When I've seen it on American TV shows and cartoons it's looked kind of exciting. I watched a bit of a game probably 10 or so years ago now and it was just dull. Nobody hit the ball, the pitcher was just throwing it at the batter and he didn't want to know. Was that a typical baseball experience or did I just get unlucky, and the TV version of baseball with dudes slugging the ball into orbit is the real deal?