is a generalization. Personally, my favorite hit is a backside gap shot that ends up being a triple. For the casual fan, hitting is the only entertaining thing. Personally, I love watching how the catcher works. The defensive plays. The heads up plays they make throughout the game. Is the outfield moving, etc etc. But I know and understand the game. I can see why you prefer only watching homeruns though.
And using the All-Star vote being entirely about hitting falls right into karen's point about people with short attention spans.
