Yeah but motion is how the subtle chess match happens. In baseball the chess match is between the batter and the pitcher. In soccer and hockey the chess match is between every player on one team and every player on the other team, in hockey you've got the addtional coaching chess match of line matchups.
Sorry but the baseball chess match isn't as sophisticated, cerebral or subtle as the chess match going on in soccer between the players and the ref, forget the chess match going on between the teams, baseball can't come close to competing with that. Baseball is a fine game, but let's not go crazy by overstating what happens when a guy with 3 good pitches goes up against a guy with one good bat, it's really not that complicated, much less subtle.
Well, we will just have to disagree about that. The whole dynamic between two baseball teams--right handed vs left handed, when to bunt, when to fake a bunt, when to look like you will fake a bunt, when to steal, playing each batter differently, and on and on is WAAYYYY more sophisticated than some skinny guy moving his shoulders one way for 45 minutes, and then move them another way for awhile.
And the chess match in baseball is not only between the picther and the batter, it is between every single player, coach, umpire and manager on the team. And it plays out for much more than just the one game--some chess matches last most of a season or longer. Smart fans can catch on to it when watching the game.
Baseball is just light years ahead of soccer when it comes to subtly and sophistication. That is just another reason why baseball is a vastly superior sport than soccer.