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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 05:11 PM Original message |
Baseball is the sport America wants to be. Football is the sport America is. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have to disagree |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yep, strategy is a big part of both games. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hockey is the sport America should watch |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Australian Rules Football is the sport America should watch |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. I played and coached baseball, and have coached football |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Ah but allow me to retort... |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. And we could probably go back on forth on this |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Actually, the smartest guys on the field are usually the O-Line. |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yep, QB and O-line are usually the smartest |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-20-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I played Offensive Line in high school and I must agree. |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-20-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I call it "fluffy" |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Having played both sports as a teenager, |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. "Ballet of movement" - that's a great way to put it |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. I really like your analogy, Taverner. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. George Will agrees with you, 100%. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. Unfortunately, baseball, over the last twenty years, thanks to Bud Selig |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-19-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The difference in competiveness between MLB and the NFL |
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arod_5450 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-20-10 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
16. Can't stand either |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-20-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. I would say America is more like rugby these days. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-20-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. America is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, jumbo bag of Doritos, and bottle of Mountain Dew. n/t |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-20-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. How many great football movies? "North Dallas Forty". That's all I have to say about that. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-20-10 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yay, more knee jerk America bashing |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-21-10 02:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Not a sports guy |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-21-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Hey I don't BASH America, I just don't WORSHIP it |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-20-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. MLB needs a salary cap and profit-sharing |
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