Originally Posted by $5 submissions

Most of the time the ball is caught via pop flies etc. Isn't that similar to the "boring" action with soccer? Still, baseball has a huge following and it was the US pastime for a long time until too many damned strikes by baseball millionaires and the rise of the Xbox/PS3 fucked its shit up a bit.

I don't think "boredom" is the real reason why football/soccer didn't take off in the US. Must be something else.