When do you start really following baseball?

[Guest Redhawk]

I know the hardcore fans are taking every game seriously, but at what point do you start looking at standings, stats, etc? For me it's just before the All-Star break. So when the Royals go 9-0, for example, I know it means nothing and they'll be under .500 by the summer as usual.

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

I follow baseball all year.

 

Which is increasingly harder to do each year now that the Orioles are so horrible.

[Guest MrRant]

I pay attention to stats/wins at the 2 month mark.

[Guest Youth N Asia]

Usually not till about game 4 of the World Series.

 

I can't get into the game anymore. Mike Illitch has just buried the Tigers and now he's stuck Trammel, Gibson, and Parish with that sack of losers. I use to really like baseball.

[Guest meanmaisch]

I follow it all year. As a Phillies fan, this is actually a year of great promise, which is nice. I've been a fan since the mid 1980's, when the Phils would trot out such winners as Steve Jeltz and Bruce Ruffin. I especially love the mid-summer, as baseball is the only game in town and receives all the coverage.

[Guest Crazy Dan]

I try to pay attention all season long. But I follow the Giants and A's the closest. I like baseball, but I only like watching the Giants and A's on TV. Only when the playoffs start is usually when I will watch other teams. But I will know usually who is doing good and terrible.

 

And when the Giants are off to a awesome start, I can only hope they keep it up, which I think that they very well could.

[Guest bps "The Truth" 21]

I follow it all year long.

[Guest Choken One]

I pay attention to the N.L central mainly and that's about it...

 

I tend to zone out of it around July because those are the dog days...But september brings me back...

 

If the Reds are good...And that's pretty often a 50/50 thing each year...I'm addicted...

[Guest treble charged]

Usually when the hockey playoffs are over I start focusing on it more.

[Guest Choken One]

yeah Hockey Knows how to take it's sweet fucking time to kill the damn thing dead...

 

It would help if they didn't invite the whole damn leauge back for more 7 game series...

 

...At least Basketball scores more then 4 a night...Unless you're the Clippers of couse...

[Guest alkeiper]

I follow it right from Opening Day.

[Guest MaxPower27]

I go to a few spring training games and somewhat follow it, until the NHL playoffs are over. After that, it's all I watch.

[Guest DrTom]

I follow it all year long. I tend to focus more on the AL, since my fantasy league is AL-only, but I still try to keep up with the NL, too. I follow a little closer after May 1, since that's when early-season hot and cold spells have pretty much ended, and stats and results are more accurate.

[Guest CanadianChris]

I follow it all year, but I don't usually start getting really serious about it until after the Stanley Cup and NBA playoffs are over.

[Guest Smell the ratings!!!]

I don't really pay attention untill October. Of course, I'm a White Sox fan, so that's why.

[Guest NoCalMike]

I follow the A's all year, watch the games if I am home. However I don't start to panic unless the A's aren't close to a playoff run by August. The last 3 years has shown they are a 2nd half team and always come on strong.

[HurriShane]

I follow my teams, Mariners and Padres , pretty much all year. I usually start following the rest of the league by the time the Padres are out of the playoff picture so about the All-Star break

[Guest Vern Gagne]

All year. Although seeing the Tigers 19 times isn't very interesting.