Yankees vs. Red Sox: Does England have an appetite for baseball? | MLB 

Abiel Alvarenga exactly, 😒

Haha nice one!!😂

Bad Cattitude I don’t even chew and I still spit I think every young baseball player just picks up from watching the pros

Bad Cattitude wasn’t even talking about dip specifically. We spit seeds too

Smitty Cle I wasn’t referring to dip specifically

@Dante Mckimmey Do you mean the Soccer/Football team.

The A’s have a whole fan base there. In your face padres guy!!!

Do you follow any particular team?

@@PerthTowne Yes, I love Colorado Rockies... But I do keep an eye on several teams, Yankees being one

Colorado Rockies? I wouldn't have guess that! Yankees fan myself.

@@PerthTowne I lived in Colorado for 7 months and became a fan during that time, prior to that I wasn't a fan of any team really, however there were several teams that I liked without being a fan... I just loved watching Baseball and would watch whoever was on at the time, there are of course several former Rockies that are now Yankees

To James Davies: It is refreshing to know that being in the UK you can fairly and personally choose your United States sports teams, and not be psychologically holed-up in a region or city that you cannot mentally separate yourself from, lest you seem as if an outcast with your friends, students, or co-workers. ------------------------ It is akin to having fewer options to venture and reside in neighborhoods outside of "one's own" and are stuck with their cultures, music, and entertainment. If you choose a topic out of bounds, you are ostracised. In the States, it's heartbreaking. I am a UK expat to the US and wasn't used to this and still am not. Even London's Brixton and Notting Hill, back in the day were not black neighborhoods.

LightninLarry except that we are not rubbish anymore we are killing it let’s go pads

Martin Prause I wouldn’t say killing it but the Padres are doing better

King Midget71 compared to our past seasons we are killing it offensively, although maybe give it more time for our young pitchers.

King Midget71 and getting rid of Andy Green will help a lot too.

Martin Prause the padres are doing better and I know kinda what it feels like to be a fan of a team that struggles

John T They used to show baseball highlights a few years ago on Channel 5 but was during the night and nobody watched them so they gave up and put on all night gambling instead!

I think the US should indoctrinate the children in other countries to play baseball when they're little lol. Joking. But I played baseball growing up here in the US. I played in "minor league" 12 years old, and then in Little League (13-14) or so years old and then when I was 15 "senior league" I think it was called. And I liked certain MLB players during that time. Honestly as an adult I stopped following the sport but this past week I've been watching Japanese player Ichiro and been looking at Japanese videos about baseball etc. The Japanese really like the MLB it seems like.

Baseball is mighty low key in Australia

@@robertryan7204 Sure, but it's more common than in the UK.

They tried to hold a T20 cricket tournament in Canada last year but every game was empty apart from a few local Indian residents (Indian as in India not the local natives!!)

Robert Ryan They play cricket in Australia not baseball lol. Rugby/Aussie rules rugby > Cricket > Football in Australia my guy.

@@Derperfier Some Aussies play baseball. Look it up.

Padres are only 14 games back. Go Dodgers!!!😎

Padres are here

David Sethian Lmao go PADS!!!!!

Keep the faith!

@@moethebartender8837 Friar Faithful!

Padres are actually not that bad this season.

paul elliott south side or north side in Chicago? Cubs fan here.

Watched the Cubbies at Wrigley Field against the Braves Cab driver who took us to the stadium said that the fans too busy talking and drinking to watch the game - heh Loved being in Chicago and ticked one off my bucket list to see the Cubs at Wrigley Looking forward to seeing Rizzo, Bryant and the rest of the guys play the Cardinals next year (if finances allow)

paul elliott that’s great! Most of the heavier drinking is done in the cheaper bleachers, but there’s great fans everywhere in the park. One of the best atmospheres in baseball. How was it when you were there?

Aloysius O’Hare We were sat in right field and had a blast Great atmosphere, although the Braves won we saw some dingers, great pitching and some excellent defence Fans were awesome and in good voice; lots of comments too that had us smiling Sun was shining, baseball being played, life is indeed sweet sometimes

Ryan Papoutsis I think the point was supposed to be that we invented rock over here, and then the British took it and made their own bands

True,

Matt Tarrant: The US-lead Mets organization are doing little for their ever fleeting success. Lacking fleet of foot as Fleet Street frolics over the fall of the Mets.

How fast do they even throw there 60-70 mph?

​@@benscott9997average 15 year olds here throw 65-80

I stream it and I live 40 minute away from the damn team

@itheuser First I agree . I used to find cricket boring, I didn't understand it. Then really got into it when I was 15. I think the more you watch on TV, the more games you go to, the more discussions you have on a sport the more you get to enjoy it. I think that is soccer's problem in America- women's team is best in world, so women's game is popular, but not the men's the other sports will always be more popular.I quite enjoyed the Yankees v Red Sox game. Great entertainment, crazy score! 17-13?! I always thought baseball was lower scoring than that?

@What Not To Do At a Stoplight Yeah and I said the women's team were the best in the world, don't see your point. We focus so much on one sport because it's the biggest sport there is, it's the only truly global sport.

@What Not To Do At a Stoplight Yeah the commentators said it was a bit of a strange one, very rare. Lots of runs though that's what we like here! We're used to the cricket.

@What Not To Do At a Stoplight See I found the baseball a bit slow, not enough hitting either. I guess it's just what you're used to and prefer.

@What Not To Do At a Stoplight Ha yeah I know what you mean, that's test matches which can last for up to 5 days (6 hours play per day). But there are one day internationals (about 7 and half hours) and T20 which lasts for 3 hours approx, which is about the same time as baseball. That will probably become the most popular version because it's shorter and more action packed.

If it were a cricket ball, I believe it would have been manslaughter

@@TheCoomer You're right there - at the very least a sudden trip to the ER.

Sir Spider I honestly didn’t like here in Suits

Especially after she disrespect the Queen.

I was waiting for this 😂😂

The British also didn't invent rock and roll. All of the original rock and roll artists of the 50s were American. Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, etc. All of those artists were inspirations to The Beatles, Stones, The Who, Zeppelin, The Kinks, and many others

It was a million-to-one shot doc! Million to one!

J Dilla Considering the game was not shown on terrestrial tv which most people have then a lot of people didn't even have the chance to watch it and the people who have satellite tv were all watching the cricket world cup anyway!

Yea I figured most people tuned into the Cricket World Cup, what was it India Vs England. I know that holds far more weight

Not very popular in Italy either except near some American NATO bases, such as Vicenza. Of course association football rules in Europe...

So they're slightly better than a good high school team 😂

@@theItalianshamrock basically lol at Least he was honest and wasn't fluffing up his team.

Led Zepplin got caught stealing songs from old southern blues musicians so yes.

What musician don’t steal. Look into Elvis lots of his music was stolen from black musicians. Led Zeppelin are still Brits no?

@@ronaldreagan8795 i mean they were taken to court for plagerism

You did say “Led Zepplin got caught stealing songs from old southern blues musicians so yes.” So keep going. Did all the bands from England steal from America?

Those, and many more from the "British Invasion" like Deep Purple, Herman's Hermits, Dave Clark V, heck even Queen are some of the best bands ever BUT they wouldn't have come to exist without the MUSIC that DID come from the U.S. like Rock n' Roll, blues and country. That would be a more accurate way to state it, because that's what we actually gave them and gave to the world. Led Zeppelin and the other fantastic bands needed to have the music first to write/play/sing like they did and still do + their enormous talent and musical skills.

@@user-qt7iv7qv7b american football is already pretty big in the UK, it packs out 4 games a year in two different stadiums, baseball not so much

@@user-qt7iv7qv7b I thought soccer is the world's most popular sport?

If "people" claim that baseball is too slow, I'm surely not one of them. I absolutely love it just the way it is, and a huge Yankees lifetime fan. I'll tell you, though, American football is much slower than baseball, which is why I'm bored watching it with all the stops and starts of it. Once you understand American baseball, it can really get into your blood. I think the two games in the U.K. were a huge success, and I watched just about every minute of it. Being a Yankee fan, of course I loved it even more against our perrenial rivals 😊😁👍

Rambo penguin but the domestic “pro” teams folded awhile ago; see NFL Europe.

What Not To Do At a Stoplight Cricket is played all over the world from Canada to New Zealand actually.

I didn’t know Canadians had full on British accents

I mean they did give us those two things listed to be fair

we give you the gulf stream current you better watch out for climate change because we'll shut that shit off.

Culture as in what's grown on a petri dish!

At the same time this game was being played the Cricket World Cup was being played 6 miles away

The NFL has played 24 games in London in just over a decade and every game has sold out. The 4 games coming up in October all sold out within an hour of the tickets going on sale!

Correct it seems like a,desperate attempt to get more sponsorship for American Baseball

Baseball should be more popular in the UK, after all,they invented the sport. I think its not popular because the UK has not done enough to promote the sport. When you get to understand the game you will relize how much more exciting the sport is compared to football and other sports. Still, I think it will take more then a two game series to make baseball popular here in the UK

1:24 “we tried giving them baseball”

Perry, please expound more on this. Specifically the 1749 document about a game being played in the Royal Court.

@@lovejetfuel4071 The Brits invented cricket, but baseball is a refinement and a very different game, which was invented here in the U.S. A similarity would be the harpsichord evolving into the piano, which was refined (invented) by the Italian Cristofori.

@@jerry3579 It's not derived from cricket, but from an English game called bass ball. The modern form of the game is indeed american.

the only time you'll hear the words "Mets" and "Undefeated" in the same sentence.

Uhm

pandemic7 unless it’s Brooklyn Dodgers

I played soccer as a kid. Watching it is like watching grass grow.

LOL

And yet you use huge gloves to catch the ball!

@@tsu8003 Yup, which also increases the challenge, making it even harder to get a hit.

What Not To Do At a Stoplight classy? Its a kids game ffs lol

I like the pace of baseball, and the fact that you have to keep playing until someone wins. You can't have a tie. I saw a game at Yankee Stadium that went extra innings until something like 1:00 am--and no one could score the winning run. So they stopped, and then started the game up the next day to finish it.

Everyone in the US thought NFL games in London were a fad - they have now sold out every game for the past 12 years, with tickets selling out in a matter of hours. Baseball will take hold in the UK eventually, but it will be a long process.

They sold out both games in London , about 60,000 each game . Never say never.

No, Baseball has been around for at least 150yrs

Baseball will never be a thing here as long as cricket exists and that's not going away!

@@tsu8003 Cricket is having its own problems attracting a younger audience. I wouldn't take it for granted that the future is healthy there either.

itheuser First No, its rounders!