Context for why he's getting booed. Back in 2017, the Astros won their first ever World Series(the championship for Major League Baseball). However, around late 2019, it came out that the Astros were cheating during the 2017 season. I won't get into how, since Im afraid youll get lost in the details. Since then, the Astros have became "Public Enemy number 1", with every interaction the team has under a microscope from the fans- in part because of the way the MLB handled this scandal. Yes, the Astros lost draft picks, and their managers were fired; but none of the star players(Alex Bregman, Jose Altuve, George Springer) that benefited from the cheating were ever punished- unless you consider being booed 29/30 stadiums as punishment. Also, as of time of this comment, the Mariners are 28-24 and first place in their division.
@@sunny1992s The baseball commissioner even had to make a rule that you weren't allowed to hit the astros with the ball or you'd be extra punished. So messed up how that was handled. Essentially no punishment for anyone except a slap on the wrist for the coach.
I honestly would love nothing more than to have a British couple who know nothing about baseball sit and ask questions about baseball for a whole game. I think it would be so fun and humorous to see what things theyd find strange. Great watch
@@justing42 he didn’t ask that one. But I’d prob say it has no soul, like college football is about to lose btw. The NFL is kinda like watching Budweiser vs Coca Cola. Sponsored by Tostitos. It’s so corporate it’s kinda gross feeling when you go to a game. This would be probably too nuanced for my British friend to understand 😂
This was fun to watch! I don’t see anyone answering all the questions you ask during the video, so here are my answers. 5:12 This is the “bullpen” where pitchers warm up. 5:41 The mascot’s name is just “Mariner Moose.” 9:50 The dirt is a specialized mix of sand, silt and clay. 12:40 The countdown timer is new this year. Baseball was getting worse and worse with pitchers and hitters faffing about between every pitch, so the clock was introduced. The batter is required to be ready for the pitch before there are 8 seconds left, and the pitcher is required to throw before time runs out. It has sped up the game considerably. 15:45 As you noticed, there is no set time for a baseball game. It’s just 9 innings. The longest professional baseball game ever was over 8 hours, but most are 2-3 hours long. 15:50 Yes, an inning will last until there are 3 outs. It doesn’t matter how many runs are scored. 17:40 Yes, a game is played until there is a winner. There are no ties, and extra innings are not sudden death. There will always be an equal chance for both teams. 17:50 The guy you noticed is the first base coach. There is also a 3rd base coach. Their function is to give runners any needed instructions, such as whether to steal or not, and whether to keep running or stop at a particular base. 18:40 People do move around. I go to a game to watch the game, but not everyone does, as you noticed. 20:30 I don’t know exactly what happened here, but this is a rather typical looking altercation between baseball teams. The Mariners and Astros have a bit of a rivalry, so I presume someone did something the other didn’t like. Once that starts, all teammates join in. It does all seem a bit silly when you look at it objectively. 21:00 If a runner advances because of a dropped pitch, it will be called a “passed ball” if it’s the catcher’s fault, or a “wild pitch” if it’s the pitcher’s fault. And it’s not stealing a base if there’s another reason you were able to run. 21:20 Julio Rodriguez is a very talented young player for the Mariners, and he is also quite charming, so he is very popular. 22:25 Everybody is booing because they don’t like the ruling. I presume it went against the Mariners. 25:25 “RF” means Right Field. Right and Left are from the batter’s perspective. You are sitting between center field and right field. 27:20 “AVG” is batting average - how many base hits divided by “at bats” (effectively attempts); “R” is runs scored; “H” is hits; “HR” is home runs; “RBI” is runs batted in (how many people scored because you hit the ball); “OBP” is on base percentage, it’s like batting average but includes things like walks that allow you to get on base without getting a hit; “SLG” is slugging percentage, it’s like batting average, but instead of all hits counting as 1, doubles are 2, triples are 3, and home runs are 4; “OPS” is the sum of OBP and SLG. One thing baseball fans love is statistics, and there are all sorts of statistics kept about baseball!
Wow, you certainly know your stuff! Thank you so much for taking the time to write all that for us. You have explained everything really clearly and given us a much better understanding of baseball. Really appreciate it 👍
Great job of explaining things, but one minor correction. While in theory the first base coach is there to advise the runner when to steal etc, their real job is to slap the runner on the butt and say something like “good job.” Baseball is weird that way.
back in 1992, I had a similar situation …I had about 30 minutes to explain baseball to a Brit. I picked this guy up at Hotel Belair and drove him to LAX, (Los Angeles Airport). you see, I was a chauffeur and I had many opportunities to drive people with “means” to and from the local airports. anyway this Brit knew the ride was just under 30 minutes - and to please explain baseball to him. I had a great time and at the end of the ride he now had a BASIC understanding of the game. he thanked me for it and gave me a really nice tip. it was George Harrison.
The pace of the game doesn't insist you watch every moment. It allows you to talk about the game. To take it all in with your own pace. It allows you to wander and meander taking in the sights and sounds. Baseball is just as much about the experience at the park as it is about the game.
Yes, people always say how boring it is like this is a very social watch. It’s meant for people to come together and talk and just enjoy the experience and everything.
Keep in mind the regular season for MLB baseball teams is 162 games long. That means 81 home games. Some fans treat the games pretty casually as a result and pick and choose when to actually show up or watch the games passively while hanging out with a group of friends. Glad you guys chose to experience this!
Attending a baseball game is so much fun. It's a sport that breethes so there is plenty of time to chat with friends or strangers, go for a walk, grab some food anytime, or even take a quick nap.
Dbacks fan here. Y'all have such an underrated ballpark! Definately on my bucket list whenever I hit up PNW. Really pulling for y'all to win the ALW this year!
@@OneCouplesAdventure, Next time you make it over to Seattle we will have to show you around properly. From the haunted underground tour where people used to get Shanghaied, or the peninsula where you can visit a rain forest or where we almost had another War with England.
I find it really amusing and fresh watching people who have never experienced American things like baseball experience it and embrace it. I think we all need to do that.
9:55...that is an infield mix. I'm a groundskeeper, so I know that MLB stadiums have a 60% sand, 30% clay and 10% silt infield mix. The sand helps with drainage and consistent particle size, the clay binds everything together and the silt retains a bit of moisture. They are watering down the infield mix to make it less dusty, more compact, and more consistent hops for ground balls. It's not muddy, more just firm so the ball bounces true rather than dying in a pile of dusty dirt or hitting a pebble and bouncing another way.
@@watson956 Typically, yes. Changes probably for more Northern teams than Southern, but thats just climate related in terms of how much rain each field gets.
And you went to my teams ballpark!?!!? I feel so honored 😭😭 You said this dude must not be liked he just got booted by everybod and instantly I knew it was Jose Altuve 😂
I’ve basically been binging your Discovery Princess vlog posts because they’re so helpful and informative (we’re taking our first cruise ever on Sapphire Princess in 2 weeks-also to Alaska), I love that you’re not cynical and like to have fun and try new things, and you both make me laugh. Home is Portland, OR and as you can see by my hat, I’m a baseball fan (TX Rangers so I take the train up once a year to catch a game…at least until Portland gets a team! 🤞) so I was tickled to see this video even though it has nothing to do with cruising! I’m glad you guys had fun! Baseball is LIFE 😂
Thanks so much for the lovely comment. Have a great cruise to Alaska, let us know how you get on when you return. And yes we loved the Baseball game. We now watch it on the TV at home 😁
Fun video! A few of my friends from England visited me in Los Angeles and I took them to a Dodgers game. They had such a wonderful time that they became life long Dodgers fans now! lol they’ll text me from England talking about the Dodgers now. I’m glad you guys enjoyed yourselves at a baseball game
I'm a Seattle Mariners fan who just stumbled across this video. So delightful. Glad you guys took a chance on this entertainment and had what looked to be a great time.
I just had to smile at this. It me of my Irish father. After he retired, he used to walk up to my high school and watch the baseball games in the spring. One time I was walking to the locker room from track practice and he frantically called me over. “Now. Let me get this straight. It’s the guy with the stick and the guy throwing the ball against everyone else, right?” Close enough, dad. This description of the game was after he had lived in America for 50 years!!! I have to cut him slack though, He worked like a slave for those years and baseball was the furthest thing from his mind. Wish he was still here so I could really tell him what the game is all about.
The YT algorithm decided to bring this video to my attention. I live in Seattle and my wife and I are life-long Mariner fans. Seeing all of this we take for granted through your eyes is so much fun! I'm glad you got to visit our city and hope you had a great time! Some thoughts: The Astros are one of our biggest rivals, thus all the booing (especially Altuve). The attendance can seem lower than it really is because a lot of people go for the vibes and drinks; as you noticed, it's fairly popular for people to buy cheap tickets and then spend most of the game hanging out in the area where you started because it's close to the field, it's near the bullpen (where pitchers warm up), it's near good food and drinks, and it's just a very social area. Also, keep in mind there are 81 home games per season, so people with season tickets won't come to every single game. And even if they will, they may meet with friends and end up spending most of the game elsewhere in the stadium. Yes, a game could theoretically go forever if a team kept getting hits or homeruns or otherwise avoided getting a player out. The clocks counting down are relatively new to baseball -- until recent years, it was common for baseball games to go 3+ hours (and playoff games would go 4+ hours); now it's down to about 2.5 hours. Most people like the changes, but there's always a group of traditionalists who hate anything new.
Great video! I work across the street from T-Mobile Park. So we've been to our fair share of Mariners games. Yes, people will often get up and walk around during games. There is a lot of time spent in the concourses or waiting to get food or use the restroom. There are 81 home games a season and they're not all crucial games. So sometimes people just go for the atmosphere. Baseball is considered the "great American pastime". So it's a really popular night out during the summer. Traffic gets HORRENDOUS leaving the stadium. So sometimes people will bail out in the 7th inning or so if it's not the most exciting game. Glad you guys had fun, though!
Thank you, and cool you work just across the street from there. We loved it, such an amazing atmosphere. Definitely gonna remember our 1st ever baseball game. We loved Seattle too
My son met a British couple while traveling and watching Japanese baseball for the first time. He had a great time orienting them to Baseball and went to a Sake bar with them afterwards. It looked like fun.
im so jealous you guys got to see a brawl in your first game! i have been going to Mariners games my whole life (20 years) and ive never gotten to see one! glad you had fun!
This just came to me in recommended but as a lifelong baseball fan and also with an appreciation of cultures mixing this was a hilarious video. I loved their interested, no ego approach to a new experience
I just discovered your channel with this video. As a native Seattlite, I am so happy that you got to see a good Mariners win. That baseball game experience is a real American tradition. Go Mariners!!
To increase attendance, Major League Baseball decided to design stadiums that have attractions other than the game itself. Depending on the team, only about 2/3 of the people attending actually watch the entire game.
On the one hand, it smells of desperation and perhaps a bit of disrespect. On the other hand, opening doors early allows for the best of both worlds. Done properly, a ballpark can be a vibrant and lively place.
And dont forget many tickets are bought by businesses who try to resell them for a higher price. A game may be technically sold out but still have empty seats because the tix werent resold
That was a fun video. I love “fish out of water” stories. And BTW: you had a pretty good handle on how baseball is played. I went to a cricket match when I was in England years ago, and I had zero clue what was happening. Lol. Kudos to you both.
Glad that you had such a good time watchng the Mariners! Wonderful that you made your way around the park during the game. I ike doing that too to see the game from different vantage points. Cheers!
This is one of the best videos I’ve seen with you guys. I am American and I know the complexities of understanding baseball. I tried to explain to a couple of French guys baseball and realized how difficult it is to understand the game. I have to say you did really good figuring things out. It was funny to see your confusion. It would be like learning Cricket for us. Really enjoy your videos, especially this one.
Thanks so much and we did our best to understand it and soak in the atmosphere. We had a great time and have been watching it at home to understand it even better 😁. We would definitely go again. And yes haha it would be like us trying to explain the rules of cricket
Great video! I live in Seattle & am a Mariners fan. I wish I had been seated near u at the game to help answer your questions. You do have a pretty good understanding of the game tho. MLB & its teams really push for a fun, relaxed, family friendly atmosphere as u saw with all the kids. So glad u 2 had a good time!!!
Hi Stacey and Kev. You have made my day with this video. When Stacey said " this guy got a lot of cheers, is he like the David Beckham"? 😂. You two are the best!!! Thank you ❤
Great video! I'm half-Brit, half-American, and a cousin visited me in Los Angeles when I was a teenager, and we went to a baseball game. I did not realize just how many rules there are until I attempted this. The basics are hard enough, but then you get into third-strike-but-catcher-drops-the-ball, balk calls, the foul line pole high up, pick off throws, double plays, intentional walks......good Lord, my poor cousin's head was spinning. You guys did very well figuring stuff out, bravo!
Loved this! All the Brits I know come here and say baseball is boring because they don't pay attention or try to understand the game. I loved your enthusiasm and that you stayed until the end!! I didn't love how you kept pointing out how badly my Mets were losing though! 😭😭😭 PS: The pic you inserted of British stadium food was hilarious! Why is everything burnt?? And that tiny sausage in that ginormous bun!! 😂😂😂🌭
Former Little League second baseman (early 1970s) and lifelong baseball fan here… 🙂 I really enjoyed your wonderful video. Baseball is conceptually simple, but there are so many rules and nuances, that it ends up being one of the more complicated games to understand. Baseball is also perhaps the most statistics-heavy game in existence. These statistics are endlessly fascinating for many fans, allow pretty good (but not perfect) comparisons between players and eras, and thus permit old guys like me to participate in endless arguments about who was better than who, who was the greatest, etc. To answer the greatest player question, my answer is Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants (and, at the end of his career, New York Mets). Willie just passed away (June 18) at the age of 93. I was fortunate to see him play in person several times in the 1960s. To address your conversation at about the 16:30 mark - Baseball is an event-controlled game, meaning that the game ends when one or more events are completed. In this case, nine innings (typical) with one team in the lead. A tie score at the end of nine innings means that play continues with one or more extra innings until one team has a lead at the completion of an extra inning. Rain can prevent playing the full nine innings and, depending on the score and the number of innings played, there may or may not be a winner declared. Sometimes, the two teams will play two games against each other on the same day, which is called a double header. College double headers are sometimes seven innings per game instead of nine innings. Little League games are six innings. Softball, cricket, tennis, volleyball, track-and-field events, etc. are also examples of event-controlled games. Soccer, American football, basketball, etc. are time-controlled games, meaning that the games ends when time is exhausted. Some time-controlled games can end in a tie, while others have some method for tie-breaks. In event-controlled games, there is always the possibility that the person or team that is behind can win with a late surge. This is much more difficult to do in time-controlled games because the late surge can start too late. Finally, a subtle baseball joke that I came up with about 20 years ago: "Life is only 25% fair. The remaining 270° is foul territory."
My wife and I are season ticket members for the Mariners. It was really fun to see the two of you having a great time! Something that helps keep it affordable is the value menu. They have cheaper drinks, popcorn, and other snacks that you can find at select concessions stands throughout the stadium. We typically eat at home, bring a few snacks, and buy a couple of drinks. I hope you enjoyed the rest of the time you spent in Seattle!
Some of the empty seats could be season ticket holders that didn't attend. Those seats also might have been bought by ticket resellers but the resellers didn't have anyone but those seats.
I'm from Seattle and my big sports trip was to Stamford Bridge and I got some cheap seats in the back too. They were like lower level furthest row back behind the goal, I only had a little slit where I could see the field and I had to squat a bit to see under the over hang and over the people in front of me.. hah it was great.
Considering it's your first time watching and figuring out a game, you guys did a fantastic job! Great video and very entertaining. Thanks for doing this!
Yes, people buy seats and then move around. My brother and I buy the cheapest seats possible and then get there early and set up camp in Edgar’s Cantina. Super cool atmosphere and better views. I’m so glad you guys were able to visit our great city! PNW FOR LIFE!
I wish I could've been there next to you to answer all your questions!! One thing I will say, especially for T-Mobile Park, there are so many fan experiences throughout the stadium that you'll regularly see a third of the seats empty because people hang out in the standing areas like "The Pen" or the "Trident Deck" or they'll be in line at one of the concession stands or browsing down in the team store which is massive.
I loved this video! I’m a big Mariners fan. Going to the game is an experience. It’s such a fun atmosphere! If you really want to follow the game closely, though, watching on TV or listening on the radio is better for that. Each has its place. And it does cost some money for the stadium experience. It’s worth it to me to save up and go a few times a year. The food is so delicious! And so much to choose from! Glad this showed up in my feed tonight. Hope you come back again so I can go with you and help you understand the game! 🔱😊
I used to keep statistics in high school for the baseball team. I thought it would be boaring...but I learned lots...and grew to appreciate the strategies. My niece lives in England now. I would love to explaine baseball to her and her partner! What a great video. Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
I know how they feel. The few times I've watched a bit of Cricket, I didn't understand it one bit. I even read the cricket Wikipedia page to go over the rules, but it was like another language. Baseball seems so straight forward when you've watched it your whole life, but I can understand how it would be confusing to someone who's never watched a game.
I am a huge baseball fan! Went to T-Mobile Park back when it was Safeco Field in 2016. Great stadium! It is definitely an experience worth having and glad that people from the UK are showing some interest in "America's pasttime!" You guys were fun to watch!
This was fun! Thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed the game. I look forward to my first Premier League and/or Championship football match in England someday.
You two seem like such a nice couple! It’s neat that you two were willing to go to a baseball game without much knowledge of them game but seemed to really enjoy yourselves and take in the full experience! I hope you enjoyed our city and team. Cheers!
What a nice young couple. Glad you enjoyed yourselves and got to see a home run. That doesn’t happen every game. Safe travels to you, Joe in Kentwood Michigan and Detroit Tigers fan!
The "Mexican Wave" started in Seattle at Huskies college football games and then to the Seattle Seahawks based on a similar but slightly different stunt at a Denver Ice Hockey game. It was several years later that it spread to Mexico at the 1986 World Cup.
I was there. Former Husky cheer guy and TV personality Robb Weller started it when engaging with the student section. It was against Stanford for homecoming on Halloween, 1981. I was in the band at the time. It spread to the Seahawks because of the overlapping fan base.
I'm glad you had fun I grew up in a house where my brother and father hijacked the TV all weekend for sports. I grew up with baseball basketball and football. I love baseball to this day
In the outfield there's a large beer garden, actually there are a couple, where a large number of people stay for the duration of the game. This is why so many of the "cheap" seats are empty. People pay the least amount to get into the game and then watch from the beer garden.
I'm not much of a baseball fan and definitely cannot stand watching it on TV, but in person? The atmosphere is amazing! I usually get the cheapest seats and walk around and watch from different areas. Btw, this stadium sells crickets for snacks
Funny that the first ever game you went to, there's a "fight" lol. I've been going to baseball games all my life and a fight is one thing I still haven't seen in person.
I remember once taking a man from France to a ball game. He was so confused during the seventh inning stretch and was wondering what was going on. I explained it was time to stretch and he couldn’t understand why everybody felt the need to do it at the same time. !
That tradition actually started during a game where the American President went to watch a game. During the break in the middle of the 7th inning he stood up to “stretch” his legs. Out of respect, the entire crowd stood up as well. Since that time, it has become tradition to do the “7th inning stretch”
It's culture, there's no explanation. In France, who picked how many times you do la bise (kiss on each cheek)? Some places it's 2, some 3 some 4 even. Why? No reason, it's just the custom.
So glad you experienced this! For me, growing up around Seattle, going to an M's game is something that purely makes me feel like I'm at home. It's special to me and something I've done since I was a young boy. The food carts outside, the field, the game. It's super special to me even though I totally understand how weird and esoteric baseball is. Thanks for being so open to experiencing it and you totally killed it!!
13:44 It's the "pitch clock" Limits the amount of time the pitcher has to throw the ball. Its only a few years old to the game and has sped up the game tremendously.
Ayyyy! Thanks for visiting my hometown and checking out my home baseball team! Glad you enjoyed the city and the team! Go Ms and have fun on your adventures!
Really enjoyed watching this and vicariously experiencing the game from fresh eyes. There are really so many things that you take for granted when you grew up with the game. Try a college football game if you're ever in the Southeast USA.
25:27 - You got it - RF stands for the Right Fielder. Outfield position who was closest to the seats you bought. (later) RBI = Runs Batted In, meaning runs scored thanks to a hit that Taylor Trammell had.
My boy friend and I were stationed in London, as Americans we didn’t know Cricket. Walked thru a park and a group was playing it. Could not figure it out at all. Looked crazy to us. Such a short way to run.
This video made my day! I loved to see your enthusiasm and curiosity - baseball is actually decreasing in popularity among Americans (in part because the game is so long and can have long stretches where nothing much happens), so to see two non-Americans enjoying a game makes me happy. I hope you are able to experience another baseball game in another city soon! (I highly recommend a NY Yankees game but I am a bit biased 😊)
It was fun to experience a baseball game with someone who hasn't experienced the sport. Baseball you will see shirts for contemporary players. Like you mentioned, Rodriguez is a young star for the Mariners. You will also see shirts for classic team players. You probably saw some Johnson shirts for Randy Johnson, who is an all time great in baseball. What is fun is we like to look for the most obscure jersey. A player that isn't a star but may be a fan favorite. A shirt you wouldn't expect anyone to have with that name. Some of the more historical teams, New York Yankees or St. Louis Cardinals you see a LOT of historical jerseys and players. Baseball had no clock. An average game is usually around 2 hours but they can go on. Historically there have some big outliers. The longest MLB game went 26, almost 3 full games, and lasted over 4 hours. I went to a game last year in Colorado. They played the Anaheim Angels. The Angels scored over 20 runs. There were a lot of home runs, where the ball is hit over the fence. In short baseball is: 9 innings unless the game is tied, then it goes into extra innings until someone outscores the other. If the visitors score the home team still gets their last at bat. Each team gets 3 outs per inning. If they score 200 runs and no one is out it keeps hitting until 3 out are made. There is a 'strike zone' for the batter from the shoulders down to the knees. The is also a right and left line to for a box. If a pitcher can get 3 pitches in the box or a combination of the batter swinging and missing at a pitch anywhere or hitting the ball out of play the batter is out. The only thing is the 3rd 'strike' has to be in the box or a swing and miss for the batter to be called out. There are some exceptions, like interfering with the catcher. BA- Batting Average - The total number of hits, divided by the total number of at bats. RBI - Runs Batted In - This is the number of runners on base that the batter has driven in over the course of the season. SLG - Slugging - This is the batters power percentage. It is a formula that tabulates the total batter at bats compared to how many bases. Example: If a batter had one at bat on the season and hit a home run, their slugging percentage would be 4,000. OBP - On base percentage - It is a formula that tells you the frequency of the batter getting on base. It is total hits, plus total number of times the batter was walked divided by the total number of plate appearances. A walk doesn't count as an at bat. Example: First game of the season. With 4 plate appearances, I hit a single, strike out my other two appearances and walk in my fourth appearance. My batting average is .333, 1 for 3. My OBP is .500 because I was 2 for 4 because of the walk. My SLG is .333 because i only hit a single.If I had hit a double it would be .667 because it would have been 2 bases for 3 at bats opposed to 1 base for 3 at bats
A friend from Australia went to a Mariners game one night and likened it to watching paint dry. (I love it - the pace, loved Niehaus, Rizzs, Blowers and Sims in the broadcast booth, the atmosphere - much different than football.) Congrats on your first game certificate. I went to a game at the beginning of their first season ever at the long gone Kingdome. (Just a couple years ago...ha!.) Next visit take in a Univ. of Washington Huskies football game in Husky Stadium. Hopefully we will be back up to snuff soon with all the conference, coach and players shuffling in and out.
🤔Thank you very much for sharing your experience with us. I have been a Mariners fan for a long time and have never seen the different shop levels and how you can roam around and view the game at different angles. Once again, thanks for the tour.⚾️💣💥💯😎
This popped in my recs, so I just want to say I hope you had a great time! This is my team’s home park and I was actually at this game, sitting in the section below you. I have gotten into English football in the last year or so, and I would love to see a match out in England! I enjoyed watching this a lot! You gained a fan today!
As soon as you said “oh he’s getting booed” I knew it was Jose altuve
I was there for this series, and Altuve was actually injured! Bregman was getting most of the boos throughout.
Context for why he's getting booed. Back in 2017, the Astros won their first ever World Series(the championship for Major League Baseball). However, around late 2019, it came out that the Astros were cheating during the 2017 season. I won't get into how, since Im afraid youll get lost in the details. Since then, the Astros have became "Public Enemy number 1", with every interaction the team has under a microscope from the fans- in part because of the way the MLB handled this scandal. Yes, the Astros lost draft picks, and their managers were fired; but none of the star players(Alex Bregman, Jose Altuve, George Springer) that benefited from the cheating were ever punished- unless you consider being booed 29/30 stadiums as punishment. Also, as of time of this comment, the Mariners are 28-24 and first place in their division.
@@sunny1992s The baseball commissioner even had to make a rule that you weren't allowed to hit the astros with the ball or you'd be extra punished. So messed up how that was handled. Essentially no punishment for anyone except a slap on the wrist for the coach.
@@zachansen8293 Joe Kelly was fined harder than any of the Astros- which is beyond bonkers.
@@atl_h2_nwwe don’t like cheaters. Keep trying.
I honestly would love nothing more than to have a British couple who know nothing about baseball sit and ask questions about baseball for a whole game. I think it would be so fun and humorous to see what things theyd find strange. Great watch
Haha thanks so much 😁
A Brit was at my Super Bowl party this year and we answered his questions the whole time and it was very satisfying.
People from other countries expose stuff that we think is normal and you’re like well.. yeah I guess that is weird 😂
@@nickinportlandwhat was your answer to why does the NFL suck?
@@justing42 he didn’t ask that one. But I’d prob say it has no soul, like college football is about to lose btw. The NFL is kinda like watching Budweiser vs Coca Cola. Sponsored by Tostitos. It’s so corporate it’s kinda gross feeling when you go to a game. This would be probably too nuanced for my British friend to understand 😂
This was fun to watch!
I don’t see anyone answering all the questions you ask during the video, so here are my answers.
5:12 This is the “bullpen” where pitchers warm up.
5:41 The mascot’s name is just “Mariner Moose.”
9:50 The dirt is a specialized mix of sand, silt and clay.
12:40 The countdown timer is new this year. Baseball was getting worse and worse with pitchers and hitters faffing about between every pitch, so the clock was introduced. The batter is required to be ready for the pitch before there are 8 seconds left, and the pitcher is required to throw before time runs out. It has sped up the game considerably.
15:45 As you noticed, there is no set time for a baseball game. It’s just 9 innings. The longest professional baseball game ever was over 8 hours, but most are 2-3 hours long.
15:50 Yes, an inning will last until there are 3 outs. It doesn’t matter how many runs are scored.
17:40 Yes, a game is played until there is a winner. There are no ties, and extra innings are not sudden death. There will always be an equal chance for both teams.
17:50 The guy you noticed is the first base coach. There is also a 3rd base coach. Their function is to give runners any needed instructions, such as whether to steal or not, and whether to keep running or stop at a particular base.
18:40 People do move around. I go to a game to watch the game, but not everyone does, as you noticed.
20:30 I don’t know exactly what happened here, but this is a rather typical looking altercation between baseball teams. The Mariners and Astros have a bit of a rivalry, so I presume someone did something the other didn’t like. Once that starts, all teammates join in. It does all seem a bit silly when you look at it objectively.
21:00 If a runner advances because of a dropped pitch, it will be called a “passed ball” if it’s the catcher’s fault, or a “wild pitch” if it’s the pitcher’s fault. And it’s not stealing a base if there’s another reason you were able to run.
21:20 Julio Rodriguez is a very talented young player for the Mariners, and he is also quite charming, so he is very popular.
22:25 Everybody is booing because they don’t like the ruling. I presume it went against the Mariners.
25:25 “RF” means Right Field. Right and Left are from the batter’s perspective. You are sitting between center field and right field.
27:20 “AVG” is batting average - how many base hits divided by “at bats” (effectively attempts); “R” is runs scored; “H” is hits; “HR” is home runs; “RBI” is runs batted in (how many people scored because you hit the ball); “OBP” is on base percentage, it’s like batting average but includes things like walks that allow you to get on base without getting a hit; “SLG” is slugging percentage, it’s like batting average, but instead of all hits counting as 1, doubles are 2, triples are 3, and home runs are 4; “OPS” is the sum of OBP and SLG. One thing baseball fans love is statistics, and there are all sorts of statistics kept about baseball!
Wow, you certainly know your stuff! Thank you so much for taking the time to write all that for us. You have explained everything really clearly and given us a much better understanding of baseball. Really appreciate it 👍
@@OneCouplesAdventure You're welcome! I had so much fun watching, I just felt compelled to answer your questions!
Great job of explaining things, but one minor correction. While in theory the first base coach is there to advise the runner when to steal etc, their real job is to slap the runner on the butt and say something like “good job.” Baseball is weird that way.
@@billcook4768 LOL. No lies detected. 🙂
Great job answering & explaining things in a clear, easy to understand way!
back in 1992, I had a similar situation …I had about 30 minutes to explain baseball to a Brit. I picked this guy up at Hotel Belair and drove him to LAX, (Los Angeles Airport). you see, I was a chauffeur and I had many opportunities to drive people with “means” to and from the local airports. anyway this Brit knew the ride was just under 30 minutes - and to please explain baseball to him. I had a great time and at the end of the ride he now had a BASIC understanding of the game. he thanked me for it and gave me a really nice tip. it was George Harrison.
That's a fun story 😁
The pace of the game doesn't insist you watch every moment. It allows you to talk about the game. To take it all in with your own pace. It allows you to wander and meander taking in the sights and sounds. Baseball is just as much about the experience at the park as it is about the game.
Yes, people always say how boring it is like this is a very social watch. It’s meant for people to come together and talk and just enjoy the experience and everything.
Exactly lol. Baseball games for casual fans is perfect because it's so relaxed. Generally until after the 7th inning lol
Why it's one of the most boring sports in the world
@@FSVR54 loser
Yep! Brits who enjoy The Hundreds Cricket Tournament would love MLB. ⚾🇬🇧
Native New Yorker, lifelong lover of baseball. This was by far the most fun ever. You two are delightful.
Arrrr thanks so much
They should see a game in NY. There’s nothing like the NY fan atmosphere
Keep in mind the regular season for MLB baseball teams is 162 games long. That means 81 home games. Some fans treat the games pretty casually as a result and pick and choose when to actually show up or watch the games passively while hanging out with a group of friends. Glad you guys chose to experience this!
Attending a baseball game is so much fun. It's a sport that breethes so there is plenty of time to chat with friends or strangers, go for a walk, grab some food anytime, or even take a quick nap.
As a Mariners season ticket holder for 25 years and just all around baseball fanatic, I love this video so much.
We loved our 1st baseball game!
Dbacks fan here. Y'all have such an underrated ballpark! Definately on my bucket list whenever I hit up PNW. Really pulling for y'all to win the ALW this year!
@@nickchaa1676 these are my top 5
1. Camden Yards
2. PNC Park
3. T-Mobile Park
4. Oracle Park
5. Petco Park
Long live ‘95
@@OneCouplesAdventure, Next time you make it over to Seattle we will have to show you around properly. From the haunted underground tour where people used to get Shanghaied, or the peninsula where you can visit a rain forest or where we almost had another War with England.
I find it really amusing and fresh watching people who have never experienced American things like baseball experience it and embrace it. I think we all need to do that.
Which sport is more American ? MLB or the NFL ?🇺🇸⚾🏈
from a baseball fan of over 40 years, this was much enjoyable to watch. glad i stumbled onto this!
Thanks so much, we loved our 1st Baseball game
@@OneCouplesAdventure May you have many in your travels!!!
9:55...that is an infield mix. I'm a groundskeeper, so I know that MLB stadiums have a 60% sand, 30% clay and 10% silt infield mix. The sand helps with drainage and consistent particle size, the clay binds everything together and the silt retains a bit of moisture. They are watering down the infield mix to make it less dusty, more compact, and more consistent hops for ground balls. It's not muddy, more just firm so the ball bounces true rather than dying in a pile of dusty dirt or hitting a pebble and bouncing another way.
@jordanroberts1519 Thanks for this! Are all ballparks using the same mix?
@@watson956 Typically, yes. Changes probably for more Northern teams than Southern, but thats just climate related in terms of how much rain each field gets.
It also helps the umps to see a play at the plate or a bag when a runner slides.
And you went to my teams ballpark!?!!? I feel so honored 😭😭
You said this dude must not be liked he just got booted by everybod and instantly I knew it was Jose Altuve 😂
We absolutely loved it 😁
any Mariners fan would know
same! mariner fan
I thought I was Alex Bregman who was getting booed
The Seattle Mariners:
-Great fans
-Amazing Ballpark
-Godawful ownership and front office
My condolences to you guys 😢
I’ve basically been binging your Discovery Princess vlog posts because they’re so helpful and informative (we’re taking our first cruise ever on Sapphire Princess in 2 weeks-also to Alaska), I love that you’re not cynical and like to have fun and try new things, and you both make me laugh. Home is Portland, OR and as you can see by my hat, I’m a baseball fan (TX Rangers so I take the train up once a year to catch a game…at least until Portland gets a team! 🤞) so I was tickled to see this video even though it has nothing to do with cruising! I’m glad you guys had fun! Baseball is LIFE 😂
Thanks so much for the lovely comment. Have a great cruise to Alaska, let us know how you get on when you return. And yes we loved the Baseball game. We now watch it on the TV at home 😁
Baseball is America's past time and the great thing about baseball is all the different stadiums are so unique
Fun video! A few of my friends from England visited me in Los Angeles and I took them to a Dodgers game. They had such a wonderful time that they became life long Dodgers fans now! lol they’ll text me from England talking about the Dodgers now. I’m glad you guys enjoyed yourselves at a baseball game
We watch them on the TV now at home 😁
I work for the dodgers maybe they can become regulars when they come! Well done!
I'm a Seattle Mariners fan who just stumbled across this video. So delightful. Glad you guys took a chance on this entertainment and had what looked to be a great time.
I just had to smile at this. It me of my Irish father. After he retired, he used to walk up to my high school and watch the baseball games in the spring. One time I was walking to the locker room from track practice and he frantically called me over.
“Now. Let me get this straight. It’s the guy with the stick and the guy throwing the ball against everyone else, right?”
Close enough, dad. This description of the game was after he had lived in America for 50 years!!! I have to cut him slack though, He worked like a slave for those years and baseball was the furthest thing from his mind. Wish he was still here so I could really tell him what the game is all about.
Love this story. Thanks for sharing 👍
The YT algorithm decided to bring this video to my attention. I live in Seattle and my wife and I are life-long Mariner fans. Seeing all of this we take for granted through your eyes is so much fun! I'm glad you got to visit our city and hope you had a great time!
Some thoughts:
The Astros are one of our biggest rivals, thus all the booing (especially Altuve).
The attendance can seem lower than it really is because a lot of people go for the vibes and drinks; as you noticed, it's fairly popular for people to buy cheap tickets and then spend most of the game hanging out in the area where you started because it's close to the field, it's near the bullpen (where pitchers warm up), it's near good food and drinks, and it's just a very social area.
Also, keep in mind there are 81 home games per season, so people with season tickets won't come to every single game. And even if they will, they may meet with friends and end up spending most of the game elsewhere in the stadium.
Yes, a game could theoretically go forever if a team kept getting hits or homeruns or otherwise avoided getting a player out.
The clocks counting down are relatively new to baseball -- until recent years, it was common for baseball games to go 3+ hours (and playoff games would go 4+ hours); now it's down to about 2.5 hours. Most people like the changes, but there's always a group of traditionalists who hate anything new.
Great video! I work across the street from T-Mobile Park. So we've been to our fair share of Mariners games. Yes, people will often get up and walk around during games. There is a lot of time spent in the concourses or waiting to get food or use the restroom. There are 81 home games a season and they're not all crucial games. So sometimes people just go for the atmosphere. Baseball is considered the "great American pastime". So it's a really popular night out during the summer. Traffic gets HORRENDOUS leaving the stadium. So sometimes people will bail out in the 7th inning or so if it's not the most exciting game. Glad you guys had fun, though!
Thank you, and cool you work just across the street from there. We loved it, such an amazing atmosphere. Definitely gonna remember our 1st ever baseball game. We loved Seattle too
My son met a British couple while traveling and watching Japanese baseball for the first time. He had a great time orienting them to Baseball and went to a Sake bar with them afterwards. It looked like fun.
im so jealous you guys got to see a brawl in your first game! i have been going to Mariners games my whole life (20 years) and ive never gotten to see one! glad you had fun!
wdym? just go to every game against either the astros or the angels and you're bound to see one
This video randomly popped up on my feed, I have no idea why. But this was a delight to watch. Will watch more of your videos!
This just came to me in recommended but as a lifelong baseball fan and also with an appreciation of cultures mixing this was a hilarious video. I loved their interested, no ego approach to a new experience
I just discovered your channel with this video. As a native Seattlite, I am so happy that you got to see a good Mariners win. That baseball game experience is a real American tradition. Go Mariners!!
Thanks so much
American who loves baseball here, this brought me so much joy! So glad yall had a fun time and feeling your excitement made me happy lol
To increase attendance, Major League Baseball decided to design stadiums that have attractions other than the game itself. Depending on the team, only about 2/3 of the people attending actually watch the entire game.
On the one hand, it smells of desperation and perhaps a bit of disrespect. On the other hand, opening doors early allows for the best of both worlds. Done properly, a ballpark can be a vibrant and lively place.
And dont forget many tickets are bought by businesses who try to resell them for a higher price. A game may be technically sold out but still have empty seats because the tix werent resold
This was hilarious ….Stacy trying to understand the game and Kev looking at food, smelling food, eating food, thinking of food 🤣🤣
Love you two ❤️
Hahaha 🤣 thanks Ruth
That was a fun video. I love “fish out of water” stories. And BTW: you had a pretty good handle on how baseball is played. I went to a cricket match when I was in England years ago, and I had zero clue what was happening. Lol. Kudos to you both.
I keep wanting to answer your questions! Thanks very much for visiting us.
Glad that you had such a good time watchng the Mariners! Wonderful that you made your way around the park during the game. I ike doing that too to see the game from different vantage points. Cheers!
Thanks so much
This is one of the best videos I’ve seen with you guys. I am American and I know the complexities of understanding baseball. I tried to explain to a couple of French guys baseball and realized how difficult it is to understand the game. I have to say you did really good figuring things out. It was funny to see your confusion. It would be like learning Cricket for us. Really enjoy your videos, especially this one.
Thanks so much and we did our best to understand it and soak in the atmosphere. We had a great time and have been watching it at home to understand it even better 😁. We would definitely go again. And yes haha it would be like us trying to explain the rules of cricket
Great video! I live in Seattle & am a Mariners fan. I wish I had been seated near u at the game to help answer your questions. You do have a pretty good understanding of the game tho. MLB & its teams really push for a fun, relaxed, family friendly atmosphere as u saw with all the kids. So glad u 2 had a good time!!!
We loved our first base ball game. We watch it on the TV at home now too ,so that we can get a better understanding of all the rules
It's always much more enjoyable at the stadium.
Should come to a Braves game.
Hi Stacey and Kev. You have made my day with this video. When Stacey said " this guy got a lot of cheers, is he like the David Beckham"? 😂. You two are the best!!! Thank you ❤
Haha 🤣 Thanks MaryAnn 😁
Great video! I'm half-Brit, half-American, and a cousin visited me in Los Angeles when I was a teenager, and we went to a baseball game. I did not realize just how many rules there are until I attempted this. The basics are hard enough, but then you get into third-strike-but-catcher-drops-the-ball, balk calls, the foul line pole high up, pick off throws, double plays, intentional walks......good Lord, my poor cousin's head was spinning. You guys did very well figuring stuff out, bravo!
Haha love this 😀 thanks for sharing
Loved this! All the Brits I know come here and say baseball is boring because they don't pay attention or try to understand the game. I loved your enthusiasm and that you stayed until the end!! I didn't love how you kept pointing out how badly my Mets were losing though! 😭😭😭
PS: The pic you inserted of British stadium food was hilarious! Why is everything burnt?? And that tiny sausage in that ginormous bun!! 😂😂😂🌭
Americans even say that it’s boring and it can be
The Mets are playing in London tomorrow, and I hate that I cant be there!! Greetings from a European Mets fan
Former Little League second baseman (early 1970s) and lifelong baseball fan here… 🙂 I really enjoyed your wonderful video.
Baseball is conceptually simple, but there are so many rules and nuances, that it ends up being one of the more complicated games to understand. Baseball is also perhaps the most statistics-heavy game in existence. These statistics are endlessly fascinating for many fans, allow pretty good (but not perfect) comparisons between players and eras, and thus permit old guys like me to participate in endless arguments about who was better than who, who was the greatest, etc. To answer the greatest player question, my answer is Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants (and, at the end of his career, New York Mets). Willie just passed away (June 18) at the age of 93. I was fortunate to see him play in person several times in the 1960s.
To address your conversation at about the 16:30 mark - Baseball is an event-controlled game, meaning that the game ends when one or more events are completed. In this case, nine innings (typical) with one team in the lead. A tie score at the end of nine innings means that play continues with one or more extra innings until one team has a lead at the completion of an extra inning. Rain can prevent playing the full nine innings and, depending on the score and the number of innings played, there may or may not be a winner declared. Sometimes, the two teams will play two games against each other on the same day, which is called a double header. College double headers are sometimes seven innings per game instead of nine innings. Little League games are six innings.
Softball, cricket, tennis, volleyball, track-and-field events, etc. are also examples of event-controlled games. Soccer, American football, basketball, etc. are time-controlled games, meaning that the games ends when time is exhausted. Some time-controlled games can end in a tie, while others have some method for tie-breaks.
In event-controlled games, there is always the possibility that the person or team that is behind can win with a late surge. This is much more difficult to do in time-controlled games because the late surge can start too late.
Finally, a subtle baseball joke that I came up with about 20 years ago: "Life is only 25% fair. The remaining 270° is foul territory."
My wife and I are season ticket members for the Mariners. It was really fun to see the two of you having a great time!
Something that helps keep it affordable is the value menu. They have cheaper drinks, popcorn, and other snacks that you can find at select concessions stands throughout the stadium. We typically eat at home, bring a few snacks, and buy a couple of drinks. I hope you enjoyed the rest of the time you spent in Seattle!
Some of the empty seats could be season ticket holders that didn't attend. Those seats also might have been bought by ticket resellers but the resellers didn't have anyone but those seats.
Nice! And even got the Geno-grigio wine tumbler! Thanks for sharing, love seeing a visitor's perspective
I'm from Seattle and my big sports trip was to Stamford Bridge and I got some cheap seats in the back too. They were like lower level furthest row back behind the goal, I only had a little slit where I could see the field and I had to squat a bit to see under the over hang and over the people in front of me.. hah it was great.
Anyone else remembers the film with Steve Martin when he starts dancing etc as a coach/referee at a baseball game 😂
Alot of ball parks use special dirt from Pennsylvania
You did a great job at capturing the atmosphere and the game!
Casually having a clip of Luis Castillo for 2 seconds no audio made me laugh out loud. You guys are so fun!
Considering it's your first time watching and figuring out a game, you guys did a fantastic job! Great video and very entertaining. Thanks for doing this!
Thanks for watching
Yes, people buy seats and then move around. My brother and I buy the cheapest seats possible and then get there early and set up camp in Edgar’s Cantina. Super cool atmosphere and better views. I’m so glad you guys were able to visit our great city! PNW FOR LIFE!
I stumbled on this video. I live in Seattle and had a big smile on my face throughout your discoveries here. You two are lovely people. 😊
"Is that the first innings"? lol. (inning). This is great! Looking forward to doing the same in my travels.
I wish I could've been there next to you to answer all your questions!! One thing I will say, especially for T-Mobile Park, there are so many fan experiences throughout the stadium that you'll regularly see a third of the seats empty because people hang out in the standing areas like "The Pen" or the "Trident Deck" or they'll be in line at one of the concession stands or browsing down in the team store which is massive.
I loved this video! I’m a big Mariners fan. Going to the game is an experience. It’s such a fun atmosphere! If you really want to follow the game closely, though, watching on TV or listening on the radio is better for that. Each has its place. And it does cost some money for the stadium experience. It’s worth it to me to save up and go a few times a year. The food is so delicious! And so much to choose from! Glad this showed up in my feed tonight. Hope you come back again so I can go with you and help you understand the game! 🔱😊
I used to keep statistics in high school for the baseball team. I thought it would be boaring...but I learned lots...and grew to appreciate the strategies.
My niece lives in England now. I would love to explaine baseball to her and her partner!
What a great video.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
I truly don't mean this in a condescending way, but it's adorable to watch y'all figure out the rules while it's happening.
Additionally, things are so different in other ballparks, it would be really interesting your reaction to somewhere like Camden in Baltimore.
I know how they feel. The few times I've watched a bit of Cricket, I didn't understand it one bit. I even read the cricket Wikipedia page to go over the rules, but it was like another language. Baseball seems so straight forward when you've watched it your whole life, but I can understand how it would be confusing to someone who's never watched a game.
@@RodericSpode I don't watch cricket either really, but Jomboy makes it somewhat understandable in breakdowns.
@@bluemeltedpopsicle Thanks, I'll check that out.
@@bluemeltedpopsicle I watched the video and it was helpful. Thanks again.
You guys are adorable! Glad you had a good time. Great video!
Always great watching the two of you. It’s great to experience life.
You have to understand, in baseball we count everything. RBI, Runs batted in, OBP on base percentage, etc.
I am a huge baseball fan! Went to T-Mobile Park back when it was Safeco Field in 2016. Great stadium! It is definitely an experience worth having and glad that people from the UK are showing some interest in "America's pasttime!" You guys were fun to watch!
This was fun! Thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed the game. I look forward to my first Premier League and/or Championship football match in England someday.
You two seem like such a nice couple! It’s neat that you two were willing to go to a baseball game without much knowledge of them game but seemed to really enjoy yourselves and take in the full experience! I hope you enjoyed our city and team. Cheers!
Thanks so much
What a nice young couple. Glad you enjoyed yourselves and got to see a home run. That doesn’t happen every game. Safe travels to you, Joe in Kentwood Michigan and Detroit Tigers fan!
Thanks so much 👍
Enjoyed this as a baseball and Mariners fan living in the Pacific Northwest, and my mother was from London. Cheers!
The "Mexican Wave" started in Seattle at Huskies college football games and then to the Seattle Seahawks based on a similar but slightly different stunt at a Denver Ice Hockey game. It was several years later that it spread to Mexico at the 1986 World Cup.
I was there. Former Husky cheer guy and TV personality Robb Weller started it when engaging with the student section. It was against Stanford for homecoming on Halloween, 1981. I was in the band at the time. It spread to the Seahawks because of the overlapping fan base.
I'm glad you had fun I grew up in a house where my brother and father hijacked the TV all weekend for sports. I grew up with baseball basketball and football. I love baseball to this day
Well,that's something you can check off your bucket list of things to do !
In the outfield there's a large beer garden, actually there are a couple, where a large number of people stay for the duration of the game. This is why so many of the "cheap" seats are empty. People pay the least amount to get into the game and then watch from the beer garden.
We're gonna need you guys to come back for each home game. You seem to be good luck.
🤣 we'd love to
tunnels are dugouts.
Thanks for sharing your first-time experience.
I'm not much of a baseball fan and definitely cannot stand watching it on TV, but in person? The atmosphere is amazing! I usually get the cheapest seats and walk around and watch from different areas. Btw, this stadium sells crickets for snacks
Funny that the first ever game you went to, there's a "fight" lol. I've been going to baseball games all my life and a fight is one thing I still haven't seen in person.
I remember once taking a man from France to a ball game. He was so confused during the seventh inning stretch and was wondering what was going on. I explained it was time to stretch and he couldn’t understand why everybody felt the need to do it at the same time. !
Haha he has a point to be fair lol 🤣. We love hearing about the game though and how it is played
That tradition actually started during a game where the American President went to watch a game. During the break in the middle of the 7th inning he stood up to “stretch” his legs. Out of respect, the entire crowd stood up as well. Since that time, it has become tradition to do the “7th inning stretch”
It's culture, there's no explanation. In France, who picked how many times you do la bise (kiss on each cheek)? Some places it's 2, some 3 some 4 even. Why? No reason, it's just the custom.
We were clueless Brits aswell when I watched the Toronto blue jays . I've got a bit into watching highlights now
Haha 🤣 we've been trying to watch abit more at home
I saw the Toronto Blue Jays many years ago, I still don't have clue. but as a Brit, I can't get my head around Cricket either.
My nieces were singing the national anthem at this game and I was right below you both. Glad you had fun!
So glad you experienced this! For me, growing up around Seattle, going to an M's game is something that purely makes me feel like I'm at home. It's special to me and something I've done since I was a young boy. The food carts outside, the field, the game. It's super special to me even though I totally understand how weird and esoteric baseball is. Thanks for being so open to experiencing it and you totally killed it!!
When I was a kid we would get up once in the game to wander the stadium and see from all ends of the park.
13:44 It's the "pitch clock" Limits the amount of time the pitcher has to throw the ball. Its only a few years old to the game and has sped up the game tremendously.
That stadium looks amazing, from the food to the atmosphere it looks like a great day out
20:59 hey you got to see a bit of a baseball scrum that’s cool. It’s not terribly common.
That was fun to watch.
Baseball, like soccer, is a beautiful game an very much worth learning.
I hope you enjoyed your time in Seattle.
If you are in London you should go the baseball games being held there this weekend.
100% Maybe they could do a MLB London Series vlog next year. 🇬🇧⚾
Ayyyy! Thanks for visiting my hometown and checking out my home baseball team! Glad you enjoyed the city and the team! Go Ms and have fun on your adventures!
WOW! You came to my home! I hope you’ve all had a great time!!
We loved it
Really enjoyed watching this and vicariously experiencing the game from fresh eyes. There are really so many things that you take for granted when you grew up with the game. Try a college football game if you're ever in the Southeast USA.
You went to one of the most beautiful stadiums in the league the views of the city and the sound are just amazing
25:27 - You got it - RF stands for the Right Fielder. Outfield position who was closest to the seats you bought. (later) RBI = Runs Batted In, meaning runs scored thanks to a hit that Taylor Trammell had.
My boy friend and I were stationed in London, as Americans we didn’t know Cricket. Walked thru a park and a group was playing it. Could not figure it out at all. Looked crazy to us. Such a short way to run.
If it's any consolation, most of us Brits can't understand cricket either
Amazing story 😁
Bienvenidos to Seattle! It's always a good day when the Mariners beat the Astros. They're having a match as I'm writing this, lol.
This video made my day! I loved to see your enthusiasm and curiosity - baseball is actually decreasing in popularity among Americans (in part because the game is so long and can have long stretches where nothing much happens), so to see two non-Americans enjoying a game makes me happy. I hope you are able to experience another baseball game in another city soon! (I highly recommend a NY Yankees game but I am a bit biased 😊)
Thanks so much for watching
It was fun to experience a baseball game with someone who hasn't experienced the sport.
Baseball you will see shirts for contemporary players. Like you mentioned, Rodriguez is a young star for the Mariners. You will also see shirts for classic team players. You probably saw some Johnson shirts for Randy Johnson, who is an all time great in baseball. What is fun is we like to look for the most obscure jersey. A player that isn't a star but may be a fan favorite. A shirt you wouldn't expect anyone to have with that name. Some of the more historical teams, New York Yankees or St. Louis Cardinals you see a LOT of historical jerseys and players.
Baseball had no clock. An average game is usually around 2 hours but they can go on. Historically there have some big outliers. The longest MLB game went 26, almost 3 full games, and lasted over 4 hours.
I went to a game last year in Colorado. They played the Anaheim Angels. The Angels scored over 20 runs. There were a lot of home runs, where the ball is hit over the fence.
In short baseball is:
9 innings unless the game is tied, then it goes into extra innings until someone outscores the other. If the visitors score the home team still gets their last at bat.
Each team gets 3 outs per inning. If they score 200 runs and no one is out it keeps hitting until 3 out are made.
There is a 'strike zone' for the batter from the shoulders down to the knees. The is also a right and left line to for a box. If a pitcher can get 3 pitches in the box or a combination of the batter swinging and missing at a pitch anywhere or hitting the ball out of play the batter is out. The only thing is the 3rd 'strike' has to be in the box or a swing and miss for the batter to be called out. There are some exceptions, like interfering with the catcher.
BA- Batting Average - The total number of hits, divided by the total number of at bats.
RBI - Runs Batted In - This is the number of runners on base that the batter has driven in over the course of the season.
SLG - Slugging - This is the batters power percentage. It is a formula that tabulates the total batter at bats compared to how many bases. Example: If a batter had one at bat on the season and hit a home run, their slugging percentage would be 4,000.
OBP - On base percentage - It is a formula that tells you the frequency of the batter getting on base. It is total hits, plus total number of times the batter was walked divided by the total number of plate appearances. A walk doesn't count as an at bat.
Example: First game of the season. With 4 plate appearances, I hit a single, strike out my other two appearances and walk in my fourth appearance.
My batting average is .333, 1 for 3. My OBP is .500 because I was 2 for 4 because of the walk. My SLG is .333 because i only hit a single.If I had hit a double it would be .667 because it would have been 2 bases for 3 at bats opposed to 1 base for 3 at bats
Thanks for explaining things in further detail for us 👍
A friend from Australia went to a Mariners game one night and likened it to watching paint dry. (I love it - the pace, loved Niehaus, Rizzs, Blowers and Sims in the broadcast booth, the atmosphere - much different than football.) Congrats on your first game certificate. I went to a game at the beginning of their first season ever at the long gone Kingdome. (Just a couple years ago...ha!.) Next visit take in a Univ. of Washington Huskies football game in Husky Stadium. Hopefully we will be back up to snuff soon with all the conference, coach and players shuffling in and out.
Test match cricket can feel like watching 'paint dry' to some sports fans. 😊
This just came up on my feed, and it is absolutely delightful! Thank you for sharing your experience so openly.
Great stadium to catch a game. Glad you guys figured out you could stick and move and watch the game from different areas. Pro move.
I don’t know why this video just popped up in my feed right now, but I’m happy it did! You guys are cute. I’m glad you got to experience this.
Thanks for watching, we had a brilliant time
🤔Thank you very much for sharing your experience with us.
I have been a Mariners fan for a long time and have never seen the different shop levels and how you can roam around and view the game at different angles.
Once again, thanks for the tour.⚾️💣💥💯😎
Thanks so much for watching 😁
I’ve always wondered what the thoughts of the British are listening to our national anthem about war with them lol
This was super enjoyable to watch. Let's go mariners.
Thanks for watching
This popped in my recs, so I just want to say I hope you had a great time! This is my team’s home park and I was actually at this game, sitting in the section below you. I have gotten into English football in the last year or so, and I would love to see a match out in England! I enjoyed watching this a lot! You gained a fan today!
Hope you had a great stop in Seattle, my hometown
What a great video. Thanks for making this!
I grew up west of Seattle. My sports loyalties are still there! Thanks for choosing Seattle!
Thanks for watching and yes we loved it
Was born near Seattle but was raised in Texas essentially. My loyalties are all over the place.
I never thought of the inning like a round before. That makes sense now that i think about it.