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Baseball

Bluetus

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5. The only games worth watching are BANANA BALL

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2026, 04:45 PM

Yesterday

MLB is dreadfully boring. It is now just home runes and strikeouts. The pace-of-play rules don't make it any more interesting. It just means the boredom is over sooner.

Give me BANANA BALL any day of the week. A pitcher on stilts. An outfielder catching a line drive while doing a back flip. Infielders breaking into song when going to the mound for a conference. Now that is worth watching.

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They're the most exciting plays in baseball--and they're going extinct. [View all] Diamond_Dog Yesterday OP

Maybe outfielders have better arms or baserunners are scared to stretch hits into extra bases Alpeduez21 Yesterday #1

Could be. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #2

The arc of the ball people are trying to attain displacedvermoter Yesterday #3

Did they consider that outfielders are, on average, faster than they used to be? fargone Yesterday #4

The only games worth watching are BANANA BALL Bluetus Yesterday #5

Sounds like theater and baseball combined. waterwatcher123 21 hrs ago #8

It is basically the Globetrotters of baseball Bluetus 20 hrs ago #9

I'm With You! PBC_Democrat 19 hrs ago #10

Yep. And these guys are really skilled Bluetus 6 hrs ago #11

You gotta have a rule book in hand to really enjoy Banana Ball. Brother Buzz 3 hrs ago #12

I like rule 10 -- challenges Bluetus 1 hr ago #13

Oh man, I would love to have seen Harry Doyle in the booth Brother Buzz 2 min ago #14

Interesting. A stolen base used to mean two hits got a run. underpants 23 hrs ago #6

Also the slightly bigger bases Diamond_Dog 22 hrs ago #7