1 Football is what watch between Baseball seasons.  Nothing more.

Unless the Bears are good.  Then it's a little more important than that, but not much.

2 "I'm trying to watch the Super Bowl. If people don't support this thing, it might not make it." -Abraham Simpson

Yeah, I'd rather watch a baseball game than a football game any time. Baseball has always seemed more, well, civilized. Less filled with arbitrary rules, less populated by hulking, no-necked mutants. Not that there's anything wrong with hulking, no-necked mutants.

3 Baseball is okay to watch as long as you're at a game.  At the house, I very seldom watch baseball.  It's not as exciting to me.

I love football because of the strategy.  There is so much going on in the design of the plays, and when you have to go for it on fourth down, clock management, and everything.  I especially love guessing and second guessing play calling (It's going to be a screen pass, or no, they should have run a draw there!  And so on).  The strategy in baseball doesn't appeal to me the same way.

Of course because the freaking Steelers got to six now, I'm kinda down.  This was the worst football season of my life.  All of my favorite teams just crashed and burned while the Steelers got everything.  Horrible. 

4 Football may have a more complex strategy, but I'd generally prefer to watch Baseball, simply because its easier to actually tell what is happening.

5

There's a lot of strategy in baseball, too, but it can be subtle. It's things like pitching strategies, how the fielders place themselves in a given situation, and in particular in how and when the coach decides to replace players.

(Just in passing, that's why the DH rule sucks. It's too easy on the coaches. I should have specified that what I prefer to watch is the National League.)

6 I've stepped in it now, haven't I? "DH Rule" arguments are as passionate as perl-versus-php or mac-versus-windows...

7 You guys are making fun of my religion... ;_;

8 Hah, like I get passionate about baseball, *period*.  I can't even remember which league has the DH.

9 That would be the un-American league. It's the one the White Sox are in. That's how you know it's evil.

10 I go back and forth on the DH.  On one hand, you're right, it makes it easy on the coaches.  And that is bad.  On the other hand, it makes way for a player like David Ortiz, who despite being strictly a DH, I think is an exciting player. 

Despite being a Rangers fan--meaning at playoff time I start rooting for the Red Sox anyway (just because of that awesome comeback series against the Yankees a few years ago...and because at playoff time the Rangers are on vacation), Ortiz is maybe my favorite player in the game (Other than possibly Marlon Byrd...a fairly good, but not really exceptional Rangers outfielder...really just a local fan favorite for the way he came out of nowhere two years ago to be a solid player for us).

11 Arson55 I stand in awe of anybody who is still a fan of the heart breaking soul corroding ding dang Rangers who have led me up the garden path and out behind the barn so many, many, times. It's only worth it if you can get out to the stadium in Arlington these days.

12

They play baseball in DFW?  There was a football game yesterday? 

Who keeps letting these things happen without telling me?

13 I hear they have a really good ballpark.

Their complete inability to accomplish anything, ever, though, has sort of soured me on baseball.  The strikes didn't help, and to be honest, I like the combination of strategy (which has gone through the roof in recent years--last night turned repeatedly on specific play designs, and I don't mean gimmicks) and individual/group matchups.

If it helps, think of each play like one pitch, only the outfield is working just as hard to read the batter(s) and outperform them as the pitcher and catcher are.

14 toadold- same deal here, except insert "Orioles".

I don't think they've actually had a decent team in my lifetime. . .

15 Toadold, there is no doubt in my mind that Tom Hicks is possibly the worst owner in sports (and he owns two of my teams, damn him!).  However, I've lived in Arlington most of my life so it's usually not hard to get to a few games a year.  Except last year I worked in the kitchen of one of the restaurants there so I didn't usually catch much except the 8th inning (you know, after the kitchens have closed and before the game's over so I can still get to my car and head home fairly early easily 'cause I'm freaking hot and tired after a 9 hour shift in the kitchen).

Still, after not going to games much the few years before (I was living in east Texas at the time).  It kinda got me back into baseball.  The energy at the games adds a lot of fun to it, even if you're only watching a single inning.  But even with that, my sport of choice is still football.  I do just love the strategy of it.  Oh, and the incredibly athletic performances of the players helps too.

16 I grew up in Canada.  All other sports are secondary to hockey.