Beisbol fans

[lefty]

http://www.12up.com/posts/3431007-video-cubs-fan-knocked-unconscious-after-reportedly-jumping-onto-field?a_aid=40277

[Thread]

He's got a nice ass.

[lefty]

TheGreatYacht
King Emmanuel
Splits

[resistanze]

:lol

[Splits]

:lol during a rain delay. Dude was either so wasted he fell over the fence or so bored he jumped on purpose

:lol fatbol
:lol stop play when 1 drop of rain falls
:lol rain delays
:lol empty stands
:lol 162 games + playoffs every year
:lol 162 games and 1 game playoffs
:lol Cecil Fielder's son fatter than him
:lol bunting
:lol sacrifice bunting
:lol pinch sacrifice bunting
:lol relief pitchers
:lol face 1 batter because he's a righty
:lol starting pitchers
:lol need 5 days rest to throw another ball
:lol 7 hour games
:lol waste of time

[TheGreatYacht]

:lol during a rain delay. Dude was either so wasted he fell over the fence or so bored he jumped on purpose

:lol fatbol
:lol stop play when 1 drop of rain falls
:lol rain delays
:lol empty stands
:lol 162 games + playoffs every year
:lol 162 games and 1 game playoffs
:lol Cecil Fielder's son fatter than him
:lol bunting
:lol sacrifice bunting
:lol pinch sacrifice bunting
:lol relief pitchers
:lol face 1 batter because he's a righty
:lol starting pitchers
:lol need 5 days rest to throw another ball
:lol 7 hour games
:lol waste of time
:lmao

[TheGreatYacht]

He's got a nice ass.
His ass didn't storm the court for Jordan

[Splits]

His ass didn't storm the court for Jordan

:wow

:lmao

[Splits]

Also:

:lol how did this guy fall over a fence that sticks out 5 feet from the top of the wall
:lol the workers who have to take care of that ivy
:lol "warning track"
:lol player needs to be "warned" there's a wall nearby so their fat ass doesn't crash into it
:lol Jose Canseco getting hit in the head with a ball on the "warning" track, not enough "warning"
:lol ball going over the fence for a "homer"
:lol inside the park "homers"
:lol Harry Caray
:lol drunk calling Cubs games
:lol trying to pronounce that Japanese player's name

[midnightpulp]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/football-hooligan-falls-30feet-stadium-6582297

:lol Floptrot
:lol 90 minutes of nothing happening
:lol So you play another 30 minutes and nothing still happens
:lol Have to decide the game like you're playing Mario Party
:lol Players do retarded dances before kicking the ball
:lol Games end in a tie 80% of the time
:lol Best players of all time are around 5'3"
:lol Most floptrot players have never seen a weight room
:lol Fans so bored they have to sing nursery rhymes to keep themselves entertained
:lol Biggest star in the game is a tax cheat
:lol Floptrot

[Reck]

People still care about these type of threads?

[midnightpulp]

People still care about these type of threads?

We've officially entered the doldrums of the off-season.

[lefty]

:lol during a rain delay. Dude was either so wasted he fell over the fence or so bored he jumped on purpose

:lol fatbol
:lol stop play when 1 drop of rain falls
:lol rain delays
:lol empty stands
:lol 162 games + playoffs every year
:lol 162 games and 1 game playoffs
:lol Cecil Fielder's son fatter than him
:lol bunting
:lol sacrifice bunting
:lol pinch sacrifice bunting
:lol relief pitchers
:lol face 1 batter because he's a righty
:lol starting pitchers
:lol need 5 days rest to throw another ball
:lol 7 hour games
:lol waste of time


Also:

:lol how did this guy fall over a fence that sticks out 5 feet from the top of the wall
:lol the workers who have to take care of that ivy
:lol "warning track"
:lol player needs to be "warned" there's a wall nearby so their fat ass doesn't crash into it
:lol Jose Canseco getting hit in the head with a ball on the "warning" track, not enough "warning"
:lol ball going over the fence for a "homer"
:lol inside the park "homers"
:lol Harry Caray
:lol drunk calling Cubs games
:lol trying to pronounce that Japanese player's name


His ass didn't storm the court for Jordan

Excellent posts imo

[jeebus]

People still care about these type of threads?
I expected more from lefty tbh.

[spurraider21]

:lmao beisbol

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/photo/2016/07/15/50-most-watched-sporting-events-2016-so-far

[poeticism707]

:lol during a rain delay. Dude was either so wasted he fell over the fence or so bored he jumped on purpose

:lol fatbol
:lol stop play when 1 drop of rain falls
:lol rain delays
:lol empty stands
:lol 162 games + playoffs every year
:lol 162 games and 1 game playoffs
:lol Cecil Fielder's son fatter than him
:lol bunting
:lol sacrifice bunting
:lol pinch sacrifice bunting
:lol relief pitchers
:lol face 1 batter because he's a righty
:lol starting pitchers
:lol need 5 days rest to throw another ball
:lol 7 hour games
:lol waste of time

:rollin :rollin :rollin

[Silver&Black]

Jesus H. Christ. Nobody watches beisbol....only the all-star game made the list.

:lol Daytona 500
:lol Kentucky Derby
:lol Preakness
:lol Citrus Bowl
:lol Sugar Bowl
:lol Elite Eight games
:lol Copa America
:lol The Masters

ALL BEATING BEISBOL.

People would rather watch cars drive in a circle. :rollin

[lefty]

:lmao

[midnightpulp]

:lmao beisbol

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/photo/2016/07/15/50-most-watched-sporting-events-2016-so-far

Of course baseball isn't going to appear on the list when it's only a list of events that happened in 2016 so far.

MLB'S big events don't happen until oct/nov.

[midnightpulp]

Jesus H. Christ. Nobody watches beisbol....only the all-star game made the list.

:lol Daytona 500
:lol Kentucky Derby
:lol Preakness
:lol Citrus Bowl
:lol Sugar Bowl
:lol Elite Eight games
:lol Copa America
:lol The Masters

ALL BEATING BEISBOL.

People would rather watch cars drive in a circle. :rollin

Mlb all star game beats the nba as game and the pro bowl :downspin:

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:lmao beisbol

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/photo/2016/07/15/50-most-watched-sporting-events-2016-so-far
:lmao holy shit :lmao

[Silver&Black]

Mlb all star game beats the nba as game and the pro bowl :downspin:

And lost to the Kentucky Derby. What's your point?

In fairness...the MLB all-star game actually means something. It decides home field advantage in the WS (I think that's stupid btw). NBA and NFL all star games are glorified scoring exhibitions with 0 defense played. Everybody already knows this...that's why the don't watch IMO. And the baseball all-star game almost lost to the NFL draft. That's pathetic. Only beat it by 380,000 viewers. AND the all star game was on FOX. The draft was on ESPN/NFL network.

I've said it many times...If I have to decide baseball or soccer....I'm going baseball 10 times outta 10. I don't like either one though.

BTW...do you realize the shit storm that would have came down your way if women's gymnastics would have beat the all-star game? It was close. Only 130,000 viewers difference.

[midnightpulp]

And lost to the Kentucky Derby. What's your point?

In fairness...the MLB all-star game actually means something. It decides home field advantage in the WS (I think that's stupid btw). NBA and NFL all star games are glorified scoring exhibitions with 0 defense played. Everybody already knows this...that's why the don't watch IMO. And the baseball all-star game almost lost to the NFL draft. That's pathetic. Only beat it by 380,000 viewers. AND the all star game was on FOX. The draft was on ESPN/NFL network.

I've said it many times...If I have to decide baseball or soccer....I'm going baseball 10 times outta 10. I don't like either one though.

BTW...do you realize the shit storm that would have came down your way if women's gymnastics would have beat the all-star game? It was close. Only 130,000 viewers difference.

Even when the mlb all star game didn't mean anything, it was still drawing about 8-10 million.

The NBA all star game also loses to the ky derby. Point?

[lefty]

:lmao beisbol

http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/photo/2016/07/15/50-most-watched-sporting-events-2016-so-far

:lmao

[midnightpulp]

And lost to the Kentucky Derby. What's your point?

In fairness...the MLB all-star game actually means something. It decides home field advantage in the WS (I think that's stupid btw). NBA and NFL all star games are glorified scoring exhibitions with 0 defense played. Everybody already knows this...that's why the don't watch IMO. And the baseball all-star game almost lost to the NFL draft. That's pathetic. Only beat it by 380,000 viewers. AND the all star game was on FOX. The draft was on ESPN/NFL network.

I've said it many times...If I have to decide baseball or soccer....I'm going baseball 10 times outta 10. I don't like either one though.

BTW...do you realize the shit storm that would have came down your way if women's gymnastics would have beat the all-star game? It was close. Only 130,000 viewers difference.

Nothing in any other sport beats fooooooooooobawww unless it's a semi-final/championship game.

The NFL draft (6.2 million) viewers handedly beat the Spurs-Thunder Game 6 (5.5 million).

Is that "pathetic?"

So :lol basketball now?

Not really. It just illustrates what I've been saying for years about the US's sporting taste. "We" only tune in when there's a superstar to watch, a storyline to watch, or a nation to support. Fooobaw is really the only sport that "captivates" the country anymore, and can draw no matter who is playing and doesn't need storylines or stars to carry it.

And I find that somewhat sad.

[Silver&Black]

Even when the mlb all star game didn't mean anything, it was still drawing about 8-10 million.

The NBA all star game also loses to the ky derby. Point?

You make the NFL and NBA all star games determine who gets home field/court in the Finals/Super Bowl and they blow the MLB's all star game's rating outta the water. You'll agree with that, right?

They sure as fuck wouldn't be close to women's gymnastics.

Damn......women's gymnastics. Dark times for America's pastime.

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Damn......women's gymnastics. Dark times for America's pastime.
:rollin

[Silver&Black]

I said I can't wait for football season to start in another thread. You then immediately told me how football sucks.......


I'm telling you this right now mid. Say whatever you want about commercial breaks, flags, and whatnot. Football is king. It's 10000000000000x more exciting than baseball and soccer combined. Don't take my word for it though. Check out that list. The top 10 are all football, and only the game 7 of the NBA finals beat the national championship in college football (Two teams that are not even "professional")

Football >>>>> Everything else

[Silver&Black]

Is that "pathetic?"

You honestly don't see that list as "pathetic" for baseball? I know you love the sport Mid, but c'mon man.

We'll revisit this conversation when the NLCS/ALCS/World Series happens I'm sure. If the Cubs make the World Series...I can see big ratings. But, if they don't..........

[midnightpulp]

You make the NFL and NBA all star games determine who gets home field/court in the Finals/Super Bowl and they blow the MLB's all star game's rating outta the water. You'll agree with that, right?

They sure as fuck wouldn't be close to women's gymnastics.

Damn......women's gymnastics. Dark times for America's pastime.

The MLB All star beat the NBA AS Game in the ratings even prior to that rule.

Basketball isn't as relevant in the US as you think it is. Lebron is relevant. Jordan was/is relevant. Curry somewhat. Lakers somewhat. We saw how ratings dip below "Women's Gymnastics levels" when the Spurs play a non-Lebron team in the Finals (2007 Cavs aside).

http://gaia.adage.com/images/bin/image/large/0107p10-fav-sports-chart.jpg?1357345716

And as I said, a marquee game 6 matchup featuring the 67 win Spurs against the Durant and Westbrook led Thunder can't even BEAT the MLB All Star Game, the NFL draft, or women's gymnastics.

[Silver&Black]

What gets higher ratings?

Week 1 Alabama vs. USC college football or the highest rated World Series game?

[midnightpulp]

What gets higher ratings?

Week 1 Alabama vs. USC college football or the highest rated World Series game?

The highest regular season rated college football ever on Fox drew 7.5 million viewers. SEC games average about a 3.4 rating on CBS (5.5 million viewers).

Highest rated World Series Game of the past few years was the Game 7 Giants/Royals at 24 million, which is only 6 million below this year's NBA Finals Game 7 featuring Lebron, Curry, a 3-1 comeback vs. a 73 win team, and the curse story line.

The NBA needs a perfect storm to really draw, which is why the powers-that-be love nothing more when the Spurs are kept out of the Finals, and they love when Lebron is in the Finals. The Giants vs. Royals is pretty much the equivalent of Spurs vs. the Pacers. Spurs vs. the Pacers would be lucky to average more than 7 million.

I'm not shitting on the NBA, but it just shows how the typical US sports fan doesn't care about sports unless there's something "flashy" (a star, storyline) involved.

[midnightpulp]

You honestly don't see that list as "pathetic" for baseball? I know you love the sport Mid, but c'mon man.

We'll revisit this conversation when the NLCS/ALCS/World Series happens I'm sure. If the Cubs make the World Series...I can see big ratings. But, if they don't..........

Why would I?

That "list" only considers the MLB regular season, comparing it to playoff and championship games in other sports.

[midnightpulp]

I said I can't wait for football season to start in another thread. You then immediately told me how football sucks.......


I'm telling you this right now mid. Say whatever you want about commercial breaks, flags, and whatnot. Football is king. It's 10000000000000x more exciting than baseball and soccer combined. Don't take my word for it though. Check out that list. The top 10 are all football, and only the game 7 of the NBA finals beat the national championship in college football (Two teams that are not even "professional")

Football >>>>> Everything else

I don't think football the sport sucks. The modern NFL is certainly a heaping pile of shit, though.

[ambchang]

Americans really like watching commercials and sumo wrestling with helmets and shoulder pads.

[Silver&Black]

Americans really like watching commercials and sumo wrestling with helmets and shoulder pads.

Damn right we do. Sure as shit beats watching a 0-0 tie soccer game or a pitcher throwing it back to first base 4 times in a row.

[midnightpulp]

Americans really like watching commercials and sumo wrestling with helmets and shoulder pads.

The fascination with the modern NFL puzzles me.

Typical NFL game these days.

- Brought to you by Bud Light.

- "Are you ready for summm fooooooobawwww."

- Hank Williams Jr.'s song was brought to you by Chevrolet.

- Kickoff.

- Touchback.

- "And the Chargers will take the field after these messages."

- 4 minutes of fuckin' commercials.

- Starting lineups are shown on the screen. Brought to you by Castrol Motor Oil.

- Snap.

- QB gets hit a millisecond late. *whistle* Roughing the passer, 15 yards.

- Unexciting run play for 1 yard. Ohh, someone is down.

- "As the trainers tend to Johnson, we'll be right back."

- 4 minutes of commercials.

[Silver&Black]

The modern NFL is certainly a heaping pile of shit, though.

The ordinary American disagrees with that statement. Evidence by the millions and millions and millions of more viewers.

I don't watch the NFL religiously because my team sucks. I'll still check out a Cowboys vs. Giants or a Patriots vs. Jets Sunday Night/Monday Night Football game though. I might check out the last few innings of the World Series clinching game.....that's about it.


World Series ratings have been down overall since the mid 80s. When does it stop the decline? Where is the bottom?

[Silver&Black]

The fascination with the modern NFL puzzles me.

Typical NFL game these days.

- Brought to you by Bud Light.

- "Are you ready for summm fooooooobawwww."

- Hank Williams Jr.'s song was brought to you by Chevrolet.

- Kickoff.

- Touchback.

- "And the Chargers will take the field after these messages."

- 4 minutes of fuckin' commercials.

- Starting lineups are shown on the screen. Brought to you by Castrol Motor Oil.

- Snap.

- QB gets hit a millisecond late. *whistle* Roughing the passer, 15 yards.

- Unexciting run play for 1 yard. Ohh, someone is down.

- "As the trainers tend to Johnson, we'll be right back."

- 4 minutes of commercials.

Do we really need to get into baseball's problems? That's a long list too my friend.

:lol Bring in a pitcher to face a right handed batter
:lol Commercial break
:lol Bring in a pitcher to face the next left handed batter
:lol Commercial break
:lol Pitcher throws the ball to 1st base to check the runner
:lol Pitcher doesn't like the catcher's pitch selection
:lol Catcher goes out to the mound to talk about it
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base again
:lol Manager comes out to the mound
:lol Commercial break
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base again

15 minutes and absolutely nothing happened.

[midnightpulp]

The ordinary American disagrees with that statement. Evidence by the millions and millions and millions of more viewers.

I don't watch the NFL religiously because my team sucks. I'll still check out a Cowboys vs. Giants or a Patriots vs. Jets Sunday Night/Monday Night Football game though. I might check out the last few innings of the World Series clinching game.....that's about it.


World Series ratings have been down overall since the mid 80s. When does it stop the decline? Where is the bottom?

What does appeal to popularity prove? Billions of people chant like idiots and are seemingly entertained by a sport that ends in a 0-0 tie more than any sport reasonably should, but you nor I "don't get" the fascination.

Baseball ratings are fine. It crushes it regionally. Appealing to World Series ratings to demonstrate "baseball is dying" makes as much sense as someone appealing to NBA Finals ratings when the Spurs and Pistons or Nets were drawing 6-8 million viewers.

If the MLB gets its dream "Curry vs, Lebron matchup," which would be the Cubs vs. the Red Sox (Ortiz's last season), it should easily beat the NBA Finals.

[Silver&Black]

What does appeal to popularity prove? Billions of people chant like idiots and are seemingly entertained by a sport that ends in a 0-0 tie more than any sport reasonably should, but you nor I "don't get" the fascination.

Baseball ratings are fine. It crushes it regionally. Appealing to World Series ratings to demonstrate "baseball is dying" makes as much sense as someone appealing to NBA Finals ratings when the Spurs and Pistons or Nets were drawing 6-8 million viewers.

If the MLB gets its dream "Curry vs, Lebron matchup," which would be the Cubs vs. the Red Sox (Ortiz's last season), it should easily beat the NBA Finals.

Spurs vs Pistons/Nets is not the norm. I can understand dips/lows in the ratings when "Small market" franchises are involved.

This is the norm for the world series. A steady decline over the past 30 years....1/2 the viewers today than in the mid 80s. I don't know off the top of my head who played in those "spikes" like in 04 or 09. I'd guess the Yankees or Red Sox though. A team with a huge market.

http://i.imgur.com/0pKJCO6l.png

[midnightpulp]

Do we really need to get into baseball's problems? That's a long list too my friend.

:lol Bring in a pitcher to face a right handed batter
:lol Commercial break
:lol Bring in a pitcher to face the next left handed batter
:lol Commercial break
:lol Pitcher throws the ball to 1st base to check the runner
:lol Pitcher doesn't like the catcher's pitch selection
:lol Catcher goes out to the mound to talk about it
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base again
:lol Manager comes out to the mound
:lol Commercial break
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base again

15 minutes and absolutely nothing happened.

Checking the runner is an important move. If the Yankees did it better, Dave Roberts doesn't steal that base, which eventually lead to the 0-3 Yankee collapse. Pitching changes are as well.

I don't have ADD, so I don't need "stuff moving around" to be entertained. But I won't suffer excessive commercials and over bearing referee influence, and no sports league on Earth is "better" in those areas than the National FOOOOBAAAWWW League.


WP’s Fred Bowen counted the ads in a 2014 NFL game and had seen an astounding 152 advertisements during the game. 152; that was more ads than plays from scrimmage. Update for 2015: the early returns on the first few weeks of the season show a huge up-tick in penalties

For comparison, MLB broadcast has 85 commercials and an NBA broadcast has 90 commercials.

[spurraider21]

Do we really need to get into baseball's problems? That's a long list too my friend.

:lol Bring in a pitcher to face a right handed batter
:lol Commercial break
:lol Bring in a pitcher to face the next left handed batter
:lol Commercial break
:lol Pitcher throws the ball to 1st base to check the runner
:lol Pitcher doesn't like the catcher's pitch selection
:lol Catcher goes out to the mound to talk about it
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base again
:lol Manager comes out to the mound
:lol Commercial break
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base again

15 minutes and absolutely nothing happened.
:lmao fuckin gotem

[midnightpulp]

Spurs vs Pistons/Nets is not the norm. I can understand dips/lows in the ratings when "Small market" franchises are involved.

This is the norm for the world series. A steady decline over the past 30 years....1/2 the viewers today than in the mid 80s. I don't know off the top of my head who played in those "spikes" like in 04 or 09. I'd guess the Yankees or Red Sox though. A team with a huge market.

http://i.imgur.com/0pKJCO6l.png

You can't compare 80's to today. Less channels in the 80's. Less entertainment options. Only football has been immune.

Yes, the uptick in '09 was due the Yankees.

Check out how the "pre-Lebron in the Finals era" NBA did against the World Series:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3489/4080588949_b1f5711799.jpg

Like I said, people don't watch "the NBA," they watch Lebron.

[Splits]

h/t Mid
https://i.imgur.com/WiMsYWX.png

[lefty20]

What gets higher ratings?

Week 1 Alabama vs. USC college football or the highest rated World Series game?

the answer is Game 7 of Cubs vs doesn't fucking matter, tbh.

[Silver&Black]

There isn't a "Perfect Sport". All these "sports" have problems. NFL has too many commercials, MLB has too many pitching changes, Soccer has 0-0 tie games. And that's just scratching the surface of the things wrong with those sports.

Even with all those commercial breaks in the NFL...that sport still DOMINATES the ratings. Why is that? Obviously they're doing something right. Why does a Seahawks/Raiders/Buccaneers/Jaguars fan(s) watch a Cowboys vs. Giants game early in the season?

[Thread]

There isn't a "Perfect Sport". All these "sports" have problems. NFL has too many commercials, MLB has too many pitching changes, Soccer has 0-0 tie games. And that's just scratching the surface of the things wrong with those sports.

Even with all those commercial breaks in the NFL...that sport still DOMINATES the ratings. Why is that? Obviously they're doing something right. Why does a Seahawks/Raiders/Buccaneers/Jaguars fan(s) watch a Cowboys vs. Giants game early in the season?

It started during the Great Recession and it ain't let up.

[Silver&Black]

the answer is Game 7 of Cubs vs doesn't fucking matter, tbh.

Agreed. Like I said earlier, if it's the Cubs that's a game changer. The "Lovable Loser" getting another shot, First championship in 100+ years, The "Billy Goat" Curse, Steve Bartman,....etc.

That will kill in the ratings.

[Silver&Black]

It started during the Great Recession and it ain't let up.

But "Why" cub? I know that it ain't letting up, but "Why?"

[midnightpulp]

h/t Mid
https://i.imgur.com/WiMsYWX.png

:tu

Just an awful league right now. Killed my interest in a sport I do like.

College game is much better.


In 2010, Nielsen reported that 51% of viewers prefer the commercials to the game itself.[1

:lmao

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But "Why" cub? I know that it ain't letting up, but "Why?"

I think it was the draw of something "free" and "American" in a time when (a lot) of people lost everything/job, money, home. It was like eating comfort food when you're under terrible stress. 3-4 hours at a hit (4-5 times a week) in front of a television regarding something that had absolutely no impact on what had been happening to the financial structure of this country.

[midnightpulp]

There isn't a "Perfect Sport". All these "sports" have problems. NFL has too many commercials, MLB has too many pitching changes, Soccer has 0-0 tie games. And that's just scratching the surface of the things wrong with those sports.

Even with all those commercial breaks in the NFL...that sport still DOMINATES the ratings. Why is that? Obviously they're doing something right. Why does a Seahawks/Raiders/Buccaneers/Jaguars fan(s) watch a Cowboys vs. Giants game early in the season?

Because the NFL has a small supply of games, so every game is meaningful and is basically a playoff game.

The NFL are also brilliant marketers and have figured out how to promote each game as an "event." Fantasy football also plays a huge role here, as people watch to see how their fantasy players do instead of actually watching the game.

Like I said, I have no problem with football the sport. I don't have ADD, as I said, and one common complaint from people (usually soccer fans) trying to get into the NFL is that there are too many stoppages in play and they become bored because there's not "enough running around." Football is a slower paced sport, nothing wrong with that. I just despise the commercials and how so many penalties come down to judgement calls that are inconsistently called.

[Silver&Black]

Because the NFL has a small supply of games, so every game is meaningful and is basically a playoff game.

The NFL are also brilliant marketers and have figured out how to promote each game as an "event." Fantasy football also plays a huge role here, as people watch to see how their fantasy players do instead of actually watching the game.

Like I said, I have no problem with football the sport. I don't have ADD, as I said, and one common complaint from people (usually soccer fans) trying to get into the NFL is that there are too many stoppages in play and they become bored because there's not "enough running around." Football is a slower paced sport, nothing wrong with that. I just despise the commercials and how so many penalties come down to judgement calls that are inconsistently called.

Totally agree. When you've got single elimination games like in the NFL that makes a huge difference. It's the reason why Game 7s get such a high rating. You know who will win based on that one game.

[resistanze]

Fatball vs Povertyball vs FOOBAWWWW/BudLightBall?

:lmao

[Clipper Nation]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: today's NFL is to sports what Nickelback is to music, what Call of Duty is to video games, what Game of Thrones is to TV shows, and what Marvel is to movies. It's a generic watered-down product marketed as a Big Event towards the lowest common denominator. It's basically a giant advertisement.

Case in point: defense isn't allowed anymore because it doesn't jive with all the fantasy football leagues being shoved down our throats. Furthermore, the sheer amount of calls and no-calls that teams like the Patriots, Steelers and Broncos have received for decades would make David Stern blush at how obvious the rigging is.

I still watch the shit out of habit at this point, but nobody can tell me with a straight face that college football isn't the superior product. It's not even close, actually. Thanks to Goodell and Media, football is now the only sport where watching amateurs play is better than watching the pros.

[Splits]

But "Why" cub? I know that it ain't letting up, but "Why?"

Because Americans have a diseased gene pool that enamors them with violence. If the "attraction" were inherent to the "sport", then it would have spread to other populations. The Aussies and Euros would have mandated helmets in their equivalents by now. But it is uniquely American to crave "someone might be paralyzed or die" in 11 minutes of action that they waste 3+ hours waiting for the violence to play out on live TV.

It's not something knuckledraggers from Mississippi can understand.

[midnightpulp]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: today's NFL is to sports what Nickelback is to music, what Call of Duty is to video games, what Game of Thrones is to TV shows, and what Marvel is to movies. It's a generic watered-down product marketed as a Big Event towards the lowest common denominator. It's basically a giant advertisement.

Case in point: defense isn't allowed anymore because it doesn't jive with all the fantasy football leagues being shoved down our throats. Furthermore, the sheer amount of calls and no-calls that teams like the Patriots, Steelers and Broncos have received for decades would make David Stern blush at how obvious the rigging is.

I still watch the shit out of habit at this point, but nobody can tell me with a straight face that college football isn't the superior product. It's not even close, actually. Thanks to Goodell and Media, football is now the only sport where watching amateurs play is better than watching the pros.

:tu

And another thing I resent is how the NFL basically turned the sport into a joke with their excessive commercialization. It's the only sport on Earth that is known for people who watch just to see the commercials rather than the game itself.

[Silver&Black]

It's not something knuckledraggers from Mississippi can understand.

We don't understand povertyball either...guess it's not in our cousin-fucking gene pool either.

Nobody watches football thinking I want to see someone get paralyzed or die. You're just throwing shit at the wall...

[Clipper Nation]

:tu

And another thing I resent is how the NFL basically turned the sport into a joke with their excessive commercialization. It's the only sport on Earth that is known for people who watch just to see the commercials rather than the game itself.
That shit's retarded. The commercials are some of the only things left on television that are cornier than an actual NFL game :lol

[midnightpulp]

Because Americans have a diseased gene pool that enamors them with violence. If the "attraction" were inherent to the "sport", then it would have spread to other populations. The Aussies and Euros would have mandated helmets in their equivalents by now. But it is uniquely American to crave "someone might be paralyzed or die" in 11 minutes of action that they waste 3+ hours waiting for the violence to play out on live TV.

It's not something knuckledraggers from Mississippi can understand.

Rugby is just as dangerous as American football, and I think paralysis is more common in that sport due to collapsing scrums. In fact, it's often something Rugby fans point out. "Oi, mate. We're such tuff blokes we don't need any of that bollocks armour you Yanks mess with."

Rugby fans also like sending up soccer by comparing "toughness."

http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/775/532/e5b.jpg

[Splits]

We don't understand povertyball either...guess it's not in our cousin-fucking gene pool either.

Nobody watches football thinking I want to see someone get paralyzed or die. You're just throwing shit at the wall...

Correct on point 1.

Somewhat correct on point 2, you have to love mass marketing being shoved down your throat in addition to the mass violence.

[Splits]

Rugby is just as dangerous as American football, and I think paralysis is more common in that sport due to collapsing scrums. In fact, it's often something Rugby fans point out. "Oi, mate. We're such tuff blokes we don't need any of that bollocks armour you Yanks mess with."

Rugby fans also like sending up soccer by comparing "toughness."

http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/775/532/e5b.jpg

:lol I knew I'd get you shitposting with the "America is not the greatest country in the history of the universe" theme

[Silver&Black]

Correct on point 1.

Somewhat correct on point 2, you have to love mass marketing being shoved down your throat in addition to the mass violence.

^
This guy watches the fuck outta American Football. You can find him in every game thread.

[midnightpulp]

:lol I knew I'd get you shitposting with the "America is not the greatest country in the history of the universe" theme

:lol

Nah, the theme that gets me shitposting is the, "Europeans are tolerant, enlightened, peaceful" one.

They love violence in sports as much as we do. More in fact, since there are dedicated fan groups who only exist to beat the shit out of another dedicated fan group to within a inch of their lives.

:lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVJucYdvKF8

[Splits]

^
This guy watches the fuck outta American Football. You can find him in every game thread.

I've never posted in the NFL forum. The exception might be to lol at people who find the NFL entertaining.

I also never said I wasn't susceptible to the mass violence American football sells, especially when branded with an alma mater.

[Splits]

:lol

Nah, the theme that gets me shitposting is the, "Europeans are tolerant, enlightened, peaceful" one.

They love violence in sports as much as we do. More in fact, since there are dedicated fan groups who only exist to beat the shit out of another dedicated fan group to within a inch of their lives.


Drunken fan violence != sanctioned in-sport violence

I don't see bench clearing brawls in football (soccer for you simpletons) like in fatbol

I don't see 90% brain damage in retired players like in the NFL

I don't see legal, sanctioned fighting in hockey outside of the NHL

America has a unique, genetic predisposition to violence as entertainment not seen anywhere else in the 21st century civilized world.

[midnightpulp]

I've never posted in the NFL forum. The exception might be to lol at people who find the NFL entertaining.

I also never said I wasn't susceptible to the mass violence American football sells, especially when branded with an alma mater.

And foobaw is a great sport when not constantly interrupted by commercials and drives ruined by incompetent referees.

I think you're susceptible to miracle Hail Marys, game changing interceptions, runs that look to be 5 yard losses broken for a big gain.

[midnightpulp]

Drunken fan violence != sanctioned in-sport violence

I don't see bench clearing brawls in football (soccer for you simpletons) like in fatbol

I don't see 90% brain damage in retired players like in the NFL

I don't see legal, sanctioned fighting in hockey outside of the NHL

America has a unique, genetic predisposition to violence as entertainment not seen anywhere else in the 21st century civilized world.

American calling soccer football :lmao

As for the rest:

Boxing and even MMA are on a decline in the US, while boxing is surging in the UK:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/11847156/Golden-age-for-Britain-as-fighters-take-on-the-world.html

"I don't see bench clearing brawls in soccer." :lmao


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHIRn-EExUc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm5cNfYCTJQ

Don't lie to kick it. You really haven't been a soccer fan for very long, have you? If you have, you'd know how corrupt, violent (yes, violent, on the field and off), and racist (fans throwing bananas at black players; fans with Nazi themed banners, etc) "the beautiful game is."

NHL is a Canadian league, and it's popular in Sweden and Finland, as well.

[Splits]

American calling soccer football :lmao

As for the rest:

Boxing and even MMA are on a decline in the US, while boxing is surging in the UK:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/11847156/Golden-age-for-Britain-as-fighters-take-on-the-world.html

"I don't see bench clearing brawls in soccer." :lmao


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHIRn-EExUc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm5cNfYCTJQ


:lmao at posting 380px video compilation of football fights in the last 20 years of 3rd world countries when fatbol has a 50 person fight like every week, leading to articles rooting for and ranking on-field mass brawls half way through the season such as:

Ranking the best bench clearing brawls of the MLB first-half (http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/all-star-game-ranking-bench-clearing-brawls-mlb-first-half-jose-bautista-abreu-2016-071116)

Of course, none of the video can be embedded because the MLB Nazi's don't allow anything youtube

:lol eating fried chicken during a game
:lol drinking during a game
:lol bunch of drunks fighting during games
:lol 50 player brawls
:lol "the hope diamond of baseball brawls"
:lol fake tough guys
:lol only "entertaining" part of the sport are fat white guys fighting
:lol sports writers ranking the 1/2 season of brawls with grades
:lol imagine if the sport was dominated by blacks
:lol imagine if this happened in the NBA


By Dan Carson @thedoctorcarsonJul 11, 2016 at 2:54p ET
Well, we're halfway there.

It feels like we've only just begun, but with the MLB All-Star game (read: Chicago Cubs-American League throwdown) on Tuesday night, the MLB is in mid-season form with the fall looming on the horizon.

And now, of all times, is the right time for a brief retrospective on this season's most inconsistent but entertaining happenings: bench-clearing brawls. We've had a few potential all-timers so far this year, and I think it's high time the hierarchy of face-punching and chest-shovery is set in stone.


Let's get started.

5. Osich goes back-to-back
Two nights in a row, Joey Osich zipped in high, inside fastballs at David Peralta, tagging him in the left arm.

Neither seemed to be intentional, but two's the limit, and after the second plunking, Peralta flipped his batter in a very "I'm about to beat your insides out" manner.

But no such beatdown came to pass, and after some mild, hubbub, the ensuing bench-clearing ended without incident. Womp womp.

Grade: C- for starting strong but ending with zero fireworks.

4. Jeff Francoeur enters his feelings
This was a weird one.

For whatever reason, Jeff Francoeur took exception to a pitch winged belt-high and inside by Hector Rondon late in a tilt against the Chicago Cubs this July.

There was likely no intent, as the game hung in the balance and hitting Francoeur would've put the go-ahead run on base.

But Francoeur didn't appreciate having the tower buzzed and, according to Cubs catch Willson Contreras, started talking after the pitch.

"I call a fastball in, and he doesn't appreciate that," Contreras said. "We're just trying to go in on him, and after that he starts talking to me."

Grade: C for a pitcher walking to protect his catcher, for a change.

3. The Bat Man Cometh
Back in May, Jose Abreu did a thing you don't often see during a bench-clearing situation: continue holding the bat as you walk at the pitcher.

Yeah, that's not, uh, ideal. And commentators quickly noted that Abreu probably should've dropped the lumber after Twins pitcher Trevor May nailed him with 97-mph heat during a White Sox blowout in May.

But Abreu held the bat, perhaps unconsciously, and while nothing came of the incident, he later said it was one of the more uncharacteristic moments of his career.

"I was out of character," Abreu said. "It was something in the game."

Grade: B- for speaking softly and carrying a big stick.

2. Manny at the mound
He's calmed down a bit from 2015's bean-a-palooza, but Yordano Ventura continues to exhibit historically low levels of chill when the mood so strikes him.

Back in June, the Royals pitcher provoked his most ridiculous bench-clearing to date, tagging Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado in the leg at Camden Yard.

The result was Machado rushing the mound and doing a rare thing: actually throwing a punch in a baseball brawl.

Grade: A- for vintage Yordano petulance and this guy's "I'm just here for the shrimp" fighting face.

"I don't know what to do with my hands."

1. Joey Bashed
This is it. The Mother of All Pearls. The Hope diamond of baseball brawls.

We may never witness a more perfect baseball punch than the Hammer of Thor Rougned Odor dropped onto Jose Bautista's jaw after a hard, low slide in May.

Bautista came in hot looking to break up a double play, and Odor wasn't having none of it, throwing a punch that was felt throughout the collective citizenry of Canada. The meme-ry that followed should be ensconced in a museum.



:lmao media ranking and celebrating sport-sanctioned violence

[Clipper Nation]

The sheer amount of estrogen that emanates from Shits' posts makes Lifetime movies look like Chuck Norris flicks.

[Splits]

The sheer amount of people that ignore my posts gives me a :cry sad :cry

[midnightpulp]

:lmao at posting 380px video compilation of football fights in the last 20 years of 3rd world countries when fatbol has a 50 person fight like every week, leading to articles rooting for and ranking on-field mass brawls half way through the season such as:

Ranking the best bench clearing brawls of the MLB first-half (http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/all-star-game-ranking-bench-clearing-brawls-mlb-first-half-jose-bautista-abreu-2016-071116)

Of course, none of the video can be embedded because the MLB Nazi's don't allow anything youtube

:lol eating fried chicken during a game
:lol drinking during a game
:lol bunch of drunks fighting during games
:lol 50 player brawls
:lol "the hope diamond of baseball brawls"
:lol fake tough guys
:lol only "entertaining" part of the sport are fat white guys fighting
:lol sports writers ranking the 1/2 season of brawls with grades
:lol imagine if the sport was dominated by blacks
:lol imagine if this happened in the NBA



:lmao media ranking sport-sanctioned violence


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gyANwvCNmo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQ3IyPQnQ8

All recent.

Not to mention this embarrassment:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy31pdfntUw

:lol Soccer: The only sport in the world where a player had a "bite compilation" made in his "honor."

"I watched "football" and thus became enlightened."

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/RKWDSPgi.OVQtFr1cMSoxw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODAwO2lsPXBsYW5l/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/d9c9caef2c404b1c7a0f6a7067002e39.jpg

http://medienkritik.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/dresden.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w218/caoimhghain/ZASTAVA01.jpg

http://l.yimg.com/a/p/sp/editorial_image/e5/e57bf12c21000e8f5f11bf1f2e2082fb/hansa_rostock_fans_shower_pitch_with_bananas.jpg

http://screamer.deadspin.com/racist-dutch-soccer-fans-throw-inflatable-banana-at-bla-1688283860

"I get to watch this beautiful game with my tolerant, enlightened, and peaceful European friends."

[Splits]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gyANwvCNmo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQ3IyPQnQ8

All recent.

:lmao that's the best you can do to find comparable bench-clearing brawls? How about sports writers celebrating those "fights"? The rest of your post isn't relevant to sport-sanctioned in-game brawls.

[midnightpulp]

Honestly, baseball should be an egalitarian like Splits's favorite game, since it's the sport most consistent with that philosophy.

- It's the most racially diverse sport in the world relative to success. Yes, soccer is the most racially diverse sport in the world, but the only countries to really have success at the International level are white European countries and Latino countries. Meanwhile, the Dominicans (who are primarily of African descent) won a WBC, and Japan has won two. Venezuelans, who are light skinned Latinos, finished 3rd and produce some of the best players in the world.

- Height isn't a strict barrier to entry to becoming an elite player. The 5'5" Jose Altuve is the best American League player right now, and the 6'5" Kris Bryant is the best National League player (soccer is diverse in this aspect as well).

- All players will get a similar amount of chances to shine. Yes there's a batting order, but there's not a strict hierarchy (and egalitarians hate hierarchies) of roles that players are forced into. For example, you'll never see an offensive guard be the hero save for a few ultra rare cases. You'll never see a Bruce Bowen type player get 25 shots per game in an important playoff game. A soccer offense won't be built around a defensive back. But each player will get about 4 or 5 at bats, star player or not. You can't give all the at bats to Mike Trout.

- Player contracts are guaranteed!

- One of the safest sports.

Come home, Splits.

[midnightpulp]

:lmao that's the best you can do to find comparable bench-clearing brawls? How about sports writers celebrating those "fights"? The rest of your post isn't relevant to sport-sanctioned in-game brawls.

Who cares about bench clearing brawls?

Name all the players who've gotten seriously injured in a bench clearing brawl or find an instance of a player hitting a referee?

And who is "sanctioning this?" Players are suspended for throwing punches.

Meanwhile in your "peaceful game":

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2232394.1432320061!/img/httpImage/animation101.gif

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2787774/goalkeeper-punches-referee-booked-bosnian-second-division-game.html

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/soccer-fight-flying-kick.gif

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GwE6PNZcFGo/hqdefault.jpg

Someone shot a ref for giving him a red card:

https://www.360nobs.com/2016/02/soccer-player-shoots-referee-dead-following-red-card/

[midnightpulp]

The sheer amount of estrogen that emanates from Shits' posts makes Lifetime movies look like Chuck Norris flicks.

A consequence of watching soccer, unfortunately.

[Caltex2]

The highest regular season rated college football ever on Fox drew 7.5 million viewers. SEC games average about a 3.4 rating on CBS (5.5 million viewers).

Highest rated World Series Game of the past few years was the Game 7 Giants/Royals at 24 million, which is only 6 million below this year's NBA Finals Game 7 featuring Lebron, Curry, a 3-1 comeback vs. a 73 win team, and the curse story line.

The NBA needs a perfect storm to really draw, which is why the powers-that-be love nothing more when the Spurs are kept out of the Finals, and they love when Lebron is in the Finals. The Giants vs. Royals is pretty much the equivalent of Spurs vs. the Pacers. Spurs vs. the Pacers would be lucky to average more than 7 million.

I'm not shitting on the NBA, but it just shows how the typical US sports fan doesn't care about sports unless there's something "flashy" (a star, storyline) involved.

The Giants are one of the most historic franchises in a large and influential market. Giants-Royals is more like Rockets-Cavs, perhaps minus the star power. Maybe it's Sixers-Jazz/Blazers/Thunder/Spurs/Kings as an alternative.

[spurraider21]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: today's NFL is to sports what Nickelback is to music, what Call of Duty is to video games, what Game of Thrones is to TV shows, and what Marvel is to movies. It's a generic watered-down product marketed as a Big Event towards the lowest common denominator. It's basically a giant advertisement.

Case in point: defense isn't allowed anymore because it doesn't jive with all the fantasy football leagues being shoved down our throats. Furthermore, the sheer amount of calls and no-calls that teams like the Patriots, Steelers and Broncos have received for decades would make David Stern blush at how obvious the rigging is.

I still watch the shit out of habit at this point, but nobody can tell me with a straight face that college football isn't the superior product. It's not even close, actually. Thanks to Goodell and Media, football is now the only sport where watching amateurs play is better than watching the pros.
a) :cry get off my lawn :cry
b) whats wrong with GoT?

[midnightpulp]

The Giants are one of the most historic franchises in a large and influential market. Giants-Royals is more like Rockets-Cavs, perhaps minus the star power. Maybe it's Sixers-Jazz/Blazers/Thunder/Spurs/Kings as an alternative.

Indeed they are, but they don't draw well. Never really have.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomvanriper/2014/10/16/boring-san-francisco-giants-threaten-world-series-ratings-again/#27205e3b49b1

The Bay Area will be split in fandom between the A's and the Giants, and Southern Californian baseball fans would rather have a root canal than watch the hated Giants in the post-season.

San Francisco, the city, is passionate about the Giants, but beyond that, they're just not a draw.

Royals=Cavs in terms of market size, but the Royals don't have a Lebron. He's bigger than markets.

[midnightpulp]

a) :cry get off my lawn :cry
b) whats wrong with GoT?

The Modern NFL is shit, though.

You wouldn't understand because you didn't grow up with it when it was actually good. Due to your age, you've only know Goodellball since day 1.

I'm not talking shit to you, just illustrating that to fans who watched the NFL prior to 2000ish, it's a very different game and presentation now, and boring and frustrating as fuck as watch.

https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/09/ProjectedPenaltiesUpdate1.jpg&w=480

[140]

Do we really need to get into baseball's problems? That's a long list too my friend.

:lol Bring in a pitcher to face a right handed batter
:lol Commercial break
:lol Bring in a pitcher to face the next left handed batter
:lol Commercial break
:lol Pitcher throws the ball to 1st base to check the runner
:lol Pitcher doesn't like the catcher's pitch selection
:lol Catcher goes out to the mound to talk about it
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base again
:lol Manager comes out to the mound
:lol Commercial break
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base again

15 minutes and absolutely nothing happened.
:lmao:lmao:lmao

[Clipper Nation]

a) :cry get off my lawn :cry
b) whats wrong with GoT?
Nothing really, it's just the first example that came to mind as a generic Big Cultural Event on TV besides sports.

I'm not one of those nostalgic types who think everything was better in the old days. That should be obvious if you've ever seen the truthbombs I've posted about how shitty the NBA was in the '90s. It's just a fact that the NFL's product has declined in quality since Goodell took over. If that makes me a crochety old man, so be it.

[spurraider21]

Nothing really, it's just the first example that came to mind as a generic Big Cultural Event on TV besides sports.
arite. because the production quality of that show is more or less unprecedented. its like watching a movie every week


I'm not one of those nostalgic types who think everything was better in the old days. That should be obvious if you've ever seen the truthbombs I've posted about how shitty the NBA was in the '90s. It's just a fact that the NFL's product has declined in quality since Goodell took over. If that makes me a crochety old man, so be it.
and yet its still superior to the product of any other sport

[Brazil]

and yet its still superior to the product of any other sport

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/173/576/Wat8.jpg?1315930535

[spurraider21]

Clipper Nation (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=28500) you aren't a crochety old man because you think the NFL has gone down. Your a crochety old man because you're fucking miserable regarding virtually any topicYou are in a perpetual state of whining and you make sure you stay that way by clinging to impossible "solutions"...

For instance you always whine about "your clippers." When they lose, you whine about how "you knew this was coming." When they win, you whine about it being foolsgold. And you invent the solution of "trading cp3" being the ONLY way, knowing damn well it won't happen. And since you know that "solution" will never happen, you'll be able to keep complaining indefinitely.

And same with the chargers except your solution there is the owner leaving, knowing it's not happening. Congrats, you can continue to whine about them after every win and after every loss. Politically, you do the same shit by claiming to be in a 3rd party knowing damn well it's not happening. So you can bitch, whine, and moan no matter what happens.

Tbh I used to think ur bitter, whining persona is a shtick but I know it's your true nature. I don't have a reddit account, but I browse occasionally during the NFL season to see highlight gifs, and I stumbled upon your account making a typical whining comment. And of course, when I looked at your user history for a couple of minutes it was incessant whining again. About politics. Sports. And even :lol video games and how modern games have :cry alienated you :cry

You need help.

[lefty]

CN should hire SR to pen his next book "My Rife" tbh

[spurraider21]

CN should hire SR to pen his next book "My Rife" tbh
:lol today's clipper fans

[Splits]

Clipper Nation (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=28500) you aren't a crochety old man because you think the NFL has gone down. Your a crochety old man because you're fucking miserable regarding virtually any topicYou are in a perpetual state of whining and you make sure you stay that way by clinging to impossible "solutions"...

For instance you always whine about "your clippers." When they lose, you whine about how "you knew this was coming." When they win, you whine about it being foolsgold. And you invent the solution of "trading cp3" being the ONLY way, knowing damn well it won't happen. And since you know that "solution" will never happen, you'll be able to keep complaining indefinitely.

And same with the chargers except your solution there is the owner leaving, knowing it's not happening. Congrats, you can continue to whine about them after every win and after every loss. Politically, you do the same shit by claiming to be in a 3rd party knowing damn well it's not happening. So you can bitch, whine, and moan no matter what happens.

Tbh I used to think ur bitter, whining persona is a shtick but I know it's your true nature. I don't have a reddit account, but I browse occasionally during the NFL season to see highlight gifs, and I stumbled upon your account making a typical whining comment. And of course, when I looked at your user history for a couple of minutes it was incessant whining again. About politics. Sports. And even :lol video games and how modern games have :cry alienated you :cry

You need help.

:wow

[lefty20]

Do we really need to get into baseball's problems? That's a long list too my friend.

:lol Bring in a pitcher to face a right handed batter
:lol Commercial break
:lol Bring in a pitcher to face the next left handed batter
:lol Commercial break
:lol Pitcher throws the ball to 1st base to check the runner
:lol Pitcher doesn't like the catcher's pitch selection
:lol Catcher goes out to the mound to talk about it
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base again
:lol Manager comes out to the mound
:lol Commercial break
:lol Pitcher throws the ball back to 1st base again

15 minutes and absolutely nothing happened.

Yeah ur right. Watching constant backfield passes is way more fun. In fact, NBA needs to start allowing that as well. Let's also get rid of the shot clock while we are at it.

[Splits]

When does the fatbol tourney start in Rio?

[poeticism707]

Of course, none of the video can be embedded because the MLB Nazi's don't allow anything youtube

:lol eating fried chicken during a game
:lol drinking during a game
:lol bunch of drunks fighting during games
:lol 50 player brawls
:lol "the hope diamond of baseball brawls"
:lol fake tough guys
:lol only "entertaining" part of the sport are fat white guys fighting
:lol sports writers ranking the 1/2 season of brawls with grades
:lol imagine if the sport was dominated by blacks
:lol imagine if this happened in the NBA

:rollin :rollin :rollin

[lefty]

:lol ceremonial pitches
:lol trying to get the fans pumped up for a game


https://gfycat.com/ScalyLonelyAngora

[140]

Adam Jones: no anthem protests in MLB because baseball is 'a white man’s sport'

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones says baseball players haven’t joined 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/colin-kaepernick) in his national anthem protest because they are concerned about losing their jobs.

In an interview with USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2016/09/12/adam-jones-orioles-colin-kaepernick-white-mans-sport/90260326/), Jones said: “Baseball is a white man’s sport.”

“We already have two strikes against us,” Jones told the newspaper, which noted that black players made up just 8% of major league rosters compared to 68% in the NFL (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/nfl). “So you might as well not kick yourself out of the game. In football, you can’t kick them out. You need those players. In baseball, they don’t need us.”


B-b-but beisbol is not a racist sport guys!!!

[apalisoc_9]

B-b-but beisbol is not a racist sport guys!!!

Beisbol the redneck sport :lmao

[spurraider21]

damn

[apalisoc_9]

Imagine if lthe domincan republic with a popultion of 50 million...what sport is there left to play for White Americans :lol

[spurraider21]

Imagine if lthe domincan republic with a popultion of 50 million...what sport is there left to play for White Americans :lol
superbowl winning quarterback?

[ElNono]

B-b-but beisbol is not a racist sport guys!!!

:wow