Thursday Morning Other Stuff (8-7-08)

[Acid]

Re: Thursday Morning Other Stuff (8-7-08)

Baseball, like all good American sports, has breaks.

So you'd rather spend 4 hours on a baseball game that stops all the time (commercials and what not) than a soccer game that has 90 minutes of action and no commercials except during the half?

Seems ridiculous to me. I could watch two soccer games in the span of one baseball, football, or basketball game.

[The GIGGAS]

Re: Thursday Morning Other Stuff (8-7-08)

So you'd rather spend 4 hours on a baseball game that stops all the time (commercials and what not) than a soccer game that has 90 minutes of action and no commercials except during the half?

Seems ridiculous to me. I could watch two soccer games in the span of one baseball, football, or basketball game.

Does soccer have breaks?

I'm not talking for myself, as my first post had a little in jest. I enjoyed Euro 2008 and the last WC. But, all of the really popular American sports have breaks. Soccer doesn't.

[MassNole]

Re: Thursday Morning Other Stuff (8-7-08)

So you'd rather spend 4 hours on a baseball game that stops all the time (commercials and what not) than a soccer game that has 90 minutes of action and no commercials except during the half?

Seems ridiculous to me. I could watch two soccer games in the span of one baseball, football, or basketball game.

Define action............. Sure soccer doesn't have the breaks but it is hardly edge of your seat non-stop action like say even NASCAR (god I need to shower now).

[RaychelSnr]

So you'd rather spend 4 hours on a baseball game that stops all the time (commercials and what not) than a soccer game that has 90 minutes of action and no commercials except during the half?

Seems ridiculous to me. I could watch two soccer games in the span of one baseball, football, or basketball game.

Action? Soccer? Puhhleeze. Guys running around on grass kicking a ball back and forth and then every now and then actually making an effort to score is hardly action at a pace that American's are accustomed to. It's not a money making venture and I'm not quite so sure it's all that exciting outside of a few times when the ball is down near the goal.

The thing with baseball is that anything can happen at any time. Soccer? Unless the ball is on one end of the field or the other, no team has a chance to score. With baseball, a team can score on any pitch so to say baseball is boring would be like calling soccer a vapid vanilla waste of time.

[Acid]

Re: Thursday Morning Other Stuff (8-7-08)

Does soccer have breaks?

I'm not talking for myself, as my first post had a little in jest. I enjoyed Euro 2008 and the last WC. But, all of the really popular American sports have breaks. Soccer doesn't.

No, soccer doesn't have breaks except for halftime.

Define action............. Sure soccer doesn't have the breaks but it is hardly edge of your seat non-stop action like say even NASCAR (god I need to shower now).

I challenge anyone to find a more exciting stretch than the last 10 minutes of a game with a team up 1-0 and the losing team is trying to equalize.

Action? Soccer? Puhhleeze. Guys running around on grass kicking a ball back and forth and then every now and then actually making an effort to score is hardly action at a pace that American's are accustomed to. It's not a money making venture and I'm not quite so sure it's all that exciting outside of a few times when the ball is down near the goal.

The thing with baseball is that anything can happen at any time. Soccer? Unless the ball is on one end of the field or the other, no team has a chance to score. With baseball, a team can score on any pitch so to say baseball is boring would be like calling soccer a vapid vanilla waste of time.

The work that goes into a goal makes it so much more enjoyable than anything else in sports, IMO. Maybe I'm just weird for liking to watch a sport where 11 players are working together as a team to get a goal.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Re: Thursday Morning Other Stuff (8-7-08)

No, soccer doesn't have breaks except for halftime.



<b>I challenge anyone to find a more exciting stretch than the last 10 minutes of a game with a team up 1-0 and the losing team is trying to equalize.</b>



The work that goes into a goal makes it so much more enjoyable than anything else in sports, IMO. Maybe I'm just weird for liking to watch a sport where 11 players are working together as a team to get a goal.

Stanley Cup Playoffs - OT

Game Set Match.

[yamabushi]

Re: Thursday Morning Other Stuff (8-7-08)

Action? Soccer? Puhhleeze. Guys running around on grass kicking a ball back and forth and then every now and then actually making an effort to score is hardly action at a pace that American's are accustomed to. It's not a money making venture and I'm not quite so sure it's all that exciting outside of a few times when the ball is down near the goal.

The thing with baseball is that anything can happen at any time, But doesnt. Soccer? Unless the ball is on one end of the field or the other, no team has a chance to score. With baseball, a team can score on any pitch so to say baseball is boring would be like calling soccer a vapid vanilla waste of time.

Fixed.
and nobodies explained golf yet.....

[RaychelSnr]

Stanley Cup Playoffs - OT

Game Set Match.

That's a good one. Let's see if I can't find another few:

Final drive of last year's super bowl...

Any time when a team is down and is driving for the win in football.

A neck and neck basketball game coming down to the last minute of play.

A tied baseball game coming into the 9th in a big game atmosphere.

The Daytona 500 where there are a couple laps left with a couple (or more) guys vying for the win.

The entire playoff of the US Open this year was quite exciting.

Federer/Nadal was way up there on the excitement list.

The fact of the matter is, every sport can be really exciting for those watching it. But when all a fan of a sport has to hang their hat on is watching guys work together as a team (something most sports share in common) and the last 10 minutes of the game, they are grasping at straws to make it exciting. I don't blame anyone for watching Soccer or for enjoying it. But it's not as appealing to American's and never will be. And for anyone to claim it is a better sport than any American sport because of the reasons cited above is...just not that convincing.

[RaychelSnr]

That's a good one. Let's see if I can't find another few:

Final drive of last year's super bowl...

Any time when a team is down and is driving for the win in football.

A neck and neck basketball game coming down to the last minute of play.

A tied baseball game coming into the 9th in a big game atmosphere.

The Daytona 500 where there are a couple laps left with a couple (or more) guys vying for the win.

The entire playoff of the US Open this year was quite exciting.

Federer/Nadal was way up there on the excitement list.

The fact of the matter is, every sport can be really exciting for those watching it. But when all a fan of a sport has to hang their hat on is watching guys work together as a team (something most sports share in common) and the last 10 minutes of the game, they are grasping at straws to make it exciting. I don't blame anyone for watching Soccer or for enjoying it. But it's not as appealing to American's and never will be. And for anyone to claim it is a better sport than any American sport because of the reasons cited above is...just not that convincing.

Ok, so we don't highjack this thread too much (and because I believe a vote of the masses is the only way to solve this) please vote and comment on today's frontpage poll stating your cases.

[mgoblue]

Re: Thursday Morning Other Stuff (8-7-08)

I don't find soccer to be boring like most Americans, but I've also played it so I know the nuances and respect the game more.

That being said, I can't stand regular season baseball. The games are amazingly boring and slow, the games take 3-4 hours, and the individual game doesn't mean a thing in the big picture (162 game season)...

Playoff baseball I'm totally into, but I can't watch more than a few minutes of meaningless regular season baseball before I fall asleep and start drooling. I don't want to see 2 minutes of a pitcher picking his nose or the 1st baseman fondling his crotch. So much down time it's not funny.

[Husker_OS]

Re: Thursday Morning Other Stuff (8-7-08)

I'd say OT in the NHL playoffs is the most exciting thing in pro sports. I'm not even a big hockey fan but I love watching the playoffs.

[mgoblue]

Re: Thursday Morning Other Stuff (8-7-08)

I'd say OT in the NHL playoffs is the most exciting thing in pro sports. I'm not even a big hockey fan but I love watching the playoffs.

I agree 100% with you on this one...