Maybe thats why he signed up for them so he could pursue his hobby? I can't get into American Football have tried, don't mind baseball but the NBA just seems like a load of giants running about with the odd midget in between to me
I never got it either until I watched it & noticed the basic rule, there's a shot clock, then I thought there must be other rules too & there was.
I think it means I don't really like that much american music, though I like one or two, such as Eagles or The Doors. And I'm not really into those other genres you have mentioned. I'm into artists such as The Stone Roses, The Verve, The La's, Oasis, Pulp, Kinks, The Beatles, Smiths, Happy Mondays, High Flying Birds, David Bowie, The Jam/Paul Weller etc.
Problems with American Sport: 1) Calling teams the best in the 'World' or the 'World' series etc when nobody else plays them. 2) You see more adverts than actual play. 3) Franchises 4) The time inbetween each bit of play in baseball and American football drags on and on and on... 5) Those queer little hankies that the refs throw about. 6) Americans
The World Series is called this because years ago it was sponsored by a newspaper called The World, it's one of this common misconceptions.
"In 1903, Barney Dreyfuss, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates sent a letter to the owner of the Boston Americans, now known as the Boston Red Sox, challenging the team to "a World's Championship Series." That season, the Pirates had the best record in the National League, and the Red Sox ranked No. 1 in the American League. Boston won that year's best-of-nine series, 5 games to 3. The series has since been shortened to seven games. The World's Championship Series — whose name was later shortened to World Series — has been played every year since, except 1904 and 1994. "In 1904, the New York Giants refused to play the Red Sox," said Freddy Berowski, a research associate at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. "The leagues stepped in the following year to officially make the World Series an annual event. In 1994, the baseball strike prevented the playing of the World Series." The term "World Series" first appeared in the Spalding Guides (guides to the game published by the Spalding Athletic Company in the late 19th and early 20th centuries) in 1917, but didn't appear in the Sporting News (which has been published since 1886) until 1964, according to the Dickson Baseball Dictionary. The early programs and scorecards read "World's Championship Series." The first time the series program was labeled with the term "World Series" was in 1936. The Cleveland scorecard, in 1920, and the Washington scorecard, in 1924, were labeled "World Series." "A popular myth is that the World Series was named for the New York World Telegram," says Berowski. Although the newspaper reported the game's results, Berowski said, Barney Dreyfuss deserves credit for naming the series."
6 is harsh, i've got plenty of absolutely lovely american friends who really open minded. (Mind you most of them are here in the u.k and love it here so they're not your average yanks) other than that, everything else is sort of fair enough actually, can't argue. But if you can get past those points then it's great. I mean who the **** is to judge one sport over another? Just because football is most popular why should it take any shine away from any other sport? And I don't mean yank sports, i mean ANY sport. I HATE cricket, don't really like tennis, don't really like athletics, I hate handball, not a fan of volleyball... I mean these sports have as much value as baseball or basketball or whatever... if you just like football and only football then great for you. But dictating what sport is good or **** is as subjective as taste in art.
Yeah I know, i'm just being a little prick here. Every sport can be **** or good depending on the actual game you are watching at the time. I even got excited by ****ing handball at the olympics if the game was good enough. Although Americans still annoy me.
Well I guess that's what you get for listening to an American then. What if you gave a World Series and didn't invite the rest of the world? That would be rude, right? But that’s what happens every year when Major League Baseball hosts its annual World Series baseball championship: Only teams from North America are allowed to play. What the heck is up with that?! The answer? Blame the media! Before 1903, the baseball championships were officially titled "The Championship of the United States," but newspapers started calling the winners "World Champions." Before long everyone was calling it the "World Series" – even though only American teams participated. "But wait a minute," you say. "The Toronto Blue Jays won back to back World Series in 1992 and 1993. They're Canadian!" And we say, "Big whoop. Canada is practically America's 51st state." And by the way, the urban myth that it's called the World Series because it was originally created and sponsored by the New York World newspaper turns out to be - well, just an urban myth, at least according to those well-known killjoys at the Baseball Hall of Fame. We say that it shouldn't be called the World Series until you open it up to teams from all over the world. Okay, okay! We grudgingly acknowledge that there are players from at least 13 other countries currently playing Major League baseball - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Netherlands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Australia, Colombia and Venezuela. But until they get to play for their own countries, the World Series should be named something else. How about calling it the Super Bowl? Although it is the Baseball Hall Of Fame that says it isn't. Still supposed to be a good day out with your mates for a few beers so it's not all that bad I suppose.
Isn't baseball just men playing that girls game called ' rounders '. The worlds worst game in my opinion is.......... CRICKET... I don't watch American feet and hand ball ..... ( American Football ) but it's better then cricket ! I guess we just like different things .. Nothing wrong with that. Enjoy the super bowl those who like the game and those who don't then just dont watch it... Simple as that ...
I used to play American Football at university and it's a great game to play. Yes, you might get frustrated at all the stoppages etc but it's just part and parcel of the game. From a watching perspective the adverts and the player analysis and the commentary can sometimes be annoying, but lighten the **** up, go get a beer, the game only stops for about 30 seconds. If it's a timeout, then go have a cig. And to clear up the misconception of "it's just Rugby with pads"; we used to play the Rugby team at both sports every year. We played the Rugby game first and lost 26-18, which was fair enough because they're a good side who'd just come runner up in the BUSA league. We battered them at AF 41-5 and we only played half a game (for the sake of time). They kept complaining that we were flying into reckless tackles and shoving them over, it was like playing a bunch of nancy boys, which was quite funny because two of my housemates were on the rugby team. You need padding and a helmet because it's a violent sport, you get smashed into by people at high speed and at great strength. Go watch an Ice Hockey game and you'll see why sports like that have protective gear. You don't need padding in Rugby because you don't get tackled off the ball, you don't tackle above the neck or spear people in the gut. In fact, the padding makes the guy coming at you, who is already considerably big, even more bulky and it's more painful. Then of course you have the cheerleaders.....
Cricket is indeed the absolute worst... I mean people sunbathe and snooze while watching it, that says it all really.
I've tried watching American Rugby a few times on TV, but the stoppages bored me. They tried to make it interesting by telling us lots of stats that only make sense if you watch for a season. But after an hour of watching, the clock only went down by about 30 minutes. Besides, any game that needs cheerleaders to make it more interesting must be petty boring!
Yeah whilst watching them/ playing in New Zealand, UAE, South Africa, the Carribean, Australia or the subcontinent. Not to mention they're some of the most skilled sportsmen around. Sounds ****e to me.
If you think cricketeers are very skilled then surely you should think the same about baseball? Pitching is as tricky as bowling, batting a 95mph pitch is far from easy, and fielding is probably one of the hardest things... far harder to field in baseball than cricket. I must admit that stats can't be quite boring and it's one of the most important thing in american sports... stats , stats and more stats... I still get confused a lot. Anyways, I understand why they may not seem appealing to some... they are quite different to our sports and some aspects are off putting but I feel as though you shouldn't be as closed up about them. I discovered them at a young age which made it easier but I was curious about them and gave them a few tries (wtching and playing) and now I love them.
Went to watch Baseball once, highlight was some guy bringing hot dogs around. Cured my insomnia. God knows why they watch it, no wonder "Soccer" is taking off big style over there now.
