14 Jul 09
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Originally posted by Seitseand yet the "boring" game of baseball is one of America's most popular sports. 😀
I understand it must be tough, particularly for the Generation X and its short attention span, not be kept entertained with continuous aaahhhs and oooohhs.
Would it make any difference if at the minute 30 of the second half the game stops and all the stadium would be forced to stand up and dance the macarena?
I'll phone Sep Blatter.
One of the reasons I like baseball is the slow pace and the natural pauses. Gives the announcers time to discuss all the strategies and statistics, do interviews, and tell lots of stories. In most other sports, 95% of the time is taken up with play-by-play, leaving little time for anything else.
It would be as if you could stop a soccer game every 30 seconds or so and analyze everything that just happened and show lots of replays.
15 Jul 09
Originally posted by sh76You don't have a clue what your talking about!
In soccer, most of what happens on the field is meaningless in terms of the outcome of the game. Therein lies the major distinction.
Your wrong because in real football somethings always happening. Just because someone doesn't score doesn't mean that the oppertunity to score wasn't exciting!
With football theirs so much at stake as one goal could be all that's needed to win. What makes football the most popular sport in the world is the fact that quite often a weaker team will beat a far better team...these surprise results happen more in football then pretty much any other sport!
16 Jul 09
Originally posted by JamesqtYes! It's like watching grass grow. The miracle of life! That's the thing about nature. Something is always happening on an atomic level!!
You don't have a clue what your talking about!
Your wrong because in real football somethings always happening. Just because someone doesn't score doesn't mean that the oppertunity to score wasn't exciting!
With football theirs so much at stake as one goal could be all that's needed to win. What makes football the most popular sport in the world is the ...[text shortened]... ter team...these surprise results happen more in football then pretty much any other sport!
And great point about upsets. To hell with superior talent and superior preparation! Better to have a sport where you feel like any random group of 11 chuckleheads could go out there and win.
17 Jul 09
Originally posted by Red NightFootball is played all over the world as is cricket and rugby , who plays base ball and american football? i think the answer to that tells you how boring those two sports are !!!....
The greatest Cricketeer of all time, Don Bradman, had this to say about baseball:
"Cricket could learn alot from Baseball. Baseball has more snap and dash than cricket."
17 Jul 09
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Originally posted by phil3000The local girls school here plays rounders - that's pretty much the same as baseball isn't it. They don't wear padding and helmets though, unlike those pansies. 😏
Football is played all over the world as is cricket and rugby , who plays base ball and american football? i think the answer to that tells you how boring those two sports are !!!....
17 Jul 09
Ice hockey without a doubt most intresting game. Every player having the ability to move quicker than than Olympic sprinter. Finesse,contact, teamwork. Puck travelling as fast as a steroid induced Clemens fastball. I enjoy watching soccer but the diving drives me nuts.
18 Jul 09
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveI have no idea what rounders is, but i do know that in the United States soccer is a girls game
The local girls school here plays rounders - that's pretty much the same as baseball isn't it. They don't wear padding and helmets though, unlike those pansies. 😏
19 Jul 09
Originally posted by phil3000do they teach you this myth about cricket being a world game in all english schools or just the public ones?
Football is played all over the world as is cricket and rugby , who plays base ball and american football? i think the answer to that tells you how boring those two sports are !!!....
19 Jul 09
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Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveIt is just a matter of having your best athletes play the sport. In the United States our best male athletes play basketball, football or baseball. Our best female athletes play soccer and we have a top notch female soccer team. In Canada people like hockey and they produce great hockey players. It is not surprising.
Well yes, the way y'all play it you're prolly right. 😛