I go to the Onion for all my news....priceless.
Wow you were alive in 1919? No, but I am able to read about baseball and history so I can see what other people said back then. Im not saying that its the end tomorrow but I do honestly feel baseball is in dire straits. I hear you, Chicken Little, I hear you. I'm just pointing out that these very words have been said for decades. It's nothing new to think that "baseball is dead!" the question is do we care? Attendance figures would suggest that people still do care. In a country where ADD and ADHD is so rampant I'd like to think of it as "In a country where every doctor likes to prescribe ADD/ADHD drugs for any kid who is 'rambunctious'." And this comes from the son of a VP in a major pharmacutical company. Even if the kids really do need the drugs to be "normal", it still doesn't change what they'll do with their free time. Football and Basketball is 10 times the action in half the time at half the price. Football is "10 times the action" in "half the time"? There is at most one hour of action in a football game (60 minutes on the clock). However, when you consider that the clock continues to run after the play is over (as much as another 30 seconds), and that football plays last (on best guesstimate) 15 seconds, you have a lot of wasted game clock time (nevermind the "kneel-downs" and long counts used to "run the clock"). Throw in the fact that the NFL uses a +3hour block of TV time to broadcast a single game, and I can't possibly see how you honestly believe it's "10 times the action" in "half the time". As for basketball, what does it say about a game where EVERY FREE MOMENT when the play has stopped is filled with music, dancers, giveaways, or some other sort of entertainment. I also can't think of any other sport where the arena/stadium is allowed to pump music/cheers/chants through the public address system while the game is still in progress. If they have to "manufacture" entertainment during the game, how entertaining can the game be on its own? still dont understand how i can pay 30 for a NFL ticket 10 for NBA but i cant find a Rangers ticket under 45 for gods sake 82 home games! I'm not sure if you've taken an economics course, but if you do in the future you'll learn about "supply and demand", which is the main determining factor about ticket prices (and not salaries, which owners continue to shovel at the fans). Then you'll see how your comment actually disproves your own point about the attraction of baseball.
BB? I've said it before, I'll say it again...BIG HEAD, BIG MOUTH, BIG DEAL. If only Barney Fife were here; I've got a use for that bullet!
Barry Bonds gets none of my respect, he uses steroids, gets caught and then blames the media. Him, Sammy Sosa and Frank Thomas should just all go away like all steroid users.
Sports Filter is a lot of fun. 'Nuff said. Now get serious. Back in the fifties, I was close to being good enough; had there been steroids I would have taken them in order to gain the extra to make it to the majors, even knowing the consequences, I believe. I think most of you would, too. And, I think most of us would lie about it later. Of course, there are the others, such as sports commentators, sports writers, et al, who are full of shit and have to lie about it.
BB? I've said it before, I'll say it again...BIG HEAD, BIG MOUTH, BIG DEAL. If only Barney Fife were here; I've got a use for that bullet! You'd advocate shooting Barry Bonds because you don't like to read what he has to say (real or parody)? That's quite mature. Barry Bonds gets none of my respect, he uses steroids, gets caught and then blames the media. Him, Sammy Sosa and Frank Thomas should just all go away like all steroid users. Anyone accusing Frank Thomas of using steroids is simply indicating to the rest of us that they have no clue what they are talking about. The man has a history of being "pro-testing"/"anti-steroids" and has shown absolutely zero indication of taking them. It should be a litmus test for those that want to join the discussion about steroids and baseball: if you accuse Frank Thomas, you don't qualify.
Barroid Bonds is a discrace.
Barry Bonds is worse than Hitler. He's like Hitler on steroids. No -- he's like Hitler on steroids, with a fat contract and an agent. Hey, it's what everyone is thinking. I just had the guts to say it.
adantish, I think I would enjoy getting into an arguement about this with you - mostly because your statements are painfully easy to refute, and your ridiculous assumption that there are more steriods in baseball than in football is high comedy, but instead I'm just going to call you an idiot and be done with it. Thanks for your time.
Satire Moron
they hold up a picture of bonds and whats the first word on your mind? Awesome. The picture I have of Bonds is the one time I got to see him at the Stick in around 1994. I'll never see a better swing or a ball leave the park faster. The stuff about 'roids and his personality can get pretty ugly, but ultimately who cares? Ty Cobb didn't win many congeniality contests either.
Do you see what reading The Onion can cause...?
I'm going to reserve judgement on Barry Bonds until, like Ty Cobb, he climbs into the stands to beat up a paraplegic. Until then, he ain't so bad. I think of him as the Unabomber meets Henry Lee Lucas meets Genghis Khan meets Freddy Krueger meets the Hulk, except with a better feel for the strike zone than any of them. (And I think it's a disgrace that I don't actually know what "discrace" means.)
I'll never see a better swing or a ball leave the park faster. If memory serves me, I've made a similar comment before. Classify me with rcade on this particular psych-quiz. And I think it's a disgrace that I don't actually know what "discrace" means. It's an event that Jack McDowell's band "stickfigure" holds between sets -- kind of like a "sausagerace" only the competitors are Jack's previously released albums. I'm not sure what it has to do with Bonds, though.
Bonds is a disgrace to the game of baseball...why even talk about someone who has to be roided up and hits homeruns like crazy??? The single season homerun record should belong to Mark McGwire or maybe even Roger Marris since even with McGwire there are doubts about substances. And to settle Boone for everyone, he was quoted two days before he retires that "He is going to enjoy having to fight for second base and that it has renewed his interest in the game," and then just two days latter, "I really don't have my head in the game anymore and it doesn't have the same feeling..." What feeling??? The feeling of being on roids and able to hit hrs like it's nothing. Oh and everyone...Onion is not a real news site!!!
The fact is, we aren't sure who all's used steroids in sports. Particularly in MLB, with all these congressional hearings. Wait a minute, we're at war and my taxes pay these guys to bullshit about baseball? For shame. I'm sure baseball will endure. I won't be watching; there's no point in watching a game in which I know some players are cheating, but not exactly which ones. Every at-bat is suspect. Okay, some batters are obviously not on 'roids, but with team trainers governing everything that goes into these guys, one never knows. If you told me that a few of the players on the World Series of Poker were cheaters, I'd never watch. Okay, that's a bad example because I never watch anyway, but I think you get the point. Why bother?
why even talk about someone who has to be roided up and hits homeruns like crazy??? The single season homerun record should belong to Mark McGwire ... SportsFilter needs to add an ironychecker.
I only read the quoted sections of grum@works posts and could tell the first 50 some posts on this thread were crap (excluding grum@work's thought out posts). I'm going to reserve judgement on Barry Bonds until, like Ty Cobb, he climbs into the stands to beat up a paraplegic. Until then, he ain't so bad. Chico, you have just made me a new Bonds philosophy.
there's no point in watching a game in which I know some players are cheating, but not exactly which ones. So I'm guessing that the NFL, NBA and NHL are off your viewing list? And don't bother looking for minor league games either. Or college games. Or high school games. I'm pretty sure you'll be fine watching Little League baseball, however. Oh. Wait. Nevermind.
