Playing baseball or soccer is fun but both are boring to watch, as is golf. Tennis is okay when the level of play is high but not with average players.
According to mid it is hard though. Apparently there's some complex beauty behind the simple act of throwing a baseball that prevents the average joe like me from making those throws. Another example of him trying to overcomplicate an otherwise slow, boring game imo.
Btw Im nowhere close to fielding as well as a MLF shortstop but I could probably field some routine ground balls. So could a lot of average people who aren't uncoordinated tbh.
but but
the double switch
but but
The fanboy moron Pelicans78 probably believes in this tbh
What midnightpulp thinks they look like
just went back and read that mid called a QB reading defense a guessing game?
thats like saying poker is all luck even though you see the same faces on final tables year after year
for an ADD-ridden brain, maybe
I've never seen someone struggle this hard with the concept of a tie, tbh...I guess a game having three possible outcomes instead of two is just too much for fatball fans simpleton minds to fathom
My problem with floppytrot isn't necessarily non-scoring. It's with its outdated design, high luck factor, and Mario Party.
"But they run around so it's good!"
And the point of sports is to declare to winner. Ties are against compe ive spirit.
Yeah, QBs never guess, that is why they never get sacked, throw interceptions, throw the ball away, or are otherwise baited into doing something stupid.just went back and read that mid called a QB reading defense a guessing game?
thats like saying poker is all luck even though you see the same faces on final tables year after year
Pre-Snap reads are guessing games (i.e. "We know from film the defense blitzes 70% of the time here..."). For a supposed foooobaw junkie, you don't really know much about the sport.
Can they adjust post snap? Sure. But it's much harder to do if your initial pre-snap read was dead wrong and if your offensive line doesn't give you and the offense enough time to adjust. Many times, "scrambling plays" are plays the defense locked up (by "guessing" correctly), but the QB/O-Line created enough time for the receivers to beat their defenders (any great receiver will eventually get open).
It is hard.
Sure, making the throw is "easy" if all you have to do is lob it over to the 1st baseman at 40-60mph. But once you start cranking up the velocity, your accuracy will tank. Maintaining a .950 fielding percentage will require many throws to be in the 80-90mph range. You can't throw that hard with accuracy from 110 feet.
Russell Wilson threw out a first pitch not too long ago. And he was "try hard" in his effort. Speed? 75mph.
Baseball isn't overly complicated. No sports really are, even football. Sports are firstly about athleticism and skill.
I'm just arguing against the idea that baseball has no strategy and tactics (terms the soccer crew has trouble understanding, as well). Baseball is very long on strategy, much deeper than basketball in fact.
Tactically, it's less diverse than a goal sport with regard to improvising into secondary, tertiary, etc choices, but the execution of said tactics have to be performed with a much greater attention to detail and precision than many other team ball sports because chances are limited (A basketball star going 0-4 will get 15-25 more "chances" to produce. A baseball hitter is typically done after 4 offensive chances. Miss a tackle? Not usually that big of a deal. NFL teams miss about 8 tackles per game on average (not to mention blown coverages and the like). A baseball team committing 8 errors per game would be toast. Basketball star shooting 50%? Great. NFL QB completing 65% of his passes? Great. Pitchers need to have about a 70%/30% ratio of getting batters out-to-allowing baserunners to be considered "good.")
Really, what the baseball hater's argument boils down to is that it's not like a goal sport, with a bunch "moving around." Fair enough. Everyone has their own aesthetic preferences, but the other arguments ITT are just laughably stupid.
Clutch.
And WAYYYY harder to do than running through a truck wide hole the fatasses on the line created for you.
Basketball is shallower than baseball. Strategically, baseball makes basketball look like a joke. And tactically, you can get away with more one note tactics in basketball than you can in baseball.
"They move around and there's plays and stuff, so it must be 'complex.' "
Just stick to your goal sports, you're out of your element here.
The girls are right.
What midnightpulp thinks they look like
Wow I'm still living rent-free in your head. You can't go one day without mentioning me. If I blow you a kiss, will you feel better?
thats re ed
then just call what batters at the plate do "guessing" too. i mean they can study the pitchers tendencies and then guess
You can repeat that as many times as you want but it won't make it right son.
You can repeat your lazy handwaving all you want but it doesn't give you a convincing counterargument.You can repeat that as many times as you want but it won't make it right son.
Spurs won 4 les with one play built around one player with a roster build that was practically the same every year.
"It's deep, guys. They run plays and there's match ups and stuff!"
You could never repeat though, Midst. You were on the precipice of a triple deep into the corner, but, Tim & Amy---Amy & Tim couldn't hold that marriage together. She took a Louisville Slugger to him in the Midst of the '13 Finals and alas The Duncans, they could not do what the Bryants did:::grab a load of jacks, timbers,,,then shoulder-to-shoulder start on back down.You can repeat your lazy handwaving all you want but it doesn't give you a convincing counterargument.
Spurs won 4 les with one play built around one player with a roster build that was practically the same every year.
"It's deep, guys. They run plays and there's match ups and stuff!"
- Pap
Any sport or game in which information can be kept "hidden" from your opponent (they call these games of imperfect information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_information) will naturally have a guessing game dynamic to gameplay.
This dynamic exists in Baseball and Football the most since there are static pauses between action (pre-pitch/pre-snap). "Guessing" does not imply luck based. The best coaches and players in each sport maximize their probabilities of guessing right through intensive scouting, film study, and player analysis. They also maximize their chances of always "guessing right" by working on their weaknesses (i.e. a QB will work on the quickness of his release to deal with instances of surprise blitzes).
This is also why I think Baseball and Football are deeper strategically than "flow" sports like Basketball and Soccer. Intimate knowledge of specific situations is a lot more important to have in Baseball and Football than other sports, because there's not enough time to "improvise" from wrong guesses into something that works (NFL teams want the QB dropback-to-pass time to be under 3 seconds, and elite QBs typically get rid of the ball in under 2 seconds a good majority of the time. And runs plays, when the defense guesses right, are often stuffed more often than not. Basketball gives an offense a full 24 seconds to execute, and soccer is unlimited).
What's that translate into? Knowing your opponent inside and out. And film study and scouting are the strategic side of sports (the soccer crew still confuses strategy and tactics).
That fact is true in every sport, but I think in the "flow" sports execution is more important than being strategically sophisticated. Teams couldn't stop 4 down, even when they knew it was coming and what was coming after the double-teams, and they still couldn't stop it because of how crisply executed it all was.Pop: One of the assistants will tell me something. I believe whatever they tell me. So if they say, ‘We’re going to do this on the pick-and-roll.’ And I say, ‘Okay.’ Or, ‘I dunno if I want to do that.’ And then, you go play. I mean, have you seen a secret play lately? Or a new pick-and-roll defense? Or some new amazing continuity offense that nobody can guard? It’s the same stuff every day. Whoever executes the best, whoever is the most compe ive, and does both on a consistent basis for more of the 48, that’s the team that wins.
And I'm not arguing against simplicity. It often works better than overly complicating things.
Repeats are without merit. You don't get your ring size measured for 'em, thus I don't do 'em.
The count. That is all.
Duncan: 5
Kirby: 5
Kobe: 5
the tired old bag Duncan: 2nd 5th
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