Why do people disparage other sports?

I know plenty of people who think baseball is the boringest sport on earth.
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that's because if you don't really love it.............it is.

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Depends on what the meaning of is is.

Competition among sports for limited resources:

athletic talent
fans
administrative support
money
publicity/status

Threat of lost opportunity creates frustration and a desire to protect territory and resources. It's also emotional. We seek to elevate the thing we love best by comparing it to all others, and find the others lacking.

If Communist kickball didn't have clocks that don't count, world titles decided by what amounts to free throws, silly shorts, and parentals that love to tell me how great the stupid game is, I might be neutral about it. But as things stand, it's certainly not my cup of tea...

...because when two teams can't kick more than one or two balls into a 15' x 8' net over 90 minutes and THEY call it "magic."

I think s*ccer is an extremly boring game to watch becuase I don't truly understand the game and the game within the game. I have sat with some friends from Argentina while watching world cup games and they see a lot of things to get excited about that I don't. I'm sure if the same group were watching a baseball game the situation would be reversed.

I hate the word nil.

I don’t know much about the game, but what is with all the hype about David Beckham? He played 30 games for LA Galaxy and scored 5 goals. Near as I can tell, that is about 6 million dollars for each goal. Is he the best player in the world? I actually watched him on television when he first played for the Galaxy. Guess I didn’t see what makes him so special.

Uh, PG, have you seen his wife?

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Originally posted by PGStaff:
I don’t know much about the game, but what is with all the hype about David Beckham? He played 30 games for LA Galaxy and scored 5 goals. Near as I can tell, that is about 6 million dollars for each goal. Is he the best player in the world? I actually watched him on television when he first played for the Galaxy. Guess I didn’t see what makes him so special.

The best I can tell, his claim to fame is that he is married to Posh Spice. Not quite sure why there is so much hype around her either.

To answer the original question, this is a baseball board and there are no rules that we have to respect other sports. That said, I love football, baseball, and basketball. Hockey - I don't like the fighting as I prefer to watch that in boxing. Soc-cer is boring imho. When my daughter played indoor soc-cer, I enjoyed that more as the side-walls kept the ball in play much more and there were many more shots on goal. I like golf when Tiger Woods is at his best but generally only follow the four major championships. I basically quit following tennis after Bjorn Borg retired and no one was left as a foil for McEnroe.

Uh, biggerpappi, have you seen him?

Actually, PG, folks in England thought the Galaxy contract was hysterical. Beckham had been declining for some time and the move to LA was his best option to give name recognition to the sport in the US.

Why do people disparage other sports? Because they're not baseball.

S-cc-er is OK! I especially like those helocopter kicks. It's always interesting to watch the very best at almost anything.

Those that play s-cc-r and also play baseball, I like!

Those that play s-cc-r and also like baseball, I like!

Those that play s-cc-r and don't like baseball, I don't like!

Don't know much about Lacrosse, but it does seem to be a good game. Much more interesting to watch than a s-cc-er game IMO.

BTW, whoever heard of "loaning" a player during the actual season to another team in professional sports?

Anyone have a photo of Posh?

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Anyone have a photo of Posh?

Here is one of her and the hubby:

On a local level I dislike s****r, because it clogs up the fields and the kids and families trash the fields with bottles and garbage that they typically do not pick up.

Everything else is good... with the exception of bowling. Although I am not sure that it's a sport.

Oh, ClevelandDad, you can do better than that!

I did not appreciate s****r until a friend of mine took me to a game while I was in Europe. The game was between England and one of their fierce national competitors. The level of play was amazing and the whole scene was a spectacle. The songs, the fans in their colors, it was a really fun experience.

I think you need to see the best athletes in the world play their sport to really appreciate it. MLS s****r is not anywhere near European s****r IMO.

BP hows this?

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Everything else is good... with the exception of bowling. Although I am not sure that it's a sport.

Best way to make bowling a sport is to put a goalie in front of the pins. I would watch that.

Tell this guy it's not a sport!

If David Beckham bowls, then it must be a sport!

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Is he the best player in the world? I actually watched him on television when he first played for the Galaxy. Guess I didn’t see what makes him so special.

Beckham WAS the best player in the world. By the time he came to the US he was on the downside of his career by world competition standards.

S0ccer is a great way for the youth of America to stay in shape between baseball seasons.

"Best way to make bowling a sport is to put a goalie in front of the pins. I would watch that."

LOL!

Julie

I do like s****r players that like baseball...they can make really good infielders more often than not. Hitting....thats often another story.

Lacrosse is one of the most fun games I've played; got to hit people and man, with a good crow hop it is amazing how fast you can shoot a lacrosse ball. Played during the summer on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and was amazed at what some of the guys from U of Maryland and Rutgers could do with a stick and a ball. This Alabama redneck was way out of his element. Haven't missed the NCAA finals on ESPN or in person in 30+ years; really a fun game to watch.

Here in Georgia lacrosse was a HS club sport but may have just been given Varsity status by the state if I remember right...haven't seen the baseball players that were good enough to play HS Varsity leave for lacrosse but rather alot of kids that were borderline baseball players but decent athletes. They left and never looked back.

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Tell this guy it's not a sport!

Hey!!! I never authorized that photo to be used.

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Tell this guy it's not a sport!

LOL...Some of them old coots can put up some big scores.

Anybody who says bowling ain't a sport is clueless.

In our area, bowling is extremely competitive and some of the best bowlers in the state were baseball players. Athletes make better bowlers because they can handle the mental and the physical part of the grind of trying to win conference and state tournaments.

Perhaps bowling gets a bad rap because anybody can play it but the same could be said for baseball and softball.

Same with golf. They consider golf a sport and look at all the weekend hackers out there.


That's why there's rec leagues and beer leagues in baseball and softball. Anybody can play. But the top players in their game tend to have some success in athletics and competition in general.

Competitive bowling and baseball are very similar in that much of the game is mental and it probably explains why in our area the years my son was in HS, every baseball player in our conference who bowled was an all-division, all conference or all-state bowler.

New opportunities for Jon Doyle.

Bowling ball training secrets....

or...

Weight training is good for bowlers. These guys are stronger and can crank up the revs and take out the pins with more authority.

It's funny but you'd be surprised how many peeps get injured bowling because they're fat, out of shape and are winded after throwing a couple of games.

Weight training for bowling?

12 oz. curls, right?

Zomby.... How do you feel about darts?

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Zomby.... How do you feel about darts?

I like darts

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:
Weight training for bowling?

12 oz. curls, right?

Sure.. for some...Cheers!

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Originally posted by dswann:
Zomby.... How do you feel about darts?

I like darts

As a game, activity or sport?

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It's funny but you'd be surprised how many peeps get injured bowling because they're fat, out of shape and are winded after throwing a couple of games.

Actually the only guys I ever seen get injured bowling have been young and athletic guys. One guy fell running out a strike and shattered his elbow...

The fat guys only play 5-man teams so they have plenty of time between frames for beers and burgers...

Like someone else said...you need to watch the best at a sport to really get a feel for what it takes...I shot 726 last night (278-222-226) and average 211 in a house shot. It's the equivalent of pitching from 46' or playing a par-3 course. On a PBA shot I have to work hard to average 190....

Bowling and darts are for losers. Real men play frisbee golf! Now that is a sport. Mountain side courses. Looking for your frisbee under a big rock that might house a snake or two, finding your tie died shirt that matches your disc, risk of injuries...

It is a real mans sport! I am sure that Earnest Hemingway would have added it to his list of real sports to go along with mountain climbing, race car driving and bull fighting!

Hey, Frisbee Golf is My sport!

If you can play naked and not get hurt, it's not a sport. - George Carlin

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Like someone else said...you need to watch the best at a sport to really get a feel for what it takes...I shot 726 last night (278-222-226) and average 211 in a house shot. It's the equivalent of pitching from 46' or playing a par-3 course. On a PBA shot I have to work hard to average 190....

That's right. The pro or sport shot seperates the bowlers from the crankers who rely on muscling the pins and have to cover spares and know how to adjust in-game.

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Originally posted by dswann:
Zomby.... How do you feel about darts?

I like darts

As a game, activity or sport?

All three. If there's a tournament, it becomes a sport.

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Real men play frisbee golf!

Real men play boat golf. About ten years ago at the lake we devised a golf game where we had to hit from the deck of a speed boat (with the engine cut). One of the guys found floating golf balls. We had obstacles (bouys, floats, ski jumps, docks, rocks sticking out of the water, small islands, etc.) on the lake that were the holes. Hitting land was a penalty stoke. Try hitting a golf ball off a rocking boat deck. Yes, some people fell into the water.