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All of them.
All of them.
How about cricket though, Spud? Do Aussies still love it?
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What's cricket?
I would never go to see Nascar or Formula. I barely ever watch on TV.
Why would they bother seeing cars pass by every now and then with a wooosh?
Bowling. Not much is more boring to watch than bowling.
Maybe poker.
I love reading Americans commentary on Soccer because its always factually wrong and always comes across as a little jealous because the world embraced it and you didn't, still though that is changing fast as its a huge game now in the US.
Most boring sport to watch in the US from my experience is def baseball for several reasons.
1. Its stupidly long season which makes the first 80 games almost pointless.
2. A good amount of the players are un athletic and out of shape.
3. The crazy amount of drugs in the game. Any sport that has to put a * next to a name because of substance abuse should be banned.
4. The games themselves can last hours and it is on nearly every day of the week
5. Its soooooooooooo slow.
6. They wear big mitts to watch the ball, man up.
Hockey was a close second for me because its great to watch live but it can be hard to follow on TV as that puck is might small and very fast.
The irony of complaining about people getting things factually wrong, then making a list of things which in fact turn out to be factually wrong is hilarious.
sorry what did I say that is factually wrong?
1. Its a very long season ( over 160 games)
2. Certain players are out of shape they tend to be the big hitters. You wont see David Ortiz steal 2nd base.
3. There is a huge doping problem in baseball which again came to light this year.
4. The games can last hours.
5. It is a slow moving game similar to cricket.
6. They do wear mitts.
Please correct me if I have said anything factually wrong there.....:roll:
The irony of complaining about people getting things factually wrong, then making a list of things which in fact turn out to be factually wrong is hilarious.
The games do last about 3 hours average, which is the same as football.
David Ortiz, while a big guy, I'm not sure he's out of shape though.
They wear mitts, but jesus you aren't going to catch a batted baseball with your bare hands.
I realize baseball isn't for everyone, but I love the game, the strategy. There is a group of Indian immigrants who run a small cricket league local to me. I don't know the first thing about cricket, but I might stop by and play with them sometime. I might enjoy it.
I'm not a huge fan of cricket either for similar reasons, its just a little too slow for me and too much down time. I did however play cricket and I didnt use any mitts
sorry what did I say that is factually wrong?
1. Its a very long season ( over 160 games)
2. Certain players are out of shape they tend to be the big hitters. You wont see David Ortiz steal 2nd base.
3. There is a huge doping problem in baseball which again came to light this year.
4. The games can last hours.
5. It is a slow moving game similar to cricket.
6. They do wear mitts.
Please correct me if I have said anything factually wrong there.....:roll:
1. Its stupidly long season which makes the first 80 games almost pointless.
2. A good amount of the players are un athletic and out of shape.
3. The crazy amount of drugs in the game. Any sport that has to put a * next to a name because of substance abuse should be banned.
4. The games themselves can last hours and it is on nearly every day of the week
5. Its soooooooooooo slow.
6. They wear big mitts to watch the ball, man up.
Even more Ironic is catching a liberal complaining over anothers Opinion. :roll:
Tennis, and by no small margin. Soccer is probably 2nd, but I do admit to watching some of the World Cup when USA is in it.
I happen to love golf majors. Masters weekend is like a holiday to me. That's the 4th most exciting weekend to me, behind the Super Bowl, college football national championship, and the opening weekend of March Madness.
My brother in law has gotten me into gold watching a bit. I will never be a big fan of watching it(I would love to try playing it sometime), but I can enjoy it.
Let's look at your original list:
Except that with a week to go most races are still undecided. Bet some team wish they had won a couple more of those worthless games...
David Ortiz(to use your example) is very strong. Not every person is fast, but I bet his reflexes and strength are comparable or exceed players in any other sport.
The asterisk is not used. Drugs have hit every sport. Baseball is at least making a serious effort to clean itself up, and that effort is being led by the players.
The games are roughly the same length as games of other sports.
Opinion. I consider soccer much more painfully slow.
Really? You want to catch a line drive without one?