Where did you acquire your wealth of knowledge when it comes to baseball?

Question

your parents or grandparents teaching you about the game or telling you stories from the good old days?

watching the game?

playing the game?

from your teammates or coaches?

books? online?

yahoo answers baseball section?

personally, it was mainly my dad. and the rest came from playing the game and my teammates and coaches.

Answer 1

It was a combination of my brother, watching the game and playing the game.

Answer 2

I just grew up as a fan.  When you're playing and watching often when you're young, you learn the basics yourself... and when you're looking for information with context, and because of a need to know beyond just getting general information, the information tends to stick better.

ie if looking up a specific fact because it's interesting in a certain context, people generally tend to remember that better than if they're just reading straight through a book of information

So I guess all of the above.

Answer 3

My dad was/is a baseball, so was his father.  Also acquired it from watching/going to games, playing the game, and keeping up with the game

Answer 4

When I was younger, watching games on TV and going to the stadium helped me out a lot.  Also, my dad tought me the rules of the game and how to get better at actually playing the sport.  Nowadys, I just read a lot of sports news and stay updated with the daily scores.  Like any other sport, you learn the most by actually playing it.

Answer 5

Playing the game and many years as a fan.

Answer 6

I don't presume to have a wealth of knowledge, but what I do know has come from many years of being a passionate fan, watching the game, discussing it with my friends, reading a wide variety of material and paying attention.

Answer 7

watching the game/ baseball tonight and books.

Answer 8

Watch the game and look for terms I don’t know in google.

Answer 9

started with dad, then playing and coaches and watching

Answer 10

I'd have to say all of the above.

Watching and playing probably more than the others though.

Answer 11

Yes, pretty much everything you explained there is where I learned it from.  

My main source would be my high school coach.  He knew the game from top to bottom and showed us how to get it done.

To be honest though, I have learned a lot from playing fantasy baseball, and from watching baseball in general.  I love watching the games on ESPN, because Jon Miller and Joe Morgan always break down the game and answer questions that a lot of people may not know the answer to.  

Playing the game kind of made it tough for me to think about some of the little things.  I never really thought how important it was to hit behind a runner on 2nd base.  Never thought about how important it was to hit the ball to the right side with a runner on third with less than two outs.  I mainly thought about the long ball...

But watching baseball has helped me to learn more about it and the fundamentals...and all the little things that escaped my mind when I was out there doing it myself

Answer 12

It mostly came from playing, with some help from watching the Mariners growing up.

I had good coaches at a young age (my Dad was usually my team's assistant coach). Plus I just paid attention to details and tried to pick up information about the game anywhere I could find it.

Answer 13

Mostly from watching and playing...but I also like listening to some of the analysts who have an amazing knowledge of the game...people like Steve Stone.