I don't watch hockey anymore because I only have time for one sport... guess what that is.
This kind of sounds like you don't like watching hockey because you don't understand it... That would be like not liking Monopoly, Bridge, Chess... etc. etc. because you don't know how to play. But definitely if you don't know what's going on I can imagine its pretty frustrating.
Baseball on the other hand... wow... Catcher throws the ball back to the pitcher... that's when it ends for me... "throw the ball"... "throw the ball"... "omg for the love of humanity throw the ball!!!" ... nope not throwing the ball today evidently. I would never know because I have changed the channel.
That said, it an awesome game live. It was "my sport" growing up and we went to several Phillies games. I would go to a game at the drop of a hat but unless its the playoffs I can't stand to watch it on tv... I like listening to it better than watching it. I don't think we missed a game growing up... something special about the radio. I still listen to a game every once in a while.