Ridiculous sport

[Texas Taps]

How many sports are so casual as to allow eating while on the field of play?

So the Rangers' Cruz is at the plate in the 9th. He's got a mouth full of sunflower seeds and he's continuously chewing and spitting out shells before and after each pitch. He knocks one out of the park. Except for UT Baseball, 'tis a silly sport

 

[Crockett]

Baseball is a game that has a pace that allows a litte of the bizarre. I remember in the 1970s or maybe early 1980s when Yankees outfielder Dave Winfield, warming up with some throws, took the life of a seagull in midflight. When the outfielder was catching grief from animal activists for cruelty, despite his claims it was an accident, Yankees Manager Billy Martin came to his defense. "If he did it on purpose it would be the first time this year he's hit the cutoff man."

 

[agssuk]

Now that funny. I dont care who you are.

 

[Texanne]

Baseball is pastoral. It takes its time. Football is prose; baseball is a poem.

I feel sorry for people who cannot see the beauty in baseball.

 

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[Crockett]

By the way, I imperfectly remembered the Dave Winfield incident. I used Google to find an authorative rundown:The Link

 

[Texanne]

Taps, if that's all you see in a baseball game, then I don't know what to tell you.

 

[Texas Taps]

It's not all I see, but it's pretty hard to ignore during a televised game when the camera spends a great deal of time on the batter who spends a great deal of time crotch grabbing and spitting. Play the game. Eat before or after.

 

[blonthang]

The late George Carlin did the best job of comparing baseball to football:
The Link

From the link:



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"Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.

Baseball has the sacrifice."

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"In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home!"

 

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[n64ra]

I thought this post was going to be about soccer.

 

[FWHORN]

Not liking baseball is downright communist or fascist or some ist or another.