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I still like the O's - probably because I had some GREAT 'girlfriends only' chick days at Camden Yards. Good memories die hard... Camden Yards and Fenway Park are two parks on my ' must see ' list. |
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JAG, do you know why it is called the World Series? Seems like a silly name to me, since only one country competes in it. I honestly don't know ( right off the top of my head ) why it's called that. However. It's not entirely true that only one country has competed in it. The Toronto Blue Jays have been in it and won it. There has been talk of a effort to get teams from other countries into the league. I don't really see it happening anytime soon. For now, the World Baseball Classic will have to do. The main problems with that are 1) It only happens once every few years 2) A lot of the star players from the Major Leagues don't play because it's held during Spring Training. Another problem is probably few foreign teams would beable to compete at a good enough level. I wish you guys would get into football(soccer, the football you play with your feet). Would make it a lot more interesting. I have a passing interest in soccer. I will watch occasionally when I run across it on TV. The main problem that I have with the game is that, although it takes a lot of skill to do what they do using only their feet and heads, it seems that the majority of the time there are just too many players on the pitch. Things get bogged down in the middle if the playing field too often. There are also too many ' flops '. Guys getting slightly nicked by another player, and falling down like they got shot trying to draw a penalty. In other sports, doing that is cause for the guilty party getting penalized. In soccer, it's just part of the game. Even though a guy who can make a run at the goal, like Ronaldo ( only guy I can think of off the top of my head ), by himself, weaving through the defensive players is impressive, there just aren't enough of those runs during a 90 minute game to keep people here in America interested. Unfortunately for soccer, there just doesn't seem to be enough of the " HOLY CRAP DID YOU SEE THAT?!?!?! " moment to hold Americans' attention. we call them dives rather than flops, it has unfortunately become part of the game. Its a lot more prevalent in European soccer than English(I know we are in Europe as well, thats just what we call it). Im not the hugest fan of the game, but i do appreciate it. Id say that there are plenty of 'HOLY CRAP' moments myself, though they dont always result in a goal. I guess it takes a particular understanding of the game to spot them sometimes. I dont understand why its the biggest sport in the world but so unpopular in the US. Maybe they should make each goal worth 10 points to fool you! The main reason it's not very popular here ( as a professional sport )??? Lack of scoring. General lack of excitement except for the occasional " Holy CRAP " moment. |
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I dont think it would be the biggest sport in the world though if it did lack excitement. I have to disagree with you there, it can be and often is extremely exciting.
Anyway, im off soon, back to baseball, we'll have to make another thread sometime to talk about this one! |
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I dont think it would be the biggest sport in the world though if it did lack excitement. I have to disagree with you there, it can be and often is extremely exciting. Anyway, im off soon, back to baseball, we'll have to make another thread sometime to talk about this one! I'd be happy to discuss it with you. Let you see an American's perspective. :-) |
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TheOnceGreat
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 JAG, do you know why it is called the World Series? Seems like a silly name to me, since only one country competes in it. I honestly don't know ( right off the top of my head ) why it's called that. However. It's not entirely true that only one country has competed in it. The Toronto Blue Jays have been in it and won it. There has been talk of a effort to get teams from other countries into the league. I don't really see it happening anytime soon. For now, the World Baseball Classic will have to do. The main problems with that are 1) It only happens once every few years 2) A lot of the star players from the Major Leagues don't play because it's held during Spring Training. Another problem is probably few foreign teams would beable to compete at a good enough level. I wish you guys would get into football(soccer, the football you play with your feet). Would make it a lot more interesting. I have a passing interest in soccer. I will watch occasionally when I run across it on TV. The main problem that I have with the game is that, although it takes a lot of skill to do what they do using only their feet and heads, it seems that the majority of the time there are just too many players on the pitch. Things get bogged down in the middle if the playing field too often. There are also too many ' flops '. Guys getting slightly nicked by another player, and falling down like they got shot trying to draw a penalty. In other sports, doing that is cause for the guilty party getting penalized. In soccer, it's just part of the game. Even though a guy who can make a run at the goal, like Ronaldo ( only guy I can think of off the top of my head ), by himself, weaving through the defensive players is impressive, there just aren't enough of those runs during a 90 minute game to keep people here in America interested. Unfortunately for soccer, there just doesn't seem to be enough of the " HOLY CRAP DID YOU SEE THAT?!?!?! " moment to hold Americans' attention. we call them dives rather than flops, it has unfortunately become part of the game. Its a lot more prevalent in European soccer than English(I know we are in Europe as well, thats just what we call it). Im not the hugest fan of the game, but i do appreciate it. Id say that there are plenty of 'HOLY CRAP' moments myself, though they dont always result in a goal. I guess it takes a particular understanding of the game to spot them sometimes. I dont understand why its the biggest sport in the world but so unpopular in the US. Maybe they should make each goal worth 10 points to fool you! The main reason it's not very popular here ( as a professional sport )??? Lack of scoring. General lack of excitement except for the occasional " Holy CRAP " moment. It's much more exciting to see an NFL game finish with a score of 21-14 than a soccer game finish 3-2.
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It's much more exciting to see an NFL game finish with a score of 21-14 than a soccer game finish 3-2. That depends on when the points were scored. If they all came in the first quarter, the rest of the game can be pretty dull. |
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You can say that about any game. Can you imagine basketball having all the scores in one quarter and then go the rest of the game without any more?
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In soccer you can get a 0-0 result and still see a great game. Not always of course, the poor games get called nil-nil bore draws.
An exciting move doesnt necessarily involve a goal, it might involve some great passes, a great run but then a great save. There was no goal but it was still exciting. |
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Soccer is extremely popular with the young kids in America. Hence the term "soccer mom". But, once the kids reach high school, it's all about basketball and football.
Didn't our american womens soccer team win the world cup a few years ago? Or maybe that was more than a few years ago. I don't really follow it. I just remember some chick flashed her boobs after they won. 
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Soccer is extremely popular with the young kids in America. Hence the term "soccer mom". But, once the kids reach high school, it's all about basketball and football. Didn't our american womens soccer team win the world cup a few years ago? Or maybe that was more than a few years ago. I don't really follow it. I just remember some chick flashed her boobs after they won. Yeah they won at some point in the last 5 or 6 years or so(or 7 or 8, i cant remember!). *goes on youtube to find nipple shot* |
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In soccer you can get a 0-0 result and still see a great game. Not always of course, the poor games get called nil-nil bore draws. An exciting move doesnt necessarily involve a goal, it might involve some great passes, a great run but then a great save. There was no goal but it was still exciting. Very true. But again, there really aren't all that many of those moments involved during a 90 minute game. Most of the time, those spectacular runs and great passes don't make it anywhere NEAR the goal. Much less require a great save by the keeper. You may see a player make a really LONG run, doing some fancy work with the ball, making a great pass....only to have it broken up before anyone gets near the box. |
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In soccer you can get a 0-0 result and still see a great game. Not always of course, the poor games get called nil-nil bore draws. An exciting move doesnt necessarily involve a goal, it might involve some great passes, a great run but then a great save. There was no goal but it was still exciting. Very true. But again, there really aren't all that many of those moments involved during a 90 minute game. Most of the time, those spectacular runs and great passes don't make it anywhere NEAR the goal. Much less require a great save by the keeper. You may see a player make a really LONG run, doing some fancy work with the ball, making a great pass....only to have it broken up before anyone gets near the box. If you always have so many great moments during a game then they become just average moments really. You may not get many goals in a game but that just makes each one of them more special. Im guessing it must be much more difficult to score a goal in soccer than to score in American football, or basketball or whatever. If i saw 20 goals everytime i saw a game there would be a lot less enjoyment seeing each one of them. |
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In soccer you can get a 0-0 result and still see a great game. Not always of course, the poor games get called nil-nil bore draws. An exciting move doesnt necessarily involve a goal, it might involve some great passes, a great run but then a great save. There was no goal but it was still exciting. Very true. But again, there really aren't all that many of those moments involved during a 90 minute game. Most of the time, those spectacular runs and great passes don't make it anywhere NEAR the goal. Much less require a great save by the keeper. You may see a player make a really LONG run, doing some fancy work with the ball, making a great pass....only to have it broken up before anyone gets near the box. If you always have so many great moments during a game then they become just average moments really. You may not get many goals in a game but that just makes each one of them more special. Im guessing it must be much more difficult to score a goal in soccer than to score in American football, or basketball or whatever. If i saw 20 goals everytime i saw a game there would be a lot less enjoyment seeing each one of them. Ok. Gonna start a new thread....lol |
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I still like the O's - probably because I had some GREAT 'girlfriends only' chick days at Camden Yards. Good memories die hard... Camden Yards and Fenway Park are two parks on my ' must see ' list. At Camden Yard, we used to sit in the outfield stands opposite home base. It's weird to get used to having the ball come at you - sometimes hard to follow (like keeping track of the puck in hockey) because your eye has to predict instead of just follow the ball...but it is really nice sitting out there! |
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I still like the O's - probably because I had some GREAT 'girlfriends only' chick days at Camden Yards. Good memories die hard... Camden Yards and Fenway Park are two parks on my ' must see ' list. At Camden Yard, we used to sit in the outfield stands opposite home base. It's weird to get used to having the ball come at you - sometimes hard to follow (like keeping track of the puck in hockey) because your eye has to predict instead of just follow the ball...but it is really nice sitting out there! Sounds kinda like the Pepsi porch in right field at Comerica Park. |
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