Uncommon Opinions

[LowerWolf]

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MLB/NFL are about equal for me. College football is ahead of both.

[areobee401]

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Forgot to express my yearly uncommon love of the Little League World Series. High entertainment value. Can't get enough of the stuff.

[Blzer]

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2b. Skateboard videos on YouTube

This is vastly underrated. I can lose hours watching those without even meaning to. I don't know how non-skaters feel about them though.

Another thing I like about them is the pride and care some of the filmmakers/editors take into providing an artistic vibe to them (same with surfing, but I don't watch those videos). I even like watching realistic video montages of the EA Skate franchise because of how people are able to transfer over actual film work into that.

Even if they are just regular shots, it's still fun to watch regardless.

[TheShizNo1]

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Forgot to express my yearly uncommon love of the Little League World Series. High entertainment value. Can't get enough of the stuff.

I thought this was a common opinion? For me it's weird as hell how many people enjoy it; I assumed since it was on ESPN enough are entertained by it.

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[Caulfield]

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I’ve noticed quite often on here that Baseball Fans love comparing it to NFL or love telling us it’s better than the NFL, lol.

I wont go so far as to (seriously) say that baseball is better than poker or tennis or football (both kinds) but I will say its hands down my favourite sport.


sports is like art. I may not know whats ''good'', but I do know what I like.

[l3ulvl]

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I can't watch skateboard vids because I'm terrified of gruesome injuries. I can't handle that ****, I know it happens in all sports, but everytime I see an x games style skateboarder I shudder.


Also, regarding baseball, I picked up new cable recently and saw something on MLBN that blew my mind. "Plays of the week". This is the first time I've had MLBN and I got so excited to see that on my guide. Baseball isn't my #1 sport but I still like it, and I'm sitting around devouring an hourlong show of highlights and thinking, where have you been?


Not just baseball, but all sports and all networks, I'm tired of being told "people know where to find highlights on their own" (I just realized I may have dipped into the music conversation from a minute ago haha), and it blows my mind we don't have highlight shows anymore.


Forgive my ignorance, but do these highlight shows still exist anywhere else? It took me back to 20 years ago as a younger teen when I couldn't wait to load up any sports show with an entire show dedicated to highlights

[bravesfan1984]

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Probably uncommon because it's unheard of:

If you like ketchup, try using it [refrigerated] as a dipping sauce for corn-on-the-cob.

Cold ketchup is the best...I dip raw, whole mushrooms in it...don't judge!

[Caulfield]

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Not just baseball, but all sports and all networks, I'm tired of being told "people know where to find highlights on their own" (I just realized I may have dipped into the music conversation from a minute ago haha), and it blows my mind we don't have highlight shows anymore.
Forgive my ignorance, but do these highlight shows still exist anywhere else? It took me back to 20 years ago as a younger teen when I couldn't wait to load up any sports show with an entire show dedicated to highlights

I miss George Michaels Sports Machine

[doubledeuceR6]

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MLB/NFL are about equal for me. College football is ahead of both.

Same for me but motorcycle racing (Moto GP, World SBK, etc) would trump them all. I watch practice sessions, qualification, and every lap of every race.

[James T. Kirk]

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I like pineapple on pizza.

[pietasterp]

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Also, regarding baseball, I picked up new cable recently and saw something on MLBN that blew my mind. "Plays of the week". This is the first time I've had MLBN and I got so excited to see that on my guide. Baseball isn't my #1 sport but I still like it, and I'm sitting around devouring an hourlong show of highlights and thinking, where have you been?


Not just baseball, but all sports and all networks, I'm tired of being told "people know where to find highlights on their own" (I just realized I may have dipped into the music conversation from a minute ago haha), and it blows my mind we don't have highlight shows anymore.


Forgive my ignorance, but do these highlight shows still exist anywhere else? It took me back to 20 years ago as a younger teen when I couldn't wait to load up any sports show with an entire show dedicated to highlights

My exact rant from a few pages back re: ESPN. I think the alleged "Worldwide Leader" and others are really missing something about their key demographic by not understanding that people still want packaged, curated highlights and plays of the week type sports programming. I think FS1 had an opportunity to fill the void that Sportscenter willingly vacated, but they too have decided sports highlights can be found 'anywhere' and no one wants old-school sportscenter-type programming anymore. Even though the entire demographic that made ESPN the 'worldwide leader' wants that exactly...

I miss George Michaels Sports Machine

That's bringing it old-school! I loved that show as well. It was like "Sportscenter" for people that didn't have cable (which I didn't when I was a little kid).

[TheShizNo1]

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My exact rant from a few pages back re: ESPN. I think the alleged "Worldwide Leader" and others are really missing something about their key demographic by not understanding that people still want packaged, curated highlights and plays of the week type sports programming. I think FS1 had an opportunity to fill the void that Sportscenter willingly vacated, but they too have decided sports highlights can be found 'anywhere' and no one wants old-school sportscenter-type programming anymore. Even though the entire demographic that made ESPN the 'worldwide leader' wants that exactly...



That's bringing it old-school! I loved that show as well. It was like "Sportscenter" for people that didn't have cable (which I didn't when I was a little kid).

But do they really want that? ESPN still seems to be doing fine with their switch.



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[pietasterp]

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But do they really want that? ESPN still seems to be doing fine with their switch.

I dunno, they're hemorrhaging viewers the last few years. You can google it and read whatever news source you prefer (left, right, center) but the facts are they've lost millions of viewers in the last few years.

A lot of this is consistent with the general trend of all programming being down (in general, with some notable exceptions), but their losses are bad even compared to the general trends. It's probably impossible to pin it on one specific thing, but to me, a lot of it has to do with not gaining new viewers and losing older established viewers. Bear in mind that vanilla "Sportscenter" is still among their highest-rated shows, beyond most of the "3 guys yelling at each other on a split screen" interchangeable programming they have on for most of the rest of the day. And that's without the force of personality and panache that the likes of Dan Patrick and Kenny Mayne used to bring to the table.

[Caulfield]

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I like pineapple on pizza.

pineapple, ham (or Canadian bacon), mushroom & bellpepper ... mmm...
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[NolanRyansSnowmonkey]

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I miss George Michaels Sports Machine

Me too! Another show i watched religiously. I nearly mentioned it in my last post. It was so great watching that show late at night.