Baseball is Not a Sport

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Kreskin said:
The game last night was quite something to see. The Giants put their chance to win entirely on the shoulders of Bumgarner. They didn't even have a guy in the bullpen until the 9th. As the pressure rose Royals batters started chasing things out of the strike zone. In the 8th and 9th innings probably half of his pitches were rising fastballs, chest high or higher. He had the batters pretty psyched out. One helluva performance.
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yes, they sure did, he was their trump card. baseball is a team game, full of individual players, who
can make a big difference in a game, and he sure proved that point, over and over again.

where does he go from here, how long can one be at the top, its very hard to stay there for the years he
has ahead of him.

i hAd to smile when the interviewer suggested that he might be very tired, he looked so surprised And said
how can i be tired, we have just won the world series, he is so right, adrenalin kicked in, they wouldn't have felt tired to sometime today.
 
Ron in Regina

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Locutus said:
....Baseball is not a sport. I classify it as a low-impact recreational activity like Pilates or yoga. It takes more athletic ability to work at the post office than it does to start for the Mets....
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My Girlfriend has done the Canada Post thing for 15yrs, and it's
done some wonderful things to her legs and butt. There's a lot
of MLB Players that could use some time working at the post
office: https://soliloqueue.wordpress.com/2013/10/07/chewing-the-fat/
 
Blackleaf

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Logging is now a sport?

Baseball is dangerous to your health. 2 weeks ago my DIL decided to use her nose instead of a glove to catch a ball. Broke in two places, several nights in hospital to stop the bleeding.
A highschool buddy has had to wear a brace on his right leg since about 19 from playing ball. Safer to be a human cannon ball.
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I'd rather place myself in front of a moving baseball than a moving cricket ball.
 
Blackleaf

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gopher said:
There are an endless amount of videos showing exchanges of ''pleasantries'' between the teams. Mind you I consider myself a fan of cricket (esp of T20) so I have seen a few such incidents in the past.

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The gobby, loudmouth Aussies are the best at the sledging. In nearly all the lists of best sledges of all time, the Aussies dominate.

Here are some of the greatest cricketing sledges of all time:

Malcolm Marshall (West Indies) & David Boon (Australia).
Malcolm Marshall was bowling to David Boon, who was having a bit of trouble against the fast bowler and had played and missed a few times. Marshall : "Now David, are you going to get out or am I going to have to come round the wicket and kill you?"


Merv Hughes (Australia) & Graham Gooch (England).
Merv Hughes was all over Gooch in one test and proceeded to say: "Would you like me to bowl a piano and see if you can play that".


Rod Marsh (Australia) & Ian Botham (England).
In an Ashes match Botham arrived at the wicket to a bit of cheek from the Aussie keeper. Marsh: "So how's your wife and my kids?" Botham: "Wife's fine. Kids are retarded".


Robin Smith (England) & Merv Hughes (Australia).
In the 1989 Ashes series Big Merv was giving Smith a few problems. After playing and missing a Merv delivery, Big Merv snapped: "You can't f**king bat". Next ball Smith proceeded to belt Hughes to the fence for four runs and replied: "Hey Merv! We make a good pair. I can't f**king bat and you can't f**king bowl!"


Mark Waugh (Australia) & Adam Parore (New Zealand).
Waugh: "I remember you from a couple of years ago. You were s*it then and you're f**king useless now!" To which Parore replied: "Yeah, that's me. And I remember you were dating that old, ugly s*ut. I see you've married her now. You dumb c*nt".


Fred Trueman (England).
An Australian batsman was walking onto the field, opened the gate and before he could shut it, Trueman remarked: "Don't bother shutting it, son. You won't be there long enough".


Ravi Shastri (India) & Mike Whitney (Australia).
Mike Whitney was on the field as a sub fielder while Shastri was batting. Shastri hits the ball to Whitney and contemplates a single. Whitney throws the ball in and says: "Stay in your crease or I'll break your f**king head". Shastri replies: "If you could bowl as well as you talk you wouldn't be the f**king 12th man!"


Mark Waugh (Australia) & James Ormond (England).
James Ormond came out to bat in a match with Australia. Mark Waugh, at slip, let rip:"What are you doing out here? You're too s*it to play for England!" Ormond replied: "Maybe so, but at least I'm the best player in my family".


Viv Richards (Somerset) & Greg Thomas (Glamorgan).
In a county match in England, Greg Thomas was bowling to the great Viv Richards and getting a few to whizz past the bat. After Richards played and missed another one, Thomas said: "It's red, it's round. Now f**king hit it!". This obviously angered Richards who proceeded to hit the next ball out of the ground for six runs. Richards: "You know what it looks like now go and get it."
 
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Kreskin said:
The game last night was quite something to see. The Giants put their chance to win entirely on the shoulders of Bumgarner. They didn't even have a guy in the bullpen until the 9th. As the pressure rose Royals batters started chasing things out of the strike zone. In the 8th and 9th innings probably half of his pitches were rising fastballs, chest high or higher. He had the batters pretty psyched out. One helluva performance.
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I only saw parts of the final game, Kreskin but totally agree with you about Bumgarner. He was lights out. I did watch all of the game when the Royals won 10 - zip - KC rocked the field.
 
Corduroy

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talloola said:
absolutely, and many other such sports as well, hockey etc., so what would we be left with,

poker?, that is an illness. lol
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If baseball isn't a sport then other sports aren't sports. The only sports are non-sports like poker, ironing and waiting at the bus stop. But then when we label those non-sports as sports they are no longer sports because sports aren't sports. The only sport is the intangible. Sport is a Platonic form and nothing more.
 
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Corduroy said:
If baseball isn't a sport then other sports aren't sports. The only sports are non-sports like poker, ironing and waiting at the bus stop. But then when we label those non-sports as sports they are no longer sports because sports aren't sports. The only sport is the intangible. Sport is a Platonic form and nothing more.
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And then there is sitting in the mall watching women walk past!:)
 
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