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30 Reasons Baseball Is Better Than Football

The 2011 MLB season just got underway. The 2011 NFL season might not start at all. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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30. The 2011 MLB season just got underway. The 2011 NFL season might not start at all. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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29. People watch the World Series to see who wins. People watch the Super Bowl to see the commercials. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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28. Baseball has Peter Gammons. Football has Mel Kiper, Jr. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/John Dunn)

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27. Deion Sanders may have played baseball, but there is no chance they were ever going to let him announce it after he retired. Football did. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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25. One of the biggest thrills for a fan in baseball is when a big leaguer flips the ball into the stands after the inning. When players flip the ball into the stands in the NFL, they get fined. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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24. Major League Baseball contains the best players from all over the world. There are players from Japan, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Korea, Mexico, the list goes on and on. The NFL has the best players from… all four time zones. Who do you think plays at a higher level: the best in the world or the best in one nation? – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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23. The rules are constantly changing in football (Check out what constituted holding and pass interference in the 1970s.) Baseball’s rules are perfect. There is no need to change them.– Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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22. Baseball team strategies are determined not only by their personnel, but the dimensions of their ball park. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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21. Baseball stadiums are wife-friendly and child-friendly, even for night games. I wouldn’t take a child to a Monday Night Football game if you gave me free tickets.– Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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20. Only eight teams can make the cut in the Major League playoffs. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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19. Football is the perfect sport for the big time, multi-billion dollar gambling industry. Baseball is the perfect sport to make dollar bets with your buddies. “I bet you a beer that Pujols has two hits today.”– Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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18. David Halberstam vs. Peter King. Not even close.– Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, NBCU)

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17. "Field of Dreams" vs. "Any Given Sunday." Not even close.– Johnny Goodtimes (Photo/Gordon Company)

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16. 672 Casey at the Bat vs. ?????. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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15. Football statistics are meaningless. Baseball stats mean everything. – Johnny Goodtimes (Photo/iStock)

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14. Quick, what happened in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series? Ok, quick, what happened in the third quarter of the 1986 Super Bowl? – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett)

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13. 846 80 degrees and a cold beer beats 20 degrees and cold extremities. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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12. When do you think Ken Burns will do a documentary on football? Never. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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11. You might have to put up with some jeering if you wear an opponent’s jersey to a baseball game, but nobody is going to beat you up because of it. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

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10. No sitting around for 15 minutes while we wait for the refs to check the video. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)

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9. I’ve never heard a baseball fan cheer when an opposing player got seriously injured. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Andy King)

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8. The World Series has rabid home fans cheering madly for their team. The Super Bowl has men in suits who don’t even know what two teams are playing. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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7. “Centerfield” by John Fogerty vs. "The Super Bowl Shuffle" by the Shufflin'Crew. I like the shuffle and all, but come on. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

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6. 6. No Howie Long. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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5. Wrigley Field. Fenway Park. AT&T Park in San Francisco. As for football stadiums, uh, well, when was the last time you were in an architectural masterpiece that was oval? – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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4. Baseball players can still walk when they turn 50. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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3. Baseball has “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” Football has whatever flash in the pan pop band plays at halftime of the first game. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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2. Football is talk six days a week and action one day a week. Baseball is action six days a week and talk one day a week. – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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1. In baseball, the debates never end. Who was a better pitcher, Warren Spahn or Greg Maddux? You’ll get good arguments for both. When was the last time you debated who was a better receiver, Jerry Rice or Don Hutson? – Johnny Goodtimes (AP Photos/)

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