Comments on: Olympic baseball gold medal to be decided with penalty kicks http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/05/olympic-baseball-gold-medal-to-be-decided-with-penalty-kicks/ Think - it ain't illegal yet... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:32:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: T Trimper http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/05/olympic-baseball-gold-medal-to-be-decided-with-penalty-kicks/comment-page-1/#comment-50890 T Trimper Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:29:10 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2761#comment-50890 This is yet another good reason to drop baseball and include rugby. Who cares if the US doesn't like it or will never win the gold? In fact, sometimes it's good - and funny - to see the US get its collective ass kicked (e.g. the last two world basketball championships). Rugby is played by 80 countries which is more than is baseball, and it looks good both in person and on TV. *And* rugby doesn't need overtime. This is yet another good reason to drop baseball and include rugby.

Who cares if the US doesn’t like it or will never win the gold? In fact, sometimes it’s good – and funny – to see the US get its collective ass kicked (e.g. the last two world basketball championships).

Rugby is played by 80 countries which is more than is baseball, and it looks good both in person and on TV. *And* rugby doesn’t need overtime.

]]> By: Lex http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/05/olympic-baseball-gold-medal-to-be-decided-with-penalty-kicks/comment-page-1/#comment-50817 Lex Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:59:35 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2761#comment-50817 That's not baseball. The beauty of the game (aside from the zen like concentration necessary to play it) is the statistical chess match of playing percentages. Do you put in the left handed reliever to get batter A out? If you use that reliever now for one batter will you have enough pitchers to complete the game? Etc. They might as well end tied games with a home run derby. Baseball - the best sports metaphor for life, i.e. failing 70% of the time still makes you one of the greatest of all time - is a thinking person's game, and the world is, unfortunately, no longer much inclined to think. We want action! That’s not baseball. The beauty of the game (aside from the zen like concentration necessary to play it) is the statistical chess match of playing percentages. Do you put in the left handed reliever to get batter A out? If you use that reliever now for one batter will you have enough pitchers to complete the game? Etc. They might as well end tied games with a home run derby.

Baseball – the best sports metaphor for life, i.e. failing 70% of the time still makes you one of the greatest of all time – is a thinking person’s game, and the world is, unfortunately, no longer much inclined to think. We want action!

]]> By: Nebris http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/05/olympic-baseball-gold-medal-to-be-decided-with-penalty-kicks/comment-page-1/#comment-50812 Nebris Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:16:11 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2761#comment-50812 There's really only one thing to say: FUCKING COMMIES!!! There’s really only one thing to say: FUCKING COMMIES!!!

]]> By: JS OBrien http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/05/olympic-baseball-gold-medal-to-be-decided-with-penalty-kicks/comment-page-1/#comment-50789 JS OBrien Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:48:02 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2761#comment-50789 Well, it doesn't exactly make baseball relevant to the modern world, but it's a start. I say, "Vive la revolution!" Well, it doesn’t exactly make baseball relevant to the modern world, but it’s a start.

I say, “Vive la revolution!”

]]> By: Ubertramp http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/05/olympic-baseball-gold-medal-to-be-decided-with-penalty-kicks/comment-page-1/#comment-50771 Ubertramp Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:23:52 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2761#comment-50771 So do I. :) So do I. :)

]]> By: Rho http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/05/olympic-baseball-gold-medal-to-be-decided-with-penalty-kicks/comment-page-1/#comment-50766 Rho Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:06:57 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2761#comment-50766 Mike, Be nice Sam LIKES the WWE. Mike,
Be nice Sam LIKES the WWE.

]]> By: Ubertramp http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/05/olympic-baseball-gold-medal-to-be-decided-with-penalty-kicks/comment-page-1/#comment-50759 Ubertramp Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:37:56 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2761#comment-50759 Holy crap. I can't stand baseball, but this is ridiculous. Did the WWE and XFL have anything to do with this? Holy crap. I can’t stand baseball, but this is ridiculous. Did the WWE and XFL have anything to do with this?

]]> By: DhammaSeeker http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/05/olympic-baseball-gold-medal-to-be-decided-with-penalty-kicks/comment-page-1/#comment-50754 DhammaSeeker Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:23:12 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2761#comment-50754 I'm not even all that big of a baseball fan, but I do understand a bit how the whole game has a mystique and randomness about it that makes the outcome interesting from game to game. Screwing with the rules such as they have just to make it "manageable from a television and operational standpoint” is an abomination. I’m not even all that big of a baseball fan, but I do understand a bit how the whole game has a mystique and randomness about it that makes the outcome interesting from game to game. Screwing with the rules such as they have just to make it “manageable from a television and operational standpoint” is an abomination.

]]> By: Dompazz http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2008/08/05/olympic-baseball-gold-medal-to-be-decided-with-penalty-kicks/comment-page-1/#comment-50749 Dompazz Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:02:13 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=2761#comment-50749 At some point, a sufficiently bribed French figure skating judge should be called in to make a ruling as to the winner. At some point, a sufficiently bribed French figure skating judge should be called in to make a ruling as to the winner.

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