Do you care about American Baseball?
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First off, are you a pitch-man for the Ducks? lol
I haven\'t been to one of their games, but I hear they lose a lot.
You are probably too young to remember that the Original name of the Islanders was the NewYork Ducks. I still got a hockey puck signed by the whole team back in 1971!
The fact that they just sold the last major duck farm (some 600 acres, I think) to some idiot billionaire who made his fortune as an arms-dealer means that the phrase \"Long Island Duck\" will soon be a thing of the past.
They are, however, considering a bi-county sports arena on the Nassau-Suffolk border. The facility will allow Major League Teams for Long Island, which would be great. Of course, they are also considering a bi-county prison for the same piece of land, so the prison will probably win because LI politicians do $hit for us.
How about an arena for table-top wargames? HUZZAH!
Herb the bitter
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The last strike(whenever that was) killed any lingering interest I had.
Professional sports have been losing quality for years, now. Especially in North America, where it\'s all about the money, and not about the game, anymore.
Plus, the quality of the teams is going steadily downward, as well.
Think about it. I\'ll use the NHL (National Hockey League) as an example, because after the last non-season, everybody\'s mad at them, anyway...
The league started off with 6 teams. Scouts went and hunted for the very best players, looking for speed, endurance, shot accuracy... the best of the best made the cut.
Now there\'s what? 38 teams? 40? I\'ve lost count. At 24-30 guys on each team, and most teams putting at least 4 \'goons\' on the ice... (Oh, they aren\'t goons... they\'re Enforcers -- call a cow a cow)... the talent pool available from \"The best of the best\" is now dilluted among all those other teams, and the rest is like the kitty litter in a McDonald\'s hamburger... just filler, with no real flavour.
Add to the fact that there\'s so many \'professional athletes\' using performance enhancing drugs, and you\'re reaching a point where the players almost don\'t qualify as human, anymore.
In baseball... give me Philadelphia! A bunch of guys that look like they spend all their time off the field riding motorcycles, and downing beer at the nearest bar/pub/tavern.
I don\'t watch sports on television. They bore me. I don\'t want to hear about how someone making 10 times more money than I\'ll see in a lifetime can\'t swing a stick at a ball, or run for 90 seconds out of every 15 minutes to catch a ball, because he\'s got a leg cramp.
I play baseball. For an average guy, I\'m all right at it. I play with leg cramps. I play with a sprained wrist. I stick it in a bucket of ice when I don\'t need it, and I give the game my all. And when it\'s over, I don\'t spit on my hand before shaking the other team\'s hands, even if I lost.
Play Hard.
Play Fair.
Nobody Hurt.
Plus, the quality of the teams is going steadily downward, as well.
Think about it. I\'ll use the NHL (National Hockey League) as an example, because after the last non-season, everybody\'s mad at them, anyway...
The league started off with 6 teams. Scouts went and hunted for the very best players, looking for speed, endurance, shot accuracy... the best of the best made the cut.
Now there\'s what? 38 teams? 40? I\'ve lost count. At 24-30 guys on each team, and most teams putting at least 4 \'goons\' on the ice... (Oh, they aren\'t goons... they\'re Enforcers -- call a cow a cow)... the talent pool available from \"The best of the best\" is now dilluted among all those other teams, and the rest is like the kitty litter in a McDonald\'s hamburger... just filler, with no real flavour.
Add to the fact that there\'s so many \'professional athletes\' using performance enhancing drugs, and you\'re reaching a point where the players almost don\'t qualify as human, anymore.
In baseball... give me Philadelphia! A bunch of guys that look like they spend all their time off the field riding motorcycles, and downing beer at the nearest bar/pub/tavern.
I don\'t watch sports on television. They bore me. I don\'t want to hear about how someone making 10 times more money than I\'ll see in a lifetime can\'t swing a stick at a ball, or run for 90 seconds out of every 15 minutes to catch a ball, because he\'s got a leg cramp.
I play baseball. For an average guy, I\'m all right at it. I play with leg cramps. I play with a sprained wrist. I stick it in a bucket of ice when I don\'t need it, and I give the game my all. And when it\'s over, I don\'t spit on my hand before shaking the other team\'s hands, even if I lost.
Play Hard.
Play Fair.
Nobody Hurt.
I love American Baseball.
Guess I\'d be pretty much the odd man out. (Like that\'s different) and I don\'t mean just the \"major league\" variety. I watch my share of that, but I also love to go to games for the Triple-A team here locally and not far away is a team in the \"Short Season A\" league. That\'s about the lowest wrung of the pro sport - mostly 18, 19 and 20 year old kids just out of high school or maybe a 2-year college. It\'s great fun.
I also used to love going to my son\'s games when I was still in Texas. He\'s played since he was about 8 or so. Just got accepted to college to be a catcher and he\'s very good. But it\'s not about that. I just love the sport. So...
:moon::moon::moon:
I also love auto racing (in the blood), hockey, and college basketball.
Guess I\'d be pretty much the odd man out. (Like that\'s different
) and I don\'t mean just the \"major league\" variety. I watch my share of that, but I also love to go to games for the Triple-A team here locally and not far away is a team in the \"Short Season A\" league. That\'s about the lowest wrung of the pro sport - mostly 18, 19 and 20 year old kids just out of high school or maybe a 2-year college. It\'s great fun.I also used to love going to my son\'s games when I was still in Texas. He\'s played since he was about 8 or so. Just got accepted to college to be a catcher and he\'s very good. But it\'s not about that. I just love the sport. So...
:moon::moon::moon: I also love auto racing (in the blood), hockey, and college basketball.
kittykat23uk
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I\'m in the \"couldn\'t care less!\" category. Not too keen on most sports really.
No. I just work really close to them, so it\'s easy to get to their games, the seats are cheap and it\'s nice family fun.
They were the champions last year. This year they are on the bottom of the list. Not that the Yankees are any better.I haven\'t been to one of their games, but I hear they lose a lot.
No I\'m not too young although I wasn\'t really into hockey at the time. I am not sure what I was into at 10 years old, but most likely football.
Yes the big ones are gone. But there are still farms out there. One still going strong is in Aquabogue just east of Riverhead on the north fork. Its getting a big demand from resturants and other duck resellers, so I don\'t think the LI duck is dead yet. They even sell to the general public, but it\'s very low key.
And there is one still somewhere on the south shore, although I forget where.
Given the current state of Nassau, I think a bi-county anything is remote, although I can think of a lot of politicians we can put into that prison.
That would be nice. Perhaps we can use one of the old hanger buildings on the Calverton Grumman Peoperty? :idea:How about an arena for table-top wargames? HUZZAH!
Herb the bitter
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He\'s the answer to the world\'s greatest trivia question: Who\'s autograph is on the baseball bat wielded by Jack Nicholson\'s character in the movie \"The Shining\"?
@Tzor - Damn, I didn\'t know you were a coffin-dodger!!! I had taken you for a young-in, sorry. You\'re actually two years older then me! lol
I didn\'t mean to insult the ducks, it\'s just what I heard. I\'m glad they came in first last year.
And you\'re right, the chances are better for a United Europe then Nassau and Suffolk ever getting together on anything.
I didn\'t mean to insult the ducks, it\'s just what I heard. I\'m glad they came in first last year.
And you\'re right, the chances are better for a United Europe then Nassau and Suffolk ever getting together on anything.
A couple of years ago when I had to go to America with work, a colleague managed to get us tickets to watch the Cleveland Indians at Jacob\'s Field. He was chuffed to bits \'cos tickets apparently were like gold dust and he knew we liked our sport, so told us we\'d have the best time ever.
The reality? Worst time ever. I\'m a fan of most sports and especially live ones but this was the most arse-numbingly, tedious pile of kak I\'ve ever had to endure (and I\'ve watched Leeds United a few times recently!)
It lasted about four hours;
Ist hour - Mildly interesting (well, 1st ten mins were)
2nd hour - Okay, can we go now?
3rd hour - Thinking of feigning injury in order to get out of stadium.
4th hour - Desperately looking around on floor for hot pins to stick in my eyes as it would have been preferable.
The worst bit was how the action kept stopping because the networks were having a commercial break. I\'m not naive enough to be unaware of how major clubs have to dance to the TV guys\' tune but this was really a step too far.
Correction, the worst bit was meeting our host\'s parents at the game and having to lie and say how much we were enjoying it.
The reality? Worst time ever. I\'m a fan of most sports and especially live ones but this was the most arse-numbingly, tedious pile of kak I\'ve ever had to endure (and I\'ve watched Leeds United a few times recently!)
It lasted about four hours;
Ist hour - Mildly interesting (well, 1st ten mins were)
2nd hour - Okay, can we go now?
3rd hour - Thinking of feigning injury in order to get out of stadium.
4th hour - Desperately looking around on floor for hot pins to stick in my eyes as it would have been preferable.
The worst bit was how the action kept stopping because the networks were having a commercial break. I\'m not naive enough to be unaware of how major clubs have to dance to the TV guys\' tune but this was really a step too far.
Correction, the worst bit was meeting our host\'s parents at the game and having to lie and say how much we were enjoying it.
Well, I like any kind of sport. Over the years I have watched some really bad stuff including, the Stihl Timbersports series, (more than once), and Fishorama 7.
I would watch more baseball except they only show it here at like 2 in the morning, and when you have to go to work, that\'s a bit of a bugger.
I would watch more baseball except they only show it here at like 2 in the morning, and when you have to go to work, that\'s a bit of a bugger.
johnboyjjb
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Baseball ain\'t that great. It isn\'t bad as background noise on tv. If you look up when there is insane cheering you know that you just missed a good play. Then you wait for ten seconds and you get a replay. I usually can only watch while reading a book, painting, or something else where my mind can actually do something.
Racing is where I can lose myself. Nothing beats WRC. NASCAR highlights can be fun but normal races have become such a tv event I don\'t like watching them anymore.
Racing is where I can lose myself. Nothing beats WRC. NASCAR highlights can be fun but normal races have become such a tv event I don\'t like watching them anymore.
Astorderire
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Being heterosexual, I don\'t manage to be interested by anything with balls in it.
Sorry, no brain left, only snot :duh:
Sorry, no brain left, only snot :duh:
Astorderire
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It\'s gaulloises, Galloises means women from Wales in french! lollollol
\"Smoking galloises\"! what a stylishly heterosexal hobby! But is it harmfull for lungs?
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\"Smoking galloises\"! what a stylishly heterosexal hobby! But is it harmfull for lungs?
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