tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post6720662216759276616..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: BaseballJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-55349814846980733432011-10-08T06:25:15.512-05:002011-10-08T06:25:15.512-05:00The contrast between the situation game and the fl...The contrast between the situation game and the flow game is really sharp. <br /><br />Might tennis be seen as a bit of both?Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-36477605330801611322011-10-06T12:53:13.568-05:002011-10-06T12:53:13.568-05:00Brilliant! I still don't know every rule in ba...Brilliant! I still don't know every rule in baseball (so I embarrassed my husband quite often while we are watching a game at the bar). But you articulate why I am drawn to it anyway. I discovered it once in a game my team was playing: they went into overtime, and in the 13th inning they lost 12 - 7.Spanish profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248530328973177920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-60940767211738531582011-10-06T11:49:27.687-05:002011-10-06T11:49:27.687-05:00Right, but the situation can shift incrementally w...Right, but the situation can shift incrementally without dramatics. A 1-1 count is suddenly a 3-1. Really good pitching is tense but results in little action. Exciting baseball with lots of hitting and mistakes is less impressive than defensive duels.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-18098242237609933572011-10-06T11:45:16.006-05:002011-10-06T11:45:16.006-05:00"Situation" and "excitement against..."Situation" and "excitement against a backdrop of tedium" are closely related -- it's the situation that makes the tedium tense, and the excitement consists in the sudden resolution of one situation into another.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.com