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Also why do u ppl call it the world series? its only bloody usa who enters it? that makes no sense lol

Canada plays in the MLB too. : Toronto Blue Jays and the Montreal Expos.

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Originally posted by TuanAnh213 you talk about how boring sports like baseball and football are...you know why no one here likes soccer? because soccer is a complete joke to watch on TV...i mean there's fucking 20 guys on the field and ALL they do is kick the ball back and forth back and forth for 3 hours, the ball usually staying at midfield...and how many total goals are scored each game? like...3? so yeah...you guys can enjoy ur bloody soccer while i'll enjoy my bloody "american football", baseball and basketball american football probably is a pussy version of rugby...do i really care what you think it is? american football is by far the number one sport and i love it to death, just like europeans or whatever love their soccer the MLB championships is called the world series because people from all over the world are playing on the teams right now in the world series like the dominican republic, cuba, japan, korea, central america, etc although the teams AREN'T from different parts of the world and DON'T you call baseball a boring excuse to sit in the stands and eat pretzels and hotdogs and cheer for 5 minutes...obviously thats just coming from a person like you who doesn't understand the sport...baseball isn't called america's pasttime for no reason

If you sum up any game you can easily say a game is boring...
Tennis : Hit a ball back to each other until one misses
Baseball: Throw a ball, hit a ball, run to a base
Basketball : Throw a ball in a hoop

You get the point? Just because yyou sum up a sport within afew sentences doesnt mean that is all what the sport is about.

AS someone else mentioned, there are 22 players on a field with two 45 minute halves, not three hours.

The statement "world series" implies that it is a competition that world particpates in on a national level. E.g. the rugby world cup at the moment. Now im sure Japan and Cuba have baseball leagues, what if they outshone urs in quality, and all the Cuban, or Japanese players moved to that country to play there? would the competition name change. The whole title of the competition lies an ambiguity of what it means.

I dont like beaseball. i've tried playing it, watching it, understaning it. It takes too long, it last too long and the only time it is interesting is when they make a film based upon it lol "The Fan" with Westly Snipes.

You seriously need to clam down mate. I wasnt having a dig, i was using light sense of humour which i thought the whole thread was about.

Football, or Soccer, is "the" sport of the world, you cannot call it boring or anything because it is the most watched and played sport in the whole world.

I could have been really harsh in my reply, because i am passionate about football, but i also aint rude lol

Oh and as someone else says, cricket is boring!! it bores the hell out of me. lol.

Also, since when do americans use "bloody" all the time lol...or is that a piss take?

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Originally posted by TiestoFanMatt Football, or Soccer, is "the" sport of the world, you cannot call it boring or anything because it is the most watched and played sport in the whole world.

Just because it is the most popular sport does not mean that he has to enjoy it.

this thread calls for that video of the goalkeeper who missed a throw-in pass from his own player and let it go in the net.

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Originally posted by blazed it it seems like to me that it actually hurts more to play football with the pads on then it does without the pads. If you have played football (american) before with pads please comment on this.

thats beacuse when you wear pads, there's more security which in turn leads to more adrenaline for you to want to take someone out at full force... without pads, youre going to be a little less hesitant to hit someone at full force...

American Football - one of the major reasons why this sport is not played in the rest of the world, is because its argubly the most expensive sport to play... the equipment is not cheap at all... when comparing to Soccer, IMO there is much more strategy involved... you have coaches in booths well above the field relaying calls to the headcoach(s) who then relay plays to the players... id like to see some of these big time soccer players (or rugby) take a hit from someone, say, Ronnie Lott in his prime...

Baseball - another expensive sport... this is one sport that you dont necessarily have to be an athlete to play... as Babe Ruth would say "Baseball, i think, is the only real game in this world" (close enough)... just look at pitchers like David Wells, Freddie Garcia... or hitters like Tony Gwynn...

now here's one for you soccer-heads... Baseball was voted in the states as having the most difficult feat in all of sports, hitting a fastball (or baseball in general)... a 95 mph (roughly 155kph) fastball coming from a pitchers hand travelling 60 feet 6 inches to homeplate, takes about 0.45 seconds to hit... less than a split second... it is said that you have about0.2 seconds to decide on whether to swing or not... now accompany that with not knowing whether itll be a fast ball or not... then think about this, Randy Johnson pitches can reach 100mph (roughly 163kph)... yeah, lets see you soccer-heads do that...

and to note, a soccer penalty kick was also listed high, but still not as nearly as hard to do...

search usatoday.com for the section on "most difficult sport feats"

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Originally posted by MrMiyagi when comparing to Soccer, IMO there is much more strategy involved... you have coaches in booths well above the field relaying calls to the headcoach(s) who then relay plays to the players

ure saying that american football has more strategy right?? because I've played both and I didn't have to memorize a 200 page playbook for soccer.

no but then again mujix u grew up in canada...and played soccer in canada... no theres no books to memorize but all the professional soccer players today where shuved into soccer camps from the age of 3 or 4...then after soccer camps they go to soccer school..which is like regular school but instead of regular classess u learn strategies and different ways to play the game...classes only last till lunch the rest of the day is outside on the field.. this goes from around when we're in grade 5 till when we would graduate hihschool..then u either make it to a professional team or u become a nothing....

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Originally posted by tall paul 2 Even though Americans are crap at soccer (football) you seem to have forgotten that the best keeper in the premiership (in most peoples views) at the moment is an American, ie Brad Friedel.

HMM..i thought the best goalkeeper is oliver khan

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Originally posted by 'mju:zik ure saying that american football has more strategy right?? because I've played both and I didn't have to memorize a 200 page playbook for soccer.

so what are you trying to say, that soccer has more or less strategy?

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Originally posted by Linx_da_cat this thread calls for that video of the goalkeeper who missed a throw-in pass from his own player and let it go in the net.

yeah, I think most ppl say I'm anti-american cos of this post, but there was another worse one involving the italian keeper cudicini vs Arsenal, just happened that when i was browsing a site i found this one so I put it up, and the entire thread wasnt' meant to be a full debate on sports, just to have a smile & laugh

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Originally posted by Ian^ yeah, I think most ppl say I'm anti-american cos of this post, but there was another worse one involving the italian keeper cudicini vs Arsenal, just happened that when i was browsing a site i found this one so I put it up, and the entire thread wasnt' meant to be a full debate on sports, just to have a smile & laugh

You know the real intention of threads only last about 10 posts in, then it slowly starts its downward spiral.

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Originally posted by Ian^ yeah, I think most ppl say I'm anti-american cos of this post, but there was another worse one involving the italian keeper cudicini vs Arsenal, just happened that when i was browsing a site i found this one so I put it up, and the entire thread wasnt' meant to be a full debate on sports, just to have a smile & laugh

well i never thought you were anti-american at all...you're always a cool dude...it was just some people like tiestofanmatt talking trash about american sports but its all good...thats what different cultures in this world is all about...sports, language, everything

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Originally posted by MrMiyagi Baseball - another expensive sport... this is one sport that you dont necessarily have to be an athlete to play... as Babe Ruth would say "Baseball, i think, is the only real game in this world" (close enough)... just look at pitchers like David Wells, Freddie Garcia... or hitters like Tony Gwynn... now here's one for you soccer-heads... Baseball was voted in the states as having the most difficult feat in all of sports, hitting a fastball (or baseball in general)... a 95 mph (roughly 155kph) fastball coming from a pitchers hand travelling 60 feet 6 inches to homeplate, takes about 0.45 seconds to hit... less than a split second... it is said that you have about0.2 seconds to decide on whether to swing or not... now accompany that with not knowing whether itll be a fast ball or not... then think about this, Randy Johnson pitches can reach 100mph (roughly 163kph)... yeah, lets see you soccer-heads do that...

Ever see cricket? Its far more expensive to buy the eqipment for it than baseball. To play at any sort of proper level you need to play on a well kept ground.

It's still has to be more popular than baseball worldwide.

Your logic of american sports not being popular world wide because they are expensive to paly doesnt follow.

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Originally posted by TiestoFanMatt Football, or Soccer, is "the" sport of the world, you cannot call it boring or anything because it is the most watched and played sport in the whole world. I could have been really harsh in my reply, because i am passionate about football, but i also aint rude lol

so what if soccer is the sports of the world...i still can't stand watching it on TV and i find it absolutely boring...it changes nothing

and yes, i am very passionate about american football as well...whatever point you were making with that...

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Originally posted by joeh Ever see cricket? Its far more expensive to buy the eqipment for it than baseball. To play at any sort of proper level you need to play on a well kept ground. It's still has to be more popular than baseball worldwide. Your logic of american sports not being popular world wide because they are expensive to paly doesnt follow.

ill admit, i dont know much about cricket... however, i highly doubt its more popular than baseball... baseball is played all through the America's, North n South... and Asia... hell, Taiwan use to be the dominant team in Little League... now its Japan thats the dominant force...

and i didnt say American sports in General, i said Football and baseball... Basketball is cheap, can be played everywhere, and it is... i just look at some of these African countries, one recently making it to the Men's Worldcup competition, i guarentee you that they cannot afford sports like Baseball and Football... soccer, you just need a ball, and it doesnt take a whole lot to teach the basics...

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Originally posted by TuanAnh213 so what if soccer is the sports of the world...i still can't stand watching it on TV and i find it absolutely boring...it changes nothing and yes, i am very passionate about american football as well...whatever point you were making with that...

you know, i use to be the same way... up until experiencing the World Cup in Japan... sure it came to the states in 1994, but like we cared... when you see the competition in a country that does give a fuck, you start to feel the hype... look at Korea, you see how many people were out on the streets during their run last year? something like 2,000,000 (not exaggerating either), all, and i mean ALL, were wearing red shirts... it literally looked like a sea of red... in Japan, it was like that in various cities... dont get me wrong though, i still think the sport is boring as hell, but the guys that play it are true athletes... i just like the atmosphere and hype...

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Originally posted by TuanAnh213 well i never thought you were anti-american at all...you're always a cool dude...it was just some people like tiestofanmatt talking trash about american sports but its all good...thats what different cultures in this world is all about...sports, language, everything

i see your point, like I watch rugby instead of american football, football instead of NFL, cricket instead of baseball, but I do watch some NBA and love the NHL cos of the action involved in it

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Originally posted by Omegasox You know the real intention of threads only last about 10 posts in, then it slowly starts its downward spiral.

that is pretty much the case, but this lasted like 3 or 4 posts b4 that happened

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Originally posted by MrMiyagi ill admit, i dont know much about cricket

recently i was explaining aussie rules football to some americans. When they asked how big the ground was I told them it was played on a cricket field. That cleared it all up

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Originally posted by tubby recently i was explaining aussie rules football to some americans. When they asked how big the ground was I told them it was played on a cricket field. That cleared it all up

i just got up at 4am to watch england in bangladesh test match, 15 minutes in, it rains

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Originally posted by Vivid Boy no but then again mujix u grew up in canada...and played soccer in canada... no theres no books to memorize but all the professional soccer players today where shuved into soccer camps from the age of 3 or 4...then after soccer camps they go to soccer school..which is like regular school but instead of regular classess u learn strategies and different ways to play the game...classes only last till lunch the rest of the day is outside on the field.. this goes from around when we're in grade 5 till when we would graduate hihschool..then u either make it to a professional team or u become a nothing....

i didnt grow up in canada man

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Originally posted by MrMiyagi so what are you trying to say, that soccer has more or less strategy?

less

and this isnt a bad thing...thats one reason y a football game takes so long.

I think Formula 1 is the most expensive sport!

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Originally posted by jax_au I think Formula 1 is the most expensive sport!

I don't know...an NFL team's salary would buy quite a few F1 cars...and possibly a space shuttle

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Originally posted by twizta HMM..i thought the best goalkeeper is oliver khan

does he even play footy now?

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