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Cisco
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I have soo given up on sporting events.
"Shamed cyclist Lance Armstrong believes the time is coming when he should be forgiven for doping and lying - and told the BBC he would probably do it
again."
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cycling/30981609
And Jr. had his brain autopsied after his suicide as he thought it may have something to do with football.
Haven't seen a game or supported the home team Chargers since.
I am not familiar with all the events in Baja car and MC racing. I only am aware of the schedules so I can stay away.
For those of you "in the know" is cheating rampant in that sport also.
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willardguy
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sancho
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What's next? Deflating football's in the NFL
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willardguy
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anything for that competitive edge
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To elaborate on this answer, I've only seen it about a thousand times.
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Cisco
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Naw. Let them go at it with the illegal, deadly hits until they're all brain dead.
The money is all that counts, they can afford the med's. And the ultra-rico's own the teams.
Think they give a ....?
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willardguy
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 heck, nascar has turned it into an art form!
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Cisco
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Thanks Guy. Good input.
"Lance Armstrong believes the time is coming when he should be forgiven for doping and lying."
He was my Grandson's HERO.
He wanted to be JUST LIKE HIM.
We got the bikes, we got the equipment, we got the news, we have a heart-broken little boy.
"How could he???"
He lost his hero and it's all around us.
Why try?
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Mega-Bucks to get Brained
Admittedly, I have Zero interest in "most" spectator sporting events (Baseball and Sports Car/F1 racing being the two exceptions), BUT I don't really
see why anyone would get worked up over the NFL "Concussion" business.
The players are being (overly) well-compensated and CHOOSE to take the risks and provide the entertainment. Like
Prize-Fighters, if they suffer in later years and (some) become Babbling Boobs, have Strokes or end up twitching and stammering like Cassius
Clay/Muhammad Ali, SO WHAT ?
As far as cheating goes..................there's been cheating for (probably) as long as there's been sports. The latest example of what "may" have
not been cheating at all is pretty trivial.
Who CARES ?
Obviously, nobody should.
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In a Free Society we have the freedom to make choices. There are consequences for those choices, always.
To me that is the end of the story on "sporting events" and their participants, but I agree that makes it hard to watch contact sports or extreme
sports, so I don't.
I do watch non-contact sports, tho. (sailing, tennis, golf, etc.)
Barry
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tell your grandson to stay in school and idolize a brainiac. there is a movie called "the theory of everything" if you want to get him started now!
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Well.....................Maybe
Stephen Hawking is NOT the perfect example of what someone would like to grow up to be.
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You may not like contact sports, but you are paying for them, at least if you pay taxes. Here is just one of the ways.
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/border-protection-len...
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Quote: Originally posted by woody with a view  | | tell your grandson to stay in school and idolize a brainiac. there is a movie called "the theory of everything" if you want to get him started now!
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He surfs pretty much daily. Sails with MBYC's junior program. Bikes all the time but is not going to be competitive in it. Does well in school. Happy
with him but came to the realization of what disappointment in a "hero" can bring, something I and all of us came to know years ago.
Travels a lot and is in Hawaii now for two weeks. He's a good kid.
Oh, diving. Brought up both my kids on water sports instead of contact sports. Oldest son, (his uncle) is fifth in the world as a platform diver.
Youngest son was training in H.S. for an Olympic springboard until his accident which took him out of springboard diving forever.
Kinda hard to cheat from a board or a platform. Maybe that's why they feel good for their accomplishments, they earned them, didn't steal them.
How this cyclist can sleep at night is beyond me.
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As a long time competitor (now retired) in several sports; there are ways to get an edge without cheating as anyone who's been there knows.
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let's see. That will put a bunch of bucks in the owner's pockets taken straight from ours.
Yeah, were screwed.
Incidentally, what does it cost now for a baseball or football game. you know, with the hot-dog, beer, parking...
Last game I went to was a Padres game with my die-hard Padres fan Grandmother at Lane Field. (foot of Broadway).
I spent the game shooting pigeons up in the top rows of seats with my sling-shot.
One thing I did learn from that experience that has always stayed with me is why they put the stands where they do.
I told her they should have faced them toward the bay so I could see the boats which were my love.
She explained that the games were always in the afternoon and they wanted us to be in the shade. I check that out everytime I see a photo of a ball
field and it seems to run true.
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Rule 1.04
States that it is desirable (though not mandatory) that the field be laid out so that a line drawn from Home Base through the Pitchers plate be
East-Northeast.
The purpose being that the afternoon sun would not be in the Batter's eyes.
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| Quote: Originally posted by MrBillM | States that it is desirable (though not mandatory) that the field be laid out so that a line drawn from Home Base through the Pitchers plate be
East-Northeast.
The purpose being that the afternoon sun would not be in the Batter's eyes. |
Oh. So it's in the pitcher's eyes.
Got it.
Same rule apply in the lower hemisphere?
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The LOWER Hemisphere ?
Although I have a number of books with the rules, including " The Rules of Baseball Explained" containing Historical and
Anecdotal notes on each rule, THAT doesn't seem to be something ever considered.
WHAT do YOU think ?
BTW, regarding favoring "Pitchers v. Hitters", it has often been noted that Scoring fills the seats and, in
the most memorable of modern examples, after a stellar Pitchers year (1968) when the overall ERA fell to a 50-year low (2.98, I think), the
mound was lowered dramatically from 15" to 10". Since then, the ERA's been around 4+.
A Pitchers duel is generally only interesting when it's record-setting.
[Edited on 1-27-2015 by MrBillM]
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Sounds like a chitty way to live OP. Just watched my Buckeyes crash Bama and the Ducks. Wouldn't trade those moments watching them with my two young
sons for anything.
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