On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Ernest wrote:
> > Now, beside that I still not get why baseball is called a sport, who is
> > Honus Wagner ? Did he own an Apple 1 ?
>
> Baseball not a sport? Sigh. You silly Germans. Just because the fans
> don't kill each other or the opposing fans doesn't mean that it's not a
> real sport. Unlike European Soccer hooligans, baseball fans are
> typically a much more relaxed crowd -not including the yankee fans who
> pride themselves on their ability to hit opposing players with batteries
> from 10 rows back.
Sign. Baseball is certainly NOT a sport. At least not one you'd classify
amongst the other gaming events under that definition just as (American
and otherwise) Football, Rugby, Basketball, etc. If there's no physical
contact, it's not a sport. Physical contact in Baseball is contrived in
an attempt to give the people who come to the "games" their money's worth.
Also, Cricket is NOT a sport, for the same reason that Baseball is NOT a
sport. A bunch of stupid men scratching their crotches with big beer guts
who for the most part stand in one place chewing cud and spitting it
out while watching one guy try to hit a ball with a stick thrown by
another guy is NOT a sport. Ok, that doesn't necessarily describe
Cricket, but it does describe Baseball, and NIETHER is a sport.
> Give the players long sticks, and sharp skates and then it would be a
> sport. Make the players 250+ pounds, and give them full armor and then
> it would be a sport.
Any game in which the objective is to attempt to play by the rules in
between long bouts of two (or sometimes more) meatheads beating the shit
out of each other is NOT a sport. In fact, it goes against the very
definition of "sport".
> not a sport. Pretending that your knee is broken is more like stage
> acting. Could you imagine a 2nd baseman dramatically pretending to have
> a broken leg just because he was slightly bumped by a runner going by?
> Or an outfielder writhing in agony like his back is broken just because
> he dropped a ball? Haha. Of course not. They would be laughed off the
> field but in Soccer, play acting is a required "skill." What kind of a
> sport is that? I always feel a little embarrassed for them when I see
> them hamming it up for the cameras. "Oh Mother! My leg is broken. It's
> worst injury ever." Then, after the referee gives him the foul, he
> stands back up (like a man) and runs off again. It's brilliant acting
> but do they ever feel ashamed?
At least in Soccer (Football to you weirdos) people pretty much run. In
Baseball they stand around wondering when it will be time to jog back into
the little box they sit in while they wait for their turn to go stand with
a bat.
What does this have to do with classic computing? Nothing! But Baseball
is definitely NOT a sport.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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