sports you just can't get into

**hambino21** · December 8, 2006, 08:35:18 AM

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I don't even consider it a sport but NASCAR. I don't mind watching Dakkar ralley and the likes but nascar sux. Oh yeah curling is another,WTF. I can't get into Tennis either.

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**toasty** · December 8, 2006, 10:34:33 AM

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soccer and NASCAR.

**Jenks** · December 8, 2006, 10:43:15 AM

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Yankee Baseball

**thesightless** · December 8, 2006, 11:14:08 AM

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nascar- im sorry, but you dont even need a driver, you could shim a pipe on the wheel and a brick on the pedal and there would not be any difference.

normal soccer- 90 minute games need more excitement than 3 goals. that game in latin america where the court is enclosed and smaller, is actually exciting, but soccer as we know it blows. i have never seen so many fall down for a sport that has no real contact. someone help me as to the name of that game latin america plays that is like soccer, but on crack.

hockey on TV- live, i love it, but its a game that is too hard to cover on TV, you cant get a flow of the game. but live, god its so exciting, non stop, action..

personally, i used to hate basketball until a few years ago. it was ruined after jordan when everyone wanted to be jordan, but didnt realize what jordan did for his teammates. he was unselfish, all these posers are the opposiste. but recently, disregarding the spurs, heat and some other teams, because they play simply boring basketball, BBall has been good. the suns are simply too exciting to ignore, the pace they play, and how they play... amazing. the sonics are great to watch, jazz and magic this year as well.

baseball.... not a better game on this planet. i love it for the same reason you hate it. the season. you get the ups and downs, you get to see players get hot and go off. emotion, patience, excitement, skill, thought...following the guys like utley, manny and jeter with the hit streaks, watching crappy/decent teams make runs at the playoffs like florida and philly did this year, the powerhouses like NYY, BRSox, Aneheim angels, cards, houston... i.e. the guys you expect to be there. how a hot team can beat anyone. the best.

**Jenks** · December 8, 2006, 11:24:00 AM

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I was the same way about basketball Sean. I watched the NBA a lot when Jordan was playing. When he retired, i probably have not watched more than 5 games total. Used to love NCAA basketball too when i was @ Mizzou. Since graduating some, jesus, 10 years ago, i have lost a love for college basketball too.

Nascar- give me a break rednecks. I don't know what i hate more, the "sport" or the fans. It's toiletbowl racing..round and round the bowl the turd goes. No thanks.

I used to hate soccer, and still don't ever watch it. However...during this last world cup i was watching two teams, dunno who they were, but they had mullets if that helps....oh wait, they all have mullets. nm. Anyway, friend came over burned a joint with me and left, and i sat there engrossed in the soccer game. Watching the whole team move at once instead of just following the ball. I dunno, it was probably just the weed, but i loved that game, and since then, i've got a new appreciation for soccer.

Hockey- same as sean, i'll watch paint dry before i watch it on TV, but live, it's pretty damn exciting.

**Jenks** · December 8, 2006, 11:28:14 AM

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Originally posted by thesightless

baseball.... not a better game on this planet. i love it for the same reason you hate it. the season. you get the ups and downs, you get to see players get hot and go off. emotion, patience, excitement, skill, thought...following the guys like utley, manny and jeter with the hit streaks, watching crappy/decent teams make runs at the playoffs like florida and philly did this year, the powerhouses like NYY, BRSox, Aneheim angels, cards, houston... i.e. the guys you expect to be there. how a hot team can beat anyone. the best.

AMEN. "How a hot team can beat anyone..." aka Cards 2006. Tony was talking about that after the WS on some local AM radio shows. He said he kept telling his team, "We make it into october, and we're a dangerous club to play."

Baseball is more than 162 games to me. Every day i check up on what teams are doing in the off season around the league. Ugh, can't wait until pitchers and catchers report. About two months away.

**thesightless** · December 8, 2006, 11:31:38 AM

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Originally posted by Jenks

AMEN. "How a hot team can beat anyone..." aka Cards 2006. Tony was talking about that after the WS on some local AM radio shows. He said he kept telling his team, "We make it into october, and we're a dangerous club to play."

Baseball is more than 162 games to me. Every day i check up on what teams are doing in the off season around the league. Ugh, can't wait until pitchers and catchers report. About two months away.

A-fucking-MEN. all you have to say about baseball is chase utley. i tuned in every single day to watch his streak. that and the kid on florida's perfect game. things liek that, when ESPN drops out of coverage to go across the country to show you something remarkable. you get 3-5 games a day with just basic cable. it gives so much.

**peloquin** · December 8, 2006, 11:33:07 AM

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first and foremost - baseball. bores the hell out of me...

college sports - just cant seem to get into college sports at all, although many people tell me they are better than the big leagues much of the time.

basketball - used to watch a bit... but never had a huge interest and since the blazers are so terrible now i havent watched for a long time.

golf - boring to watch, never tried playing it.

**day_for_night** · December 8, 2006, 11:57:41 AM

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Originally posted by hambino21

Oh yeah curling is another,WTF. I can't get into Tennis either.

hahaha curling rocks (punn intended). its a totally canadian/scandinavian/scottish thing though...i can totally understand why countries that don't have it think its the stupidest thing ever invented. the great thing about that sport is how *anyone* can be good at it, you don't need to be in shape at all! you look at the guys who go to the highest level, and half of them have beer guts! can't beat that with a stick...

tennis, i love. granted it used to be better when sampras and aggasi were at their peaks. watching those two play for a grand slam was about as good as it gets. nowadays federer is the king, and i just find him a bit to unemotional. guy needs to crack a smile once and awhile...

**toasty** · December 8, 2006, 12:01:06 PM

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Originally posted by thesightless

personally, i used to hate basketball until a few years ago. it was ruined after jordan when everyone wanted to be jordan, but didnt realize what jordan did for his teammates. he was unselfish, all these posers are the opposiste. but recently, disregarding the spurs, heat and some other teams, because they play simply boring basketball, BBall has been good. the suns are simply too exciting to ignore, the pace they play, and how they play... amazing. the sonics are great to watch, jazz and magic this year as well.

Pro basketball is incredibly dull, partially b/c everyone at that level is just so damn good (or maybe because no one plays any defense). It's like a non-stop highlight reel, which makes the whole thing just blur together and nothing is exciting. Someone gets an open look at a 3, and you know they're going to drain it. Someone starts moving towards the hoop, you know there's a dunk coming. Yawn.

College ball is a totally different ball of wax, though. I don't watch it with the fervor I have in years past, but that is a sport. Much more strategy involved in college than in the pros, and the highlights definitely feel like highlights.

**thesightless** · December 8, 2006, 12:05:08 PM

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Originally posted by toasty

Pro basketball is incredibly dull, partially b/c everyone at that level is just so damn good (or maybe because no one plays any defense). .

outside of the suns and mavs, the NBA is at an all time low for points, and is played entirely too much on the defensive side now, possessions are down too. i love the fast paced, offensive games, the defensive teams are too fucking boring. and it shows with teh TV ratings. for being multiple champs, the spurs are the single worst team i have ever seen play. ill take the offense and run and gun like it was when larry legend and magic were running the floor. this shit that started with the NY knicks, continued with the heat, and now the spurs and pistons, eh... its a shit product and everyone is walking away from the game.

**toasty** · December 8, 2006, 01:14:41 PM

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Originally posted by thesightless

outside of the suns and mavs, the NBA is at an all time low for points, and is played entirely too much on the defensive side now, possessions are down too. i love the fast paced, offensive games, the defensive teams are too fucking boring. and it shows with teh TV ratings. for being multiple champs, the spurs are the single worst team i have ever seen play. ill take the offense and run and gun like it was when larry legend and magic were running the floor. this shit that started with the NY knicks, continued with the heat, and now the spurs and pistons, eh... its a shit product and everyone is walking away from the game.

Well, I've watched so little NBA basketball in the past few years, I'm hardly in a position to argue. High scoring, low scoring, whatever. I just don't get into it.

**thesightless** · December 8, 2006, 01:50:17 PM

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give the suns or sonics a shot, even the jazz as well. they might just change your mind, they are changing the way the game is played, they prevent the slow down bullshit. they wont allow themselves to get trapped into the half court game and breakdowns. they take the opinion of "if tim duncan wants the ball in the post, let him have it, let him get 2, get the ball and go get a three." one on one is a thing of the past here.

**toasty** · December 8, 2006, 04:21:54 PM

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Originally posted by thesightless

give the suns or sonics a shot, even the jazz as well. they might just change your mind, they are changing the way the game is played, they prevent the slow down bullshit. they wont allow themselves to get trapped into the half court game and breakdowns. they take the opinion of "if tim duncan wants the ball in the post, let him have it, let him get 2, get the ball and go get a three." one on one is a thing of the past here.

Thanks for the tip, but I'm gonna pass. Perhaps if St. Louis gets a team, I might start to give a rip, but the last thing I need to do is to start adopting teams I can't even go see live. I've got college ball, which is vastly superior anyway. The NCAA Tournament and the NBA Championship aren't even on the same page.

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