1) Baseball players are no longer athletes. They are fat, out of shape, and only run 90ft once an hour. Usually they don't even run to the base.
2) It has been stated, as a guess, that approx. 75% of baseball players take steroids.
3) The MLBPA (Major League Baseball Players Association) has proven players use steroids. They also would/will not submit to random drug testing which is done in every other major sport.
4) All they do is bitch about money, no one loves the game anymore.
Basically, fat, over-weight, steroid infused, egotistical, money grubbing, non-athletes. That about sums it up.
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audioaxes (old) 
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Posted 27 April 2004 - 08:24 PM
ill admitt baseball is one of the most boring sports to watch but im the type of person who respects all sports and tries the best to understand and enjoy them and even try to play them
with that said the MLB:
-has way too many games in a season, which detracts the individual importance of the outcome of a single game
-its just slow paced and dry....down right boring to watch a pitcher go after some goof hitter for a good 5 minutes just to see him get walked or make an effortless stride to 1st before he is tagged out
-the salary system allows a huge margin between the best and worst teams which makes uneven and uninteresting competition most of the time
however i do like the later innings of close playoff games and keeping track of Bond's quest for the HR record
with that said the MLB:
-has way too many games in a season, which detracts the individual importance of the outcome of a single game
-its just slow paced and dry....down right boring to watch a pitcher go after some goof hitter for a good 5 minutes just to see him get walked or make an effortless stride to 1st before he is tagged out
-the salary system allows a huge margin between the best and worst teams which makes uneven and uninteresting competition most of the time
however i do like the later innings of close playoff games and keeping track of Bond's quest for the HR record
#5 Guest_Killah Philah
Posted 27 April 2004 - 09:14 PM
audioaxes, why do you care to watch a baseball player that is obviously on some kind of steroids beat records?
To me, that is cheating. Sure with ogc headshot I can kick a$$ at UrT and I could probably beat records for kill/death ratios and other things no problem. Does that make it right though? Should I actually get credit for being the #1 UrT player when cheating?
If you don't think that Barry Bonds is on something, here are a couple of food for thought items.
1) I remember Barry from years ago. He has always been a smaller guy, until the last few years, all of a sudden, he got big, fast. Working out all the time will help, but come on now.
2) Barry Bonds went up to helmet sizes in one season. His head is growing with his ego, but that's not natural. Human Growth Hormone comes to mind here.
I am sure the list goes on and on. It's kinda sad really, I don't know what could convince me he's not taking something, because there is a lot of evidence out there.
To me, that is cheating. Sure with ogc headshot I can kick a$$ at UrT and I could probably beat records for kill/death ratios and other things no problem. Does that make it right though? Should I actually get credit for being the #1 UrT player when cheating?
If you don't think that Barry Bonds is on something, here are a couple of food for thought items.
1) I remember Barry from years ago. He has always been a smaller guy, until the last few years, all of a sudden, he got big, fast. Working out all the time will help, but come on now.
2) Barry Bonds went up to helmet sizes in one season. His head is growing with his ego, but that's not natural. Human Growth Hormone comes to mind here.
I am sure the list goes on and on. It's kinda sad really, I don't know what could convince me he's not taking something, because there is a lot of evidence out there.
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rking (old)
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Posted 27 April 2004 - 09:36 PM
Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.
Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.
In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.
Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.
I enjoy comparing baseball and football:
Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.
Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.
Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.
In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.
Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?
In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.
In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.
Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.
Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.
Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.
Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.
In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.
And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:
In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home!
Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.
In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.
Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.
I enjoy comparing baseball and football:
Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.
Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.
Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.
In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.
Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?
In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.
In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.
Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.
Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.
Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.
Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.
In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.
And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:
In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home!
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Aarsbuds0r (old)
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Posted 27 April 2004 - 10:03 PM
I had my first softball lesson today and it roxed =D
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Peter Venkman (old)
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Posted 27 April 2004 - 10:56 PM
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1) I remember Barry from years ago. He has always been a smaller guy, until the last few years, all of a sudden, he got big, fast. Working out all the time will help, but come on now.
Wrong. Barry Bonds entered the league in 85 or 86 I dont remember, but he was really skinny then. But if you look at comparison pictures throughout the years he got bigger over time. They did that on ESPN and told his weight, it didn't just happen "all of a sudden".
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They are fat, out of shape, and only run 90ft once an hour. Usually they don't even run to the base.
Don't generalize. Most players are in very good shape.
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It has been stated, as a guess, that approx. 75% of baseball players take steroids.
Haha. Tell me where you got this "statistic". A more realistic guess is around 10%. Thats still a major problem to me though, but hopefully the new agreement will help lower that number, which leads me into your next quote...
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The MLBPA (Major League Baseball Players Association) has proven players use steroids. They also would/will not submit to random drug testing which is done in every other major sport.
Recently they did agree to drug testing.
http://mlb.mlb.com/N...s_mlb&fext=.jsp
As you can probably tell, I love baseball. By the way, I have 4% body fat and I think that Barry probably did take steriods, although most players don't.
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