Whats so great about paying good money 2 see a no hitter? 3 hours of NOTHING? I don't get it.

You can't be serious.

Halfway through a no-hitter, I'm on the edge of my seat until the end of the game waiting to see if the very next pitch will break up the no-hitter. Those things are rare. The Mets have NEVER had a no-hitter in the history of their franchise.

I never thought of it from that perspective. Thanks.
That's why I asked the question. I like games that are 20 to 15....

Graycap23 said:

Aw no, a home run once in awhile is nice, but those football-score games I don't like. I begin to feel sorry for the pitchers getting knocked around so badly. I prefer low-scoring pitchers duels. Those games go much faster and every time a batter gets on base, it's really important because it might not happen again.

sextonseven said:

I grew up watching the Cubs at least 130 plus games a year but now I don't even watch the baseball playoffs. Way 2 boring 4 me.

I have been a baseball game once in my whole life, I was a little girl when Fernando Valenzuela was THE pitcher for the Dodgers, damn those where good times!

Graycap23 said:

Baseball playoffs are way too boring? Sorry, I can't relate. The postseason games are the most exciting games of the whole year.

i love baseball!!

to answer the question-3 hours of a no hitter would be fine with me

still good baseball

sweet said:

The team not being no-hit must be scoring a helluva lot of runs if the no-hitter lasts three hours.

I'm a pretty casual fan, and I'd definitely rather see a high scoring game than a pitching duel. But I can appreciate a no hitter because it happens so rarely. Actually I don't think I've ever watched one happening.

sextonseven said:

NDRU said:

I've seen the no-hitters that David Wells And David Cone pitched for the Yankees back in the 90s. Those were even more intense because those were perfect games, not just no-hitters. I listened to Dwight Gooden's Yankees no-hitter on the radio while at work.

And then I watched the Yankees be on the receiving end when they were no-hit by six Astros pitchers a few years ago.

sextonseven said:

pitching gems are BEAUTIFUL, I love offense just like everyone, but watching someone on the mound just WITCH the other team is awesome to watch. A few years ago Mussina had a PG going against the Sox, it was incredible to watch, even though it got broken up. (with like one out to go no less!!!)

jerseykrs said:

That game I didn't see. I heard about it on the news later that evening. I think it was Carl Everett that broke it up with two outs in the ninth. That's Mussina's entire baseball career right there. Always so close, but never quite making it.

sextonseven said:

Yep, a slap single to left,

Moose was kinda just smiling, he's always been so close!!!

Still, it's awesome to watch pitchers dissect lineups.

sextonseven said:

Yeah I've only seen very low scoring games, and that's not exciting to me. But I bet a no hitter/perfect game would be incredibly exciting come the 4th inning or so.

jerseykrs said:

Poor Moose has never gotten a world series ring, never won 20 games in a season and never pitched a no-hitter, but he's been so close many times.

NDRU said:

At around the sixth inning you start seeing it on the players' faces that they realize what's going on and they get a little more serious on the field and they stop talking to the pitcher when he's sitting on the bench as is the unwritten baseball rule for fear they might jinx him. At that point if I'm watching, I'm literally on the edge of my seat for every pitch. So much can go wrong to ruin the perfect game.

sextonseven said:

Can you imagine that kind of pressure? not just for the pitcher but the entire team. Catching the simplest fly ball would be a challenge.

NDRU said:

That's right. If you misplay a ball you could have caught, then you are at the mercy of the scorer as he decides if it's a hit or an error. If it's a hit, then you just ruined your teammate's chance to get into the history books.

sextonseven said:

I watched Scott Erickson no-hit the Brewers. As a Brewers fan I didn't know what to root for.

Growing up in New Orleans, I only got to watch college and minor league baseball....a couple of weekend exhibitions in the Superdome a couple of years (saw the Yanks and Dodgers play a 3 game set....AWESOME, even if it was exhibition), but I'd rather watch a great pitcher's duel than an offensive onslaught..

.....I also think that it depends on seating....pitchers duels are better appreciated from the pitcher's vantage point (looking into home) and the offensive games are best appreciated from the hitter's vantage point (looking out to the outfield).....