Football, Basketball, or Baseball

[Syrinx]

Poll question: Football, Basketball, or Baseball

I think Football is infintely more exciting than the other two. And basketball is way better than baseball.

[LiberalVoice]

1. No "Other"? How American :P

I pick soccer. Those sports suck!

P.S. I'm American. :D

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

21. Go back to Europe, pansy!!!

:evilgrin:

[Rocinante]

2. Football

However if Billy Martin was still alive I'd have to vote baseball.

[Syrinx]

9. Billy Martin

What was he fired 94 times?

:shrug:

[Rocinante]

12. Yeah

Martin was fired damn near every time he woke up in the morning. But he took up for his players when the umps screwed them-and dressed his players down when they got lazy. Billy Martin-one hell of a guy in my book.

[Syrinx]

14. I wish they could'a worked him into Seinfeld

They sure did a number on Steinbrener. (sp)

[flamingyouth]

16. He was my dad's favorite baseball figure

I remember Dad crying like a baby the night Billy died.

[flamingyouth]

3. I like baseball the best

But I'm stuck out here in Seattle, and we don't appear to have a major league baseball team. So sad, really.:D

[everythingsxen]

5. LOL

The Mariners are trying. But I hate Baseball so I don't care! :P So Nyaaahhhhh!! :P :P

[flamingyouth]

6. Trying

And failing. :eyes:

[flamingyouth]

7. Weird dupe - sorry

[everythingsxen]

4. None of the above

I would pick Hockey.

[Syrinx]

8. you damn Canadian

We don't want your kind around here. You're either with us or against us. :)

[everythingsxen]

10. Nooooo! Ich bin ein Amerikaner!

But hockey is way more interesting. :shrug:

I just like a sport where fighting is built in. :evilgrin:

[Syrinx]

11. "Fighting is built-in"

I love that.

[everythingsxen]

15. lol

Thanks. :D

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Eeep!

Fighting and rough play is what's wrong with the NHL. NCAA and Olympic hockey are infinitely more fun to watch.
The Professor

[Eye and Monkey]

13. Mud rasslin'

down at the roadhouse. See y'all there.

[SmileyBoy]

17. Baseball is about as boring as golf.

I actually watched about 10 minutes of baseball a couple nights ago. It was just :boring:

[bloodyjack]

18. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL

it was a wise choice to exclude soccer from your poll

[Whoa_Nelly]

19. Yum! Boys of Summer!

Suh-Wing, Batter, batter, batter! mmmm...love watching those Boys of Summer in their tight-ass uniforms!
(ball cups my ass....mmmm) Naughty_O8)_O_Peace

[Awsi Dooger]

20. Football is nearly the perfect team sport

Strategy and specialization, plus the ability to score on both offense and defense. Eleven players on each side, and nearly unlimited situational substitution, provide for fascinating individual matchups and countless variations in style of play. Plus the 45 or so seconds between plays allows just enough time to review the previous play and anticipate the next one. Virtually every criticism of football can also be argued as a strength.

IMO, basketball was a much better game prior to the 3 point shot, especially on the collegiate level. There are more permutations at the end of games with that puny 3 pointer, but I absolutely can't believe the sport is still revered when you basically have 3 players per team standing there making sure their toes are behind an arbitrary line for the bulk of the game. Moving without the ball has been de-emphasized, passing is much worse and you almost never have five guys crashing the boards. It was hardly a coincidence the USA's amateur dominance collapsed shortly after the collegiate 3 point shot was adopted in '87.

I love pure team sports with physical matchups like football and basketball, or pure individual sports like golf and tennis that showcase mental ups and downs. A sedentary hybrid like baseball doesn't cut it for me, especially with the win today/lose tomorrow doldrums of 162 games. But the baseball postseason, bum pitchers all but excluded, is undeniably tense and terrific every year.

[dr.strangelove]

23. College or NFL

I'll start a new thread.

[Kellanved]

24. can I assume we're talking about real Football here?

As defined by most of the world; not the chicken US game (armor? how is this supposed to be brave).