Apple-1 Auction conclusion

From: Erik S. Klein <classiccmp_at_vintage-computer.com>
Date: Tue Apr 23 14:14:16 2002

Baseball is NOT a sport.

It is merely a hobby practiced by typically overweight out of shape men
who scratch and spit a lot. How athletic is it, really, to run 90 feet
at a time about once an hour, if that? Baseball does take skill, mind
you, but the players are no more athletes than those who win at Quake
tournaments.

Battery throwing is more of a sport and is practiced more by Raiders
fans than Yankees fans.

Then again, if baseball is a sport, so must be dumpster diving and that
makes many of US athletes, right? :)

   Erik

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To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Hans Franke
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 9:17 AM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Apple-1 Auction conclusion
>
>
> > > Bet you'd care if you had one to sell.
>
> > Nope! He'd just throw it out with other useless oddities like his
Honus
> > Wagner baseball card.
>
> 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.

Baseball is certainly more of a sport than Soccer. Sure, Soccer players
have
to
be able to run up and down the field, kick a ball, and grab their knees
in
pain
when an opposing player runs by without touching them but that's not
exactly
a
"sport." Make the goal the size of a Basketball hoop, and that would be
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.

Trying to kick a little white ball into a goal the size of a studio
apartment is
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?

E.
Received on Tue Apr 23 2002 - 14:14:16 BST