TR ...
Pitching is a skill ...
Hitting is a skill ...
Fielding is a skill ...
Before the 5 tools were so ungraciously determined to be some sort of farm implement or something, they were baseball "skills".
[QUOTE]Originally posted by TRhit:
91
It is very simple-- you are hitting a ball that is not moving to begin with and we can go from there
And you need not be in tip top shape to play the game--see H John Daley
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TR,
You need not be in tip top shape to play baseball...it just improves an athlete's performance.
The same is true for golf. Golf is certainly a sport. It meets all the criteria. Carts have taken away from the physical exertion aspect, but I prefer to walk (the game was invented for walking) the four+ miles up and down the hills. The worse I play, the more exertion required (95 swings versus 75 swings, in and out of sand traps with lots of raking, etc).
Similarly, baseball is a game of developed skills, more so than other major sports.
I'm not completely sure where the sport/non-sport line is drawn, but golf is way on the "sport" side of it.
Mike F
91
It is very simple-- you are hitting a ball that is not moving to begin with and we can go from there
And you need not be in tip top shape to play the game--see H John Daley
[QUOTE]
TR,
You need not be in tip top shape to play baseball...it just improves an athlete's performance.
The same is true for golf. Golf is certainly a sport. It meets all the criteria. Carts have taken away from the physical exertion aspect, but I prefer to walk (the game was invented for walking) the four+ miles up and down the hills. The worse I play, the more exertion required (95 swings versus 75 swings, in and out of sand traps with lots of raking, etc).
Similarly, baseball is a game of developed skills, more so than other major sports.
I'm not completely sure where the sport/non-sport line is drawn, but golf is way on the "sport" side of it.
Mike F
We can argue this point until the cows come home but it wont make any difference-- we each feel about it as we do
Cows coming home.....hmmm is that a sport?
Only if they race each other!
Only if they race each other!
Would that be with or without Mad Cow's Disease?
Bovines from Canada? Japan? USA?
Olympic Cows?
Holy Cow?
Regards,
Bear
Bovines from Canada? Japan? USA?
Olympic Cows?
Holy Cow?
Regards,
Bear
Cows coming home ---- slide! slide!