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The Don.

Wessexman

Wessexman

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I can't believe their is a sports sections without a thread about the Greatest sportman ever in it. So here in honour of Donald Bradman is that thread.

Donald Bradman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as The Don, was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time.[1] Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has been claimed to be statistically the greatest achievement in any major sport....
 
Did you know that the suicide rate for Cricket players is insanely high?

There's a reason for that, you know. :2razz:
 
Wessexman said:
Cos it so damn good?
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Cause it takes so damned long to play a game actually.

Cricket is a wonderful game, much better than baseball imho.
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I gotta admit, I prefer baseball... as well as American Football, Rugby, Hurling, Gaelic Football, Hockey, International football and boxing. :2razz:

That being said, I respect the game of cricket, I just find it too damned long.
 
"greatest sportsman ever...an Australian cricket player" :rofl

This is a heavily American forum. I'd call you a troll, except Americans don't get mad about cricket. More so filled with pity and vague amusement.
 
Wessexman said:
I thought Yanks loved Baseball?

I like football, I like league, but cricket really hits the spot. What better sport is there?(except for Women's gymnastics of course.)
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Baseball has been ruined by it's lack of action and leadership from it's commisioner.

Football (American) is the real national pasttime.
 
Kernel Sanders said:
"greatest sportsman ever...an Australian cricket player" :rofl

This is a heavily American forum. I'd call you a troll, except Americans don't get mad about cricket. More so filled with pity and vague amusement.
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No one gets mad about cricket, it is a gentleman's game.

Bradman has a claim to being the greatest sportsman ever, he probably has the greatest statistic.

He has a batting average of 99.94 and the guy below him has one which is 60.97.

List of cricket batting averages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Tucker Case said:
Cause it takes so damned long to play a game actually.
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I don't mind that, it means it isn't oever too quickly. There are shorter versions like one day cricket and 20/20 but they're crap compared to good old fashioned test cricket.

I gotta admit, I prefer baseball... as well as American Football, Rugby, Hurling, Gaelic Football, Hockey, International football and boxing. :2razz:

That being said, I respect the game of cricket, I just find it too damned long.
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The only ones of those I have really watched are footie and Rugby. Do you prefer Rugby union or Rugby league? Until I came to Aussieland I was union man but they play a lot of league in Sydney and I've been very much converted. It is very fastpaced compared to Rugby union, like Gridiron.
 
Tucker Case said:
That's pretty damned impressive stat actually.
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Indeed, it means that in official, test matches he averaged 99.94 runs before he got out if anyone didn't know. If he hadn't got out for a duck(zero runs.) in his last game he would have averaged a century in every game.
 
Wessexman said:
I can't believe their is a sports sections without a thread about the Greatest sportman ever in it. So here in honour of Donald Bradman is that thread.

Donald Bradman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as The Don, was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time.[1] Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has been claimed to be statistically the greatest achievement in any major sport....
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I can't stand Cricket... it is incredibly boring to play, and worse to watch.

Baseball is boring too, but at least there is action throwing people out and sliding into base and all that... Double plays, etc.


Tucker
I gotta admit, I prefer baseball... as well as American Football, Rugby, Hurling, Gaelic Football, Hockey, International football and boxing
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Is that a post drinking game?

Curling, perhaps?
 
Wessexman said:
I thought Yanks loved Baseball?

I like football, I like league, but cricket really hits the spot. What better sport is there?(except for Women's gymnastics of course.)
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Not really - that's more of a stereotype than anything else. Football is the true American sport these days. Game 1 of the World Series got 10 million viewers, versus the Superbowl's 90million. In many places baseball even loses the #2 spot to hockey.
 
Bodhisattva said:
I can't stand Cricket... it is incredibly boring to play, and worse to watch.

Baseball is boring too, but at least there is action throwing people out and sliding into base and all that... Double plays, etc.
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I disagree with that entirely. I find cricket extremely fun to play and it is one of the few sports I will watch along with footie and league. Baseball is one of the vast majority of sports I can't stand to watch and get little out of playing.
 
Wessexman said:
No one gets mad about cricket, it is a gentleman's game.
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Oh I'm not saying anybody should. Pity and amusement are the proper response, as I said before. All I'm saying is that the same kind of thread on a topic that people get angry about would be straight up trolling. Like the difference between creating a thread naming bin Laden the 21st century's greatest hero and creating a thread naming Charles de Gaulle history's greatest military commander
 
Wessexman said:
The only ones of those I have really watched are footie and Rugby. Do you prefer Rugby union or Rugby league? Until I came to Aussieland I was union man but they play a lot of league in Sydney and I've been very much converted. It is very fastpaced compared to Rugby union, like Gridiron.
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I'm no expert on either. Union is what I see most often.
 
Kernel Sanders said:
Not really - that's more of a stereotype than anything else. Football is the true American sport these days. Game 1 of the World Series got 10 million viewers, versus the Superbowl's 90million. In many places baseball even loses the #2 spot to hockey.
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In England we're stereotyped as footie lovers and in reality we really are.

Oh I'm not saying anybody should. Pity and amusement are the proper response, as I said before.
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Poor, poor Americans. How do survive without cricket?:mrgreen:

YouTube - Paul Kelly - Bradman

All I'm saying is that the same kind of thread on a topic that people get angry about would be straight up trolling. Like the difference between creating a thread naming bin Laden the 21st century's greatest hero and creating a thread naming Charles de Gaulle history's greatest military commander
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Bradman really has a claim to the spot of best sportsman. He has a batting average 40% higher than the next highest. I can't think of another sportsman as good, even the likes of Pele
 
Tucker Case said:
It's a pretty badass Irish sport. While I was growing up, my mother was captain on a camogie team (camogie is the female variant of hurling). I follow hurling and Gaelic football the most of the non-American sports.
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I like Gaelic football. In Australia they have AFL which is similar but I don't like it although that is probably because it is a Melbourne game and I'm a Sydneysider; Rugby League is the game here.
 
Wessexman said:
I like Gaelic football. In Australia they have AFL which is similar but I don't like it although that is probably because it is a Melbourne game and I'm a Sydneysider; Rugby League is the game here.
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I like Aussie football as well, but I almost never get to see that here. I go to the local Irish pub for the hurling and Gaelic matches. Nothing like going to the Pub at 9 a.m. :mrgreen:
 
Wessexman said:
I love to go to Irish pubs myself. I quite like Guinness.:drink

Actually that smilie is the exact right colour.
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I've noticed that about the smilie before myself. I'm a Smithwick's man myself, but I''ll drink a Guinness without hesitating as well.
 
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