Well, do you think they still return them to the concession for a free snow cone? At the CWS it’s a common practice to get the home run balls to the player’s parent(s) in the stands.
Let's see. In baseball they take a ball out of play. In golf they take a ball out of play. According to your response what am I missing?
In golf the player walks arounds to study the landscape and decide where he wants to hit the ball. Then he stands over the stationary ball and takes a couple of practice swings, wiggles his ass a couple of times to get comfortable with his stance and then hits the ball. Everybody watching is supposed to remain deathly silent until he hits the ball. In baseball the batter waits for the pitcher to decide what pitch and when and where he wants the ball to go. The batter faces the possibility of seeing a 98 mph fastball that could possibly hit him somewhere on his body, possibly his head. The pitcher may throw a ball that breaks in whatever direction, or a slider, an 80 mph changeup and in some cases a knuckleball that does weird things and even the pitcher doesn't have any idea where it's going. Just as the batter is ready the pitcher might back up off the mound and then go through the whole process again. Or the pitcher could make multiple throws to 1st base to try to hold a runner close. All this time if it's a road game people are screaming at him and hurling insults about his mother, wife and/or questioning his sexual orientation. Which is easier? A. Golf B. Baseball
Spoken as if from someone who has never broken double par. Why on earth would you sit here and try to compare baseball and golf when you've sat here in the past trying to explain the difference in baseball and softball to others? They are two completely different sports. Why not basketball? If it's out of bounds, it's a loss of possession. In golf, it's the loss of a stroke. But that doesn't work with you, eh? Two different sports? Hell, scratch the cue ball on pool and you can lose the game. But a penalty for hitting in the water is extreme?
To get an answer to that question you'd need to ask someone who has played both, professionally, right? I'd bet it's golf and you'd get that same answer from baseball players. (There is a link between the two with hand eye coordination, but a lot of it stops there. I've seen a handful of baseball guys who did pretty well on their first 18...and by pretty well, they'd beat @lsutiga and his recorded 144.)
