Why do New York Yankees games feel boring?

Based on the question's details, I am guessing that the person who asked the question is not a Yankee fan, and perhaps roots for the Mets. Local broadcasters tend to cater to the fans of the team, and attempt to draw in casual fans. read more

The Yankees on YES and the Mets on SportsNet New York have different approaches to their broadcasts and who calls the games. YES has a large revolving group of broadcasters, with a play by play guy (Michael Kay, with Ken Singleton or Bob Lorenz on days Kay is off) and 1 to 2 color former Major Leaguers on color commentary, including Singleton, Paul O’Neill, David Cone, Al Leiter and John Flaherty. read more

I love chess, have played it throughout my life and granted watching a full game of chess with standard time controls would be similar in time to a game of baseball or football with nothing but watch 2 ubergeniuses thinking for all of maybe 3-5 minutes of it, games that have faster time controls are more interesting to watch, and watching guys who are great at lightning/blitz play those kinds of games, which are only a few minutes long each, is exciting and fun to watch (and also play). read more

I do have one friend who used to hate baseball (NFL guy, thought baseball was boring/not actually athletic), but then he got really into the 2006 Mets and now he is a huge fan. So maybe you have to get lucky and start following a team right as they get really exciting. read more