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New Olympic baseball rules SUCK!
Topic Started: Jul 27 2008, 12:09 PM (143 Views)
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Talk about screwing the pooch. Have you read the new "tiebreaker" rules for the Olympics??

Piss poor if you ask me.
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Porcu
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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

Don't care much for America's past time :rolleyes:
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Paradise
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Baseball is so boring.
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Nag Ehgoeg
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Eh.

Part of the reason I like Baseball is the excuse to drink. And I expect a game to last more than 11 innings if I'm going to drink a decent amount.

Then again... I think all sports are too long. I like 'em short and sweet. Over before you get bored. This change might help me like baseball without a forty.

Might.
Edited by Nag Ehgoeg, Jul 27 2008, 12:31 PM.
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Rhadamanthus
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Perhaps America should leave the Olympics in protest.
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Jul 27 2008, 12:41 PM
Perhaps America should leave the Olympics in protest.
Well your newest colony can't compete...
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I guess its time to get to work buying the Olympics commitee...
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Romanus Diogenes
Jul 27 2008, 02:32 PM
I guess its time to get to work buying the Olympics commitee...
Well, why not?? Everyone else does.
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NRE
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I heard they were cutting out baseball after this year, could be mistaken.

Personally I've never thought that Baseball should be an Olympic sport, but then again neither should basketball, or any other sport played regularly in modern times like soccer (Football for you foreigners :P ) and football (American Football for you foreigners :P ).

Should kept it simple, what with the disc throwing, pole vaulting, and what not, things I can't go out and see on a regular basis. :P
Edited by NRE, Jul 27 2008, 03:48 PM.
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NRE
Jul 27 2008, 03:44 PM
I heard they were cutting out baseball after this year, could be mistaken.

Personally I've never thought that Baseball should be an Olympic sport, but then again neither should basketball, or any other sport played regularly in modern times like soccer (Football for you foreigners :P ) and football (American Football for you foreigners :P ).

Should kept it simple, what with the disc throwing, pole vaulting, and what not, things I can't go out and see on a regular basis. :P
Considering we have seperate world championships for these sports... I agree.
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Nag Ehgoeg
Jul 27 2008, 04:01 PM
NRE
Jul 27 2008, 03:44 PM
I heard they were cutting out baseball after this year, could be mistaken.

Personally I've never thought that Baseball should be an Olympic sport, but then again neither should basketball, or any other sport played regularly in modern times like soccer (Football for you foreigners :P ) and football (American Football for you foreigners :P ).

Should kept it simple, what with the disc throwing, pole vaulting, and what not, things I can't go out and see on a regular basis. :P
Considering we have seperate world championships for these sports... I agree.
Personally, I agree also. If you can't run faster, be stronger, jump higher or knock someone out it shouldn't be an Olympic Sport. I especially hate all these so-called sports where judges give "points"! How corrupt is that?

Now, the one sport missing from the Olympics (that was in the first modern game) is Tug-O-War! How cool would that be?
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Lots.

Lots cool.
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Jul 27 2008, 12:26 PM
Baseball is so boring.
Baseball is far and away the most interesting sport.
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Tristan da Cunha
Jul 29 2008, 11:28 PM
Paradise
Jul 27 2008, 12:26 PM
Baseball is so boring.
Baseball is far and away the most interesting sport.
How can you find that interesting? Most of the time, nothing happens, you have to wait!

Hockey > Soccer > Basketball > American football > Baseball
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Jul 30 2008, 12:18 AM
Tristan da Cunha
Jul 29 2008, 11:28 PM
Paradise
Jul 27 2008, 12:26 PM
Baseball is so boring.
Baseball is far and away the most interesting sport.
How can you find that interesting? Most of the time, nothing happens, you have to wait!

Hockey > Soccer > Basketball > American football > Baseball
Baseball is to sport what chess is to board games. Nothing happens most of the time during a chess match, but damn, it is interesting!
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Jul 30 2008, 08:34 AM
Paradise
Jul 30 2008, 12:18 AM
Tristan da Cunha
Jul 29 2008, 11:28 PM
Paradise
Jul 27 2008, 12:26 PM
Baseball is so boring.
Baseball is far and away the most interesting sport.
How can you find that interesting? Most of the time, nothing happens, you have to wait!

Hockey > Soccer > Basketball > American football > Baseball
Baseball is to sport what chess is to board games. Nothing happens most of the time during a chess match, but damn, it is interesting!
Excellent analogy.
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New Harumf
Jul 30 2008, 08:34 AM
Paradise
Jul 30 2008, 12:18 AM
Tristan da Cunha
Jul 29 2008, 11:28 PM
Paradise
Jul 27 2008, 12:26 PM
Baseball is so boring.
Baseball is far and away the most interesting sport.
How can you find that interesting? Most of the time, nothing happens, you have to wait!

Hockey > Soccer > Basketball > American football > Baseball
Baseball is to sport what chess is to board games. Nothing happens most of the time during a chess match, but damn, it is interesting!
New Harumf is correct.

Baseball is also a game where heroes can shine despite the fact that it is still a team sport, because of its dual emphasis on individual ability in batting and on group ability in fielding. It is also a very fun sport to play if you're any good at batting.
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Tristan da Cunha
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Also, baseball is to chess as hockey is to Hungry Hungry Hippos.
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Nag Ehgoeg
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Also baseball is to steriods as CE is to coke.
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Nag Ehgoeg
Jul 30 2008, 06:44 PM
Also baseball is to steriods as CE is to coke.
An incisive analogy.
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Nag Ehgoeg
Jul 30 2008, 06:44 PM
Also baseball is to steriods as CE is to coke.
Quoted for hilarity.
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