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I have to say baseball.

6 days until pitchers and catchers report!

Baseball, followed by football.

College football (Boo John L. Smith), College basketball (TSI <3 Izzo), and Baseball.

College football (Boo John L. Smith), College basketball (TSI <3 Izzo), and Baseball.

I left it ambiguous because some people favor college teams. I favor NCAA B-Ball to the NBA. BTW, it was quite a game last night. I can't say that your Spartans had a fun time.

I left it ambiguous because some people favor college teams. I favor NCAA B-Ball to the NBA. BTW, it was quite a game last night. I can't say that your Spartans had a fun time.

Sigh... I know. It was quite depressing. I guess I'll just have to wait for football season.

Oh, wait...

It depends on whether you mean the one you most like to watch or the one you most like to play. I'd far rather watch basketball than baseball, but baseball is often more fun to play. Football is kind of in the middle either way.

Golf ;)

Pro football...followed closely by college basketball.

As for Baseball, I haven't watched since the strike.

Isn't basketball Canadian? Well, I guess Canada is in America, but then you left out hockey, lacrosse, and rodeo/charrería.

I voted for baseball, and my favorite team is the New York Yankees. As for playing, whiffleball is close enough to baseball (except the bat and ball are plastic).


As a bit of trivia, I used to live real close to the Whiffleball company, in Shelton, CT.

Golf ;)

golf is fun..i shoot in the high eighties...but it is not football.

Id say baseball, although I honestly don't pay much attention to sports.

i'd say baseball, although I honestly don't pay much attention to sports.

i played baseball all my childhood...fun stuff...but it aint footballl...real football,mommy was scared i would get hurt so i had to play soccer and basebvall,then i said i got actual ballls...so can i play real football?

thats a joke for you brits.

golf is fun..i shoot in the high eighties...but it is not football.
You're right. Golf takes a lot more skill. I would like, however, for there to be less of a "quiet while this millionaire stands over his shot" vibe about it. If I can make the same shitty swing every time while standing on a cheap muni course while every idiot who drives by thinks it's abso-fucking-lutely hilarious to yell "Fore!" in the middle of my backswing, then dammit, Tiger Woods can deal with the click of a camera shutter or a ringing cell-phone during his.

Ultimate frisbee. ;)

Baja 1000, no contest. ok it's not a sport in itself, but as a competition it beats everything else hands down.

You're right. Golf takes a lot more skill. I would like, however, for there to be less of a "quiet while this millionaire stands over his shot" vibe about it. If I can make the same shitty swing every time while standing on a cheap muni course while every idiot who drives by thinks it's abso-fucking-lutely hilarious to yell "Fore!" in the middle of my backswing, then dammit, Tiger Woods can deal with the click of a camera shutter or a ringing cell-phone during his.


lol....thats funny as shit....i was just golfing,and my friend cracked a beer while i was in my backswing...it went onto the highway...his advice was to ignore extraneous noise....lol....ok...it degenerated from there.

i love golf..but i reallly suck at it...shot a 92 last time out.

i was a pretty good receiver in football though....but i liked weed more then ball...alas

Baseball is the most complex, but football is far more entertaning and amusing

lol....thats funny as shit....i was just golfing,and my friend cracked a beer while i was in my backswing...it went onto the highway...his advice was to ignore extraneous noise....lol....ok...it degenerated from there.

i love golf..but i reallly suck at it...shot a 92 last time out.

i was a pretty good receiver in football though....but i liked weed more then ball...alas

Baseball takes the most skill, its the only game that the defense controls the entire offence. In golf there is too many variables

Baseball takes the most skill, its the only game that the defense controls the entire offence. In golf there is too many variables

ding ding ding....how true...but in every sport,soccer,football,baseball,air hockey...are there not variables?

i almosty had a heart attack playing fusball...cause i am an idiot and i like to make my kid laugh....i did a little too much and played pingpong till i was loose enough to play fusball...damn near killed me...but my point remains...any competitive game requires your attention...no matter what game.

College football.

I dislike baseball the least

Eh, never really like baseball, you take a piece of wood, hit a ball with it and then run around in circles.

Now American Football and Basketball, now that's where it's at!

I have to say baseball.

6 days until pitchers and catchers report!

But of course!

And baseball's the only sport in which you score points while the ball is in the control of the other team.

I think I'll have to go for cheerleading here. It's hard to get sillier than that ;)

baseball is undeniably great, but i think hockey and football (american, of course) ranks up there right next to it. i love how football begins in october, while baseball has its postseason and hockey is starting up, then football has the superbowl in february while hockey is getting good, then april rolls around and baseball starts up again while hockey is in the postseason. love it.

Never liked sports much. The barely-concealed homoerotic teenage-jock culture, the sweaty men running about pointlessly grabbing balls. Bleh.

Besides, America's main sport is war, which is if nothing else much more entertaining. Which would you rather see, some grown man in tights caressing a pigskin, or an M1A1 tank crushing and killing a child beneath its steely metal feet? I rest my case.

Never liked sports much. The barely-concealed homoerotic teenage-jock culture, the sweaty men running about pointlessly grabbing balls. Bleh.

Besides, America's main sport is war, which is if nothing else much more entertaining. Which would you rather see, some grown man in tights caressing a pigskin, or an M1A1 tank crushing and killing a child beneath its steely metal feet? I rest my case.

the homoerotic bit's the good bit though. and the fact that they won't admit it makes it funny.

Ice hockey. The rest of them bore me rigid.

None.

I have to say baseball.

6 days until pitchers and catchers report!

The only one I'm ever even vaguely interested in watching is American football, and only the Denver Broncos at that, and ONLY because my dad imprinted his love of the Broncos upon me.

Soccer.

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:D

Iditarod!

Oh you mean Usa sports....umm foot ball of course :)

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:D

That would be my very close second favourite. Go Red Sox! :cool:

Ultimate frisbee. ;)


Good call! :)

That would be my very close second favourite. Go Red Sox! :cool:

Eww Red sox? Why not pick a nice good winning team...like the Cards :D

Good call! :)

Yeah, if you never bathe and sleep on the main courtyard of your university campus. :p

Eww Red sox? Why not pick a nice good winning team...like the Cards :D

You mean the team we swept in the 2004 World Series? :p

Can't help it. I live in Massachusetts. ;)

Yeah, if you never bathe and sleep on the main courtyard of your university campus. :p

I'm guessing you have experience in that field, ya? :p

You mean the team we swept in the 2004 World Series? :p

Can't help it. I live in Massachusetts. ;)


Oh well, we felt bad for you guys, and decided to take it easy on you...Funny thing. We try the same thing with the cubs, but they still seem to keep losing :p

I'm guessing you have experience in that field, ya? :p

Yeah, I used to kick them on my way to the pub from my dorm. :p

ice hockey FTW!

ice hockey FTW!

I used to love hockey until the NHL changed the fucking rules? Scores like 7-4? That's not fucking hockey. That's a baseball score -- and a bad one at that.

ice hockey FTW!

Street hockey is much better. Cuz if you fall, there is a real good chance on not getting back up (or at least how we used to play)

I used to love hockey until the NHL changed the fucking rules? Scores like 7-4? That's not fucking hockey. That's a baseball score -- and a bad one at that.


I think their rational was higher scoring=more people coming to, and watching games.

UFC (www.ufc.tv)

UFC (www.ufc.tv)

I never got into that. If I wanted to watch fighting and all, I'd just turn on the WWE, at least then I can watch people in masks and lingere fight around a redneck soap opera-esque plot line :)

I never got into that. If I wanted to watch fighting and all, I'd just turn on the WWE, at least then I can watch people in masks and lingere fight around a redneck soap opera-esque plot line :)

I find that most folks who don't understand grappling don't get the UFC. Many of the fights go to the ground, and if you don't understand how to set up submissions and how to maneuver to escape you think you're just watching two guys rolling around on the mat. Since I wrestled in high school, and studied mixed grappling and some Machado Brazilian Jiu Jitsu it's easier for me to appreciate what's going on.

I find that most folks who don't understand grappling don't get the UFC. Many of the fights go to the ground, and if you don't understand how to set up submissions and how to maneuver to escape you think you're just watching two guys rolling around on the mat. Since I wrestled in high school, and studied mixed grappling and some Machado Brazilian Jiu Jitsu it's easier for me to appreciate what's going on.

Yeah, I guess so. I tried to do grappling once..Went to the first day of grappling class, was all cocky, got choked out, and quit :D

Yeah, I guess so. I tried to do grappling once..Went to the first day of grappling class, was all cocky, got choked out, and quit :D

Shit happens. Too bad you quit. Grappling is one hell of a workout.

Shit happens. Too bad you quit. Grappling is one hell of a workout.

Well I figured it wasn't going to be any better for me. The guys that owned the place were real assholes to me, and with me being very cocky going in, it just made everything worse. I didn't feel like being destroyed everday by these guys.

But eh, if worse comes to worse, and I need to fight, screw grappling, I have these nice ol' legs of mine that give quite a beating.

I think their rational was higher scoring=more people coming to, and watching games.

Sure it was, but it's stupid. Has it increased attendance? Not really. All it did was alienate some of the hardcore fans like me. I haven't even watched a single game since they changed the rules, and I used to be an addict (much to my gf's torment).

Well I figured it wasn't going to be any better for me. The guys that owned the place were real assholes to me, and with me being very cocky going in, it just made everything worse. I didn't feel like being destroyed everday by these guys.

But eh, if worse comes to worse, and I need to fight, screw grappling, I have these nice ol' legs of mine that give quite a beating.

Yeah, I can't kick all that well. Definitely not high kicks. I'm decent at boxing though, and I've got some neat dirty tricks including throws and joint locks from Silat. Plus I once choked a guy out within seconds in a drunken fight.

Good call! :)
Indeed. Not nearly as much fun to watch as it is to play, though. So if we're talking about sports that are fun to watch, I have no answer for the OP.

Yeah, if you never bathe and sleep on the main courtyard of your university campus. :p
What a strange notion... Maybe my school was an exception, but I didn't know anyone who did that.

What a strange notion... Maybe my school was an exception, but I didn't know anyone who did that.

I'm a bit older than you are, hon. Things may have changed. ;)

Isn't basketball Canadian? Well, I guess Canada is in America, but then you left out hockey, lacrosse, and rodeo/charrería.

It was invented by a Canadian who moved to the US. The game itself was developed in the US.

You mean the team we swept in the 2004 World Series? :p

Can't help it. I live in Massachusetts. ;)

And we swept you out of the ALDS the following year en-route to winning the 2005 World Series.

Extreme Croquet
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I'm a bit older than you are, hon. Things may have changed. ;)
Perhaps... how old are you, anyway?

Perhaps... how old are you, anyway?

34. By NS standards, I'm an old fart. :p

Overall I would have to say baseball. I like to watch all levels from t-ball through the pros. But I really like college football. They play well with great emotion that just isn't in the pros. Pro football is rather boring.

On the other end, I don't know enough about soccer to comment. But have never seen any appeal to basketball. There just isn't enough defense to make it interesting. So of the choices given, basketball is at the bottom.

34. By NS standards, I'm an old fart. :p
Geezer. :p

Geezer. :p

Damn you! *shakes a fist*

At least I introduced you to a good beer. ;)

Damn you! *shakes a fist*

At least I introduced you to a good beer. ;)
Aww, I was just teasing. You're not that much older than I am. :)

And yes, yes you did. Now if only I could afford to keep it stocked at home...

Isn't basketball Canadian? Well, I guess Canada is in America, but then you left out hockey, lacrosse, and rodeo/charrería.

Come to think of it Rodeo is my favorite, but most people have no idea how much skill it takes.

There are also some that are up there to do, (golf, bowling) but terrible to watch.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned NASCAR. Not at the top for me, but not one I reject either.

Football, followed by baseball. I hate basketball and I hate watching sports. I prefer playing them and I love playing football.

34. By NS standards, I'm an old fart. :p

Hey, I'm 54, you could be my child. But yea anyone over 21 is old here. :(

If I call football "soccer" does it count as an American sport? If it does than thats it, if it doesn't I suppose baseball.

I have to say baseball.

6 days until pitchers and catchers report!

Yep, I'm looking forward to another weekend of watching spring training games at Disney. And another season of NSG Fantasy Baseball... You want to run it this year IDF?

and my favorite team is the New York Yankees.
HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Favorite sport, baseball, favorite team Mets. Least favorite team in all of sports, Yankees.

On the other end, I don't know enough about soccer to comment. But have never seen any appeal to basketball. There just isn't enough defense to make it interesting. So of the choices given, basketball is at the bottom.

Reading sports illustrated more carefully and stuff, I'm recently gaining the suspicion that defense exists in basketball. :eek: I know it may not seem like it, but apparently there are even teams built around good defense. *shrugs* Personally I only watch March Madness for basketball though.

My second favorite sports are football, both of them.

American sports suck. Basketball is reasonably acceptable though and lacrosse I guess.

hate them all.

Yep, I'm looking forward to another weekend of watching spring training games at Disney. And another season of NSG Fantasy Baseball... You want to run it this year IDF?

I'd rather not be the commissioner. I'm already doing that for my Hillel and Fraternity.

I'd rather not be the commissioner. I'm already doing that for my Hillel and Fraternity.

Did we have two leagues last year? Or am I just not remembering you guys well? And will it be Yahoo?

Did we have two leagues last year? Or am I just not remembering you guys well? And will it be Yahoo?

There might've been 2. I was only a member of one of them. I'd like to keep it on Yahoo since they do a good job and it's free.

I'd rather not be the commissioner. I'm already doing that for my Hillel and Fraternity.

I don't mind doing it again, unless someone else is itching to do it. Yahoo cranks up the league on February 15, so I guess we need start getting organized.

I don't mind doing it again, unless someone else is itching to do it. Yahoo cranks up the league on February 15, so I guess we need start getting organized.

Would it be wrong during the live draft to sucker someone into drafting Liriano?:D

Would it be wrong during the live draft to sucker someone into drafting Liriano?:D
It's kind of like drafting Barry Bonds was last year. What was it? The day after our draft when he had surgery?

My bet is that he won't make it back this year.

Ultimate frisbee. ;)

Hurray!