Comments on: Wanna get paid to watch baseball all season?

By: Brian Murphy

Brian Murphy — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:43:05 +0000

I think that’s the point behind the whole series. A premise of “how cool would it be to watch a guy watching baseball for seven months” isn’t attractive to the typical reality-show hound.
But a premise of “how long can a guy watch baseball before turning into Howard Hughes at the Martin Nosseck Projection Theatre” is destined to be a multi-season smash hit.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:48:03 +0000

As a Phillies fan, this would ruin my fun following the greatest rotation in the history of baseball make their mark on the 2011 season. I mean, seriously. Why would i want to pay attention to a Royals/Indians game in the middle of the summer when Cliff Lee could be pitching? Or Doc? Cole? The Wizard of Oswalt? Puh-leeze. Keep your money and stupid apartment in the armpit of America, MLB. I’ll be in Philly eating a cheesesteak watching Comcast Sportsnet.

By: ta192

ta192 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:20:27 +0000

“And That Happened” or whatever it’s called…
Sounds like a baseball blog to me…

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:38:04 +0000

Wait…would the “winner” have to listen to Hawk Harrelson? Or Wheels? “Cause I believe the Constituion says something or other about cruel and unusual punishment (I seem to remember it being against).

By: cur68

cur68 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:18:14 +0000

I’m working on my masters and in the process of getting a divorce. Reading this crap and dreaming about the start of baseball season is all I got at the moment (because writing the thesis is running a close 2nd to my soon to be ex in terms of helli-sucking). Reasons for;
- Ball games don’t start till in the afternoon, so I could get a round of golf in
- I usually watch 5 things at once when I have time for TV, so multiple ball games do not bug me one bit
- Bantering baseball makes me laugh (not much else is doing that these days).
-Since I don’t actually have to be in the same room with anyone I don’t have to get creeped out with people
Reasons against;
-Promised frail and aging supervisor we’d publish this stuff this summer
-15 year old daughter would be stuck here with crazy lady
-May not be able to bring my dog (a border collie; hates cities and crowds, too.)
-Hospital would be calling non-friggin-stop for me to come in bc we got ANOTHER damn crisis and I’m too much a wuss to say; ‘sorry Gomes is up to bat, Carpenter’s pitching and I gotta see how hard this guys head is’.

sigh. I’m out

By: samiratou

samiratou — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:15:51 +0000

Me, too. And I love baseball, and I have a short attention span, so a wall of screens with different baseball games is appealing. For about a week. Then I’d probably not want to see another baseball game ever as long as I live.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:12:47 +0000

If I had to sit just staring at a wall of TVs with nothing on them but baseball games – half of which would actually be designatedhitterball games, to boot – I’d start feeling like Alex DeLarge after a while. And at my age, any concerted effort to decondition me from grabbing tits would be sort of gratuitous anyway.

By: Matthew Flint

Matthew Flint — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:46:48 +0000

I’m thirty, have five kids (four of which are female). I would do this without getting paid. Can I bring my son though, I’d feel bad leaving a man behind.

By: trevorb06

trevorb06 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:32:31 +0000

I love baseball and everything, but I’m the type of person where if you take something I want to do and make it something I (i)have(/i) to do (ie. making it work) then I no longer want to do it. I could see me liking this for 3 weeks but after about 4 or 5 times of me not being able to go outside and have fun due to ‘work’ I’d get sick of it and grow to resent it.

In other news, I now want to see if I can get a job as an oil boy for bikini models in the Bahamas to test this theory.

By: randomdigits

randomdigits — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:01:33 +0000

Watchmen was good, don’t get me wrong, but I would have gone with Reverend Jim Ignatowski. Is it Delewarians or Delewarites?

By: spindervish

spindervish — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:47:39 +0000

Ditto. I really think this is the kind of thing that could drive me to hate baseball.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:44:57 +0000

I’d go nuts, And I’d have to say it would probably be around mid season when I lose it.

By: mplsjoe

mplsjoe — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:41:00 +0000

Kudos on the Watchmen pic & reference. Best comic ever.

By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward

Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:40:49 +0000

I’m too lazy for this job. Really.

By: sbsmyth

sbsmyth — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:35:25 +0000

I’m 24 and I have a background in broadcasting and no kids. I’m ready!

By: ThatGuy

ThatGuy — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:27:23 +0000

Are you attempting to have your minions invade MLB? Take control from the inside, not a bad plan for baseball domination…

By: hep3

hep3 — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:25:50 +0000

Do you think I could play golf in the mornings, then take a nap and then watch games? Hmmm, sounds like a great gig.