[greymule]

Ice hockey has more "action" than either baseball or football; so does indoor soccer, pro wrestling, bicycle racing. . . .

Baseball has long periods of anticipation, punctuated by fast and important action. And it helps to know what's going on, which is why I couldn't stick with watching guys from India play cricket in a New Jersey league that played in the same park where I often umpired.

But as GA said, it's apples and oranges. Action is overrated. Movies today are full of 3D truck crashes and all kinds of action special effects. Yet I'd rather watch The Treasure of the Sierra Madre for the 50th time than Terminator XVII.

I used to be a huge NBA fan, too. Loved the Knicks, hated the Celtics. Now I think I'd watch British soccer over dunkball. The game just doesn't interest me any longer. I hate to say it, but neither does MLB, though I still enjoy watching old World Series highlight films.