Also isn't it just way better on television? The
angle is always (or, to many nines of the time)
great, always close.
Yeah, absolutely, in a lot of ways. Although, people have been saying that since the dawn of TV. =)
There are things that are super special about the live experience that are tough to appreciate on TV, although they're also tough to appreciate in person unless you're lucky enough to be sitting rather close or just seeing the event in a small arena.
The speed and violence of an MLB player mashing a baseball in person is something else, if you ever get a chance to see it up close. Tennis is another sport where TV doesn't do it justice IMO.
Hockey's definitely one that I think can be a little hard to follow in person. Although, in the pre-HD days, it was REALLY hard to appreciate on TV because it could be damn near impossible to see the puck on a fuzzy 15" CRT!
In fact, "I can't follow the puck" was such a common complaint in the pre-HD days that I had a failed prediction that hockey would massively blossom in popularity once everybody had HD. Glad I had no money... I was so convinced of this prediction that I probably would have poured all my money into buying ownership stake in a hockey team or something lol.
There is something about hearing the crack of the bat in person that cannot be replicated on TV, even with a very powerful sound system.
And if you sit in the same seat for a number of games over a season, you'll start to anticipate things in ways you can't on TV (though the best radio announcers would anticipate them the same way).
There are things that are super special about the live experience that are tough to appreciate on TV, although they're also tough to appreciate in person unless you're lucky enough to be sitting rather close or just seeing the event in a small arena.
The speed and violence of an MLB player mashing a baseball in person is something else, if you ever get a chance to see it up close. Tennis is another sport where TV doesn't do it justice IMO.
Hockey's definitely one that I think can be a little hard to follow in person. Although, in the pre-HD days, it was REALLY hard to appreciate on TV because it could be damn near impossible to see the puck on a fuzzy 15" CRT!
In fact, "I can't follow the puck" was such a common complaint in the pre-HD days that I had a failed prediction that hockey would massively blossom in popularity once everybody had HD. Glad I had no money... I was so convinced of this prediction that I probably would have poured all my money into buying ownership stake in a hockey team or something lol.