>Although I agree that baseball can seem boring and certainly moves at a slower pace than most sports, there is actually a lot going on strategically a lot of the time. The choice of what pitch to throw to a given hitter in a given situation and where the pitcher will try to put the ball (you can tell by where the catcher holds his glove) is a big piece of the strategy.

Why don't you have chess or Othello as your summer sport then? :-)

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>Also, you noted that batted balls are often caught. That's to a great extent because the players position themselves in the field based on their knowledge (or their coaches' knowledge) of a given batter's habits.

... and the fact that they have a dirty great mitt that they couldn't miss with! :-)
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>The more you know about baseball, the more interesting the game is.

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>And yes, the rules are complicated.

Oh they're complicated in cricket alright. I don't understand some of them, especially the scoring.
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>Tamar