royallypwned Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Well, what is it about basketball that you love so much? It's the first sport that I ever witnessed. And my dad played basketball in college in the 60s and was pretty damn good. It was my first love as a kid. I'd play one-on-one with my dad too many times to count growing up. And the fact that my youth was spent watching a Mavs team that was one of the worst franchises in pro sports in the 90s made me love the game even more, if that is possible. I was able to get great seats to games because tickets were so cheap. And I developed an intense knowledge and love for everything having to do with the sport. You just said that. I thought it deserved repeating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Baseball harder than basketball ? Did I read that wrong ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticVillain Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 You just said that. MLSKINS, I am good at both but great at neither at this point. Too old to beat you on a break but good enough to post you up or pass. Too old to run you over, but strong enough to let you know you didn't win the hit. :ols:Fair enough. I am trying to get back in shape so I could start cooking like I used to in those sports. Right now my stamina is in the negatives :doh: ---------- Post added June-4th-2011 at 01:27 AM ---------- Baseball harder than basketball ? Did I read that wrong ? Think he meant for starting a pick-up game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 Baseball harder than basketball ? Did I read that wrong ? Ever try hitting a baseball? A properly pitched baseball? There's a reason why the great ones only do it successfully three out of ten times. If you have a shooting percentage of 30%, you're a bum. If you're batting .300, you're an all-star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilandil Tasardur Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Harder to score in Hockey Ren. That is not an argument. I think hockey has all of those things you listed. But soccer is not that much fun to watch. And as far as international..that means nothing. Oh I'd disagree, I think scoring in hockey is a little easier or at best a push. I've seen a lot of hockey matches end 6-5 or something like that. Soccer rarely has five total goals and if they do, it's usually a mis match, not necessarily a close contest down to the wire. And I think there's a lot of appear to the international. It's different for Americans, you grow up knowing you are the best. You never need sports to tell you that. And when you lose, which is often, you just shrug it off and go back to being the best damn country in the world. For us foreigners, a world cup match is everything. I haven't been to Mexico in nearly ten years, but I bled and cried with every player in that loss to Argentina last summer. Argentina knocks us out of every international tournament, we don't have the speed to hang with them. Try sitting at a bar between a German and an Englishman when their teams meet in the quarters of the world cup. The WWII smack talk is priceless, and decades of suppressed animosity comes out like you wouldn't believe. It trumps "skins cowboys" like you have no idea. The answer for me, though, is tennis. Both to watch and play. Soccer is a close second. Watching Sunday's final between Rafa and Federrer will be the most special treat of the year. I love the way Rafa approaches the game. I love everything about him as a tennis player. It's awesome for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 My favorite sport to play is basketball, because its what I grew up playing, mostly. That, and I had a lot of success at it. Favorite sport to watch, however, is the NFL. And its not even close. But my favorite sport to attend, is without a doubt, baseball. I love everything about going to a baseball game. The nicely manicured grass. The smell of hot dogs and nachos. The 7th inning stretch. The tomahawk chant (Sparty will probably have something to say about this). The girls in their skimpy clothing. The crack of the bat. I could go on and on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 I played baseball. And I hit pretty well. The sport just bored me even as a player. I get more enjoyment (don't twist this to be funny gentlemen) watching the little league kids play ( I have cousins and nephews) than I di playing, and I was pretty decent. My point is the opposite with that. You can only do your job 30% of the time and that makes you great ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrypticVillain Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 My favorite sport to play is basketball, because its what I grew up playing, mostly. That, and I had a lot of success at it. Favorite sport to watch, however, is the NFL. And its not even close. But my favorite sport to attend, is without a doubt, baseball. I love everything about going to a baseball game. The nicely manicured grass. The smell of hot dogs and nachos. The 7th inning stretch. The tomahawk chant (Sparty will probably have something to say about this). The girls in their skimpy clothing. The crack of the bat. I could go on and on... That is why living so close to Nationals Park is more of a good thing than a bad thing. I might not enjoy baseball, but the experience at a baseball game pretty much destroys any other sporting event I went to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 VT, do the soccer players wear ice skates and get slammed against the walls on a regular basis ? Is the goal ten times larger ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 I played baseball. And I hit pretty well. The sport just bored me even as a player. I get more enjoyment (don't twist this to be funny gentlemen) watching the little league kids play ( I have cousins and nephews) than I di playing, and I was pretty decent. My point is the opposite with that. You can only do your job 30% of the time and that makes you great ? Well, that's just it, isn't it? Is there any other task in sport that's so difficult that even a seemingly meager success rate of 30 percent is superb? Maybe scoring a goal in soccer or hockey. Maybe. The last time a man hit .400 in either major league was 1941, and that man was Ted Williams, who was obsessed with hitting. So much so that he was a sub-par fielder. To me, that doesn't say that every man who has played the game is inept. If even the great ones can only muster a hit three or four times out of ten, that must be a testament to how difficult that task is. Though you may have been a good hitter, you can't tell me that hitting that little sphere that can travel in speeds upward of 100 MPH, a ball that has been known to harm and even kill, is easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Hell no it was not easy. And I was no Ted Williams by any stretch. And I liked to play second. A lot easier to me than anywhere else. They wanted me outfield because of my speed, but ...no. With baseball it's one on one though. Soccer and Hockey are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Take it from someone that played all the major sports (I don't consider hockey a major sport), and had alot of success at them, hitting a baseball is, by far, the most difficult aspect in sports. And its not even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Yet you consider NASCAR a sport ? Are you serious ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vilandil Tasardur Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 VT, do the soccer players wear ice skates and get slammed against the walls on a regular basis ? Is the goal ten times larger ? Don't get me wrong; I really do see your point. At the same time, I'd argue that it's much harder to control the ball with your feet than the puck with the stick. Dribbling is one of the hardest things in the world, and aiming a soccer ball? Jeeze it's tough. Soccer players also have much greater ground to cover, and they don't get substitutes. Well, technically, they get three, but once they come out they are done for the day. Most players play a full 90 minutes. There is no power play, unless someone gets ejected with a red card. And even if that happens, scores still don't usually go above the 2-3 goal total. Putting the ball in the net is really, really hard, even when the defense is down a man. As I said before, I think it's a push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 VT, Fair enough. I would argue that controlling the puck is just as hard, and even harder to master the shots though. Especially considering the playing conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boysetsfire Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Futbol. I'll expand on this tomorrow. Too much Carlsberg tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Screen Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Yet you consider NASCAR a sport ? Are you serious ? By definition, Nascar is definitely a sport. Do you have to be an athlete to do it? Not necessarily. Although it certainly doesn't hurt (see: Carl Edwards). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Goals happen more in hockey, but they're still not easy to come by. The big difference in that department is that there will be a lot of scoring opportunities, but goalies are just excellent at denying them. In soccer, how often is the ball even put on net from anywhere that it might actually go in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Here's the thing with soccer and hockey. The world's elite soccer players have a staggering portion who fall like babies, then magically get up and keep playing shamelessly. That's one reason why MLS is worth watching over the European leagues. And if you watch soccer from the 90's/80'/70's it has not always been this staggering. Steven Stamkos meanwhile gets a 90 MPH slapshot to the nose; comes back like nothing happened and does his job. No stupid drama like Paul Pierce in the 08 Finals either. Ovechkin takes a cheapshot and breaks his nose. He comes back and scores 4 goals. I mean you wonder why soccer has a tough time catching on in a continent where football and hockey are the two biggest sports of their respective countries. Yeah we see flopping in every sport but damn, have some pride in yourself. Too bad cause I think many would find it enjoyable to watch. I was so glad the Champions League final was on FOX. As far as stickhandling vs. dribbling - push except doing it on a frictionless surface is just so difficult. And you cannot play a full hockey game. I know soccer players play a full 90 minutes but you are not in full motion near that much time. A hockey shift is 100%, constant back and forth and when you have to turn and accelerate again and again on skates while getting hit, it's just impossible. The best players play 20 some minutes a game. You see defenseman at the end of a long sift barely able to even skate off because you use so much energy in a shift. Also, does anyone think the World Cup should go back to Golden Ball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Definitely football. I love the physical nature of the game, I love the mental aspect of the game, the strategizing and tactics.. it's got everything. I love to play tennis. I'm too old for football, and too short for basketball. I love being athletic, love being in competition, and tennis fits the bill. Nothing feels quite so sweet as a good solid forehand that smacks off the baseline at your opponent's feet. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 My favorite sport is football, only by a hair. Hockey is definitely up there. I love playing hockey though. Packer is right on about how much energy gets used in playing the sport and how each player has to play in shifts because you just wouldn't be able to keep up that intensity for more than a couple of minutes at best. Dribbling a basketball is infinitely more easy than stickhandling a hockey puck. There is no sport that requires as much physical stamina as well as finesse and agility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 My favorite sport is football, only by a hair. Hockey is definitely up there.I love playing hockey though. Packer is right on about how much energy gets used in playing the sport and how each player has to play in shifts because you just wouldn't be able to keep up that intensity for more than a couple of minutes at best. Dribbling a basketball is infinitely more easy than stickhandling a hockey puck. There is no sport that requires as much physical stamina as well as finesse and agility. As is kicking a soccer ball. ESPN actually did a ranking back in the early '00s of the hardest sports. Hockey was #2 behind boxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Take it from someone that played all the major sports (I don't consider hockey a major sport), and had alot of success at them, hitting a baseball is, by far, the most difficult aspect in sports. And its not even close. This couldn't be more wrong. By far the hardest thing in sports is hitting a golf ball exactly where you want to. You are reacting to a ball in baseball (which IMO is the 2nd hardest thing to do in sports); however, in golf nothing can happen until you hit the ball, and making the golf ball go where you want to is by far the hardest thing to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadium-Armory Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Golf by a long shot. Anyone can play, and it doesn't require others to be willing to join. It requires mind and body. Its outdoors. If you're good, you have a lot of moments during a round when you flush a ball and get 'that feeling' of the center of the club face - and it is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Hmm. Played a lot of sports over the years. Golf,Baseball,Tennis,Football,few others. Played Baseball the most over the years. Even invited to play in a minors league down in Florida back in the mid 80's,(couldn't hit worth a **** though). All that said,Football. I can just sit down for hours and watch it. Can't seem to do that with most other sports with anywhere close to the same consistency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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