Baseball And Football Similarities

Differences Between Baseball and Football
The nineteen-sixties for baseball was yet another trying time for Americas past-time. Americans were always on the go and needed a sport to keep up with the fast-paced lifestyles of the sixties; baseball was anything but fast-paced. In fact, in 1968 when the Mets played the Astros, the game lasted six hours and six minutes without either team scoring a run (Baseball, 2010). Baseball at this time also found itself without hitters, which seemed to always bring in the crowd. Many Americans, for this reason, stopped going to the games and would not even watch the games on their televisions; no-hitters meant no excitement in the game. In addition, Americans were faced with yet another war, the Korean War and the death/murder of Martin Luther King Jr., which added political turmoil to the game, due to many player’s views on the war and Dr. King.
While baseball struggled to find new ways to change
In football every play is different, meaning you never really know where the play or ball could end up. As for in baseball, the offence can only lose the play if there have been three outs and you always know where the next play/out or plays/outs are going to be. Violence is another big difference between the two sports that can attract the crowds. In football, men are ruthless and almost seem vindictive when it comes to tackling or getting the ball. Whereas in baseball, the players only contact is with the ball when tagging base runners out or if a ball hits the batter. However, there is never any real promise of a hit in baseball like there is in football. Another big reason football became so popular in America is probably due to the amount of games played. Baseball during a regular season plays 162 games as for in football each team plays sixteen games during the season. Football would be much easier to keep up with and stay devoted too especially with a fast-paced