Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:15 pm
1. Rugby
2. Baseball
3. AFL
4. Football (Soccer)
5. Cricket
I've been trying to get in to baseball over the last few weeks, I thought I should like it. Must say I'm struggling a bit, seems very samey.
Maybe it's the American in me...but I see it like Cricket is to me, I did not grow up with it, I understand the rules but it is just boring to me. But baseball is what I watched growing up, and there are all the unwritten rules, shifts, stats, etc..that makes the whole sport great, but unless you know it, probably just seems like guys batting and some good catches here and there
Re: Your top 5 favourite sports?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:03 pm
by Un Pilier
sturginho wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:59 pm
Fencing
Cricket
Rugby
Football
Golf
Also F1, snooker, Bikes
I was into fencing but the stakes got a bit much for me
Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:15 pm
1. Rugby
2. Baseball
3. AFL
4. Football (Soccer)
5. Cricket
I've been trying to get in to baseball over the last few weeks, I thought I should like it. Must say I'm struggling a bit, seems very samey.
Maybe it's the American in me...but I see it like Cricket is to me, I did not grow up with it, I understand the rules but it is just boring to me. But baseball is what I watched growing up, and there are all the unwritten rules, shifts, stats, etc..that makes the whole sport great, but unless you know it, probably just seems like guys batting and some good catches here and there
Yeah, a big part of it is not going understanding the stats and the nuance of the different pitches. I’m sticking with it.
I hated cricket until I spent time sitting watching it with folk who could explain the game and then fell in love. It helped it was a full test series in the West Indies, but nonetheless
I've been trying to get in to baseball over the last few weeks, I thought I should like it. Must say I'm struggling a bit, seems very samey.
Maybe it's the American in me...but I see it like Cricket is to me, I did not grow up with it, I understand the rules but it is just boring to me. But baseball is what I watched growing up, and there are all the unwritten rules, shifts, stats, etc..that makes the whole sport great, but unless you know it, probably just seems like guys batting and some good catches here and there
Yeah, a big part of it is not going understanding the stats and the nuance of the different pitches. I’m sticking with it.
I hated cricket until I spent time sitting watching it with folk who could explain the game and then fell in love. It helped it was a full test series in the West Indies, but nonetheless
Yes.
Cricket is a game that rewards study.
I hated cricket at school because I didn't understand it and couldn't be bothered to learn anything about it, but since I started playing in my twenties and started attending tests with knowledgeable friends, I hve developed a love of the game. You don't have (obviously) the frenetic pace of a game like rugby, but the possibility that the game can turn on it's head from a winning position to a certain loss in the space of three balls makes it fraught with tension.
Rugby would be second.
I hate football with a passion. It wasn't always so, but if you spend time in the UK, it's done to death. If a newspaper brags about 10 pages of sport, you can rest assured that nine-and-a-half will be devoted to that stupid game and half a page to snooker and darts.
If I watch it at all these days it's to snigger at the milking of fouls and the blatant diving.
Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:15 pm
1. Rugby
2. Baseball
3. AFL
4. Football (Soccer)
5. Cricket
I've been trying to get in to baseball over the last few weeks, I thought I should like it. Must say I'm struggling a bit, seems very samey.
Maybe it's the American in me...but I see it like Cricket is to me, I did not grow up with it, I understand the rules but it is just boring to me. But baseball is what I watched growing up, and there are all the unwritten rules, shifts, stats, etc..that makes the whole sport great, but unless you know it, probably just seems like guys batting and some good catches here and there
I totally get it. We used to get baseball on cable in NZ but until I moved to Toronto and did my fan apprenticeship with Mrs Jimmy at the Rogers Centre over many a well spent weekend (and occasional school night), I never really got into it.
Now I love it. Of course it helps that I'm a keen Blue Jays fan. You need some skin in the game.
I've been trying to get in to baseball over the last few weeks, I thought I should like it. Must say I'm struggling a bit, seems very samey.
Maybe it's the American in me...but I see it like Cricket is to me, I did not grow up with it, I understand the rules but it is just boring to me. But baseball is what I watched growing up, and there are all the unwritten rules, shifts, stats, etc..that makes the whole sport great, but unless you know it, probably just seems like guys batting and some good catches here and there
I totally get it. We used to get baseball on cable in NZ but until I moved to Toronto and did my fan apprenticeship with Mrs Jimmy at the Rogers Centre over many a well spent weekend (and occasional school night), I never really got into it.
Now I love it. Of course it helps that I'm a keen Blue Jays fan. You need some skin in the game.
That's exactly it. You have to really understand the nuances of both cricket and baseball to understand and enjoy the game. I played cricket in comp from about the age of 14 until 18 and a bit afterwards. It wasn't until my 3rd year when we had a teacher arrive who truly was well versed in the game. He taught us all a lot, including England Test Cricketer Simon 'Horse' Jones, about 10 years after me. Horse even gives a call out here to our cricket teacher - John Prickett - a fantastic guy.
Re: Your top 5 favourite sports?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:07 pm
by sturginho
Simon Jones was a cracking bowler
Re: Your top 5 favourite sports?
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:49 pm
by Masterji
Cricket- how can I not, as I am from an Subcontinental Asian Background.
Rugby- Jonah totally converted me in 95, although I was interested in Rugby earlier because of those Fr teams of the 80s.
Football- Loved that Brazilian team of 82
Boxing
Athletics
Re: Your top 5 favourite sports?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:44 am
by Enzedder
Test Cricket
Rugby
Football
Golf
Tie between motor sports and supporting my daughter in her Ironman comps (it would be more than 5th but normally I have to baby sit and follow on the internet)
Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:15 pm
1. Rugby
2. Baseball
3. AFL
4. Football (Soccer)
5. Cricket
I've been trying to get in to baseball over the last few weeks, I thought I should like it. Must say I'm struggling a bit, seems very samey.
I dont think it's a sport which translates very well to TV.
I've been to a few games in the states and they're good fun but it helps when you can see the whole pitch/all four bases instead of relying on the TV editor to keep track of it all.
Re: Your top 5 favourite sports?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:24 am
by Zig
Generally it's Rugby, Hurling, GAA, Soccer, Any other sport with an Irish team or player involved.
Recently it's been Rugby, AFL, Ice Hockey, Golf, Moto GP.
Jimmy Smallsteps wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 12:15 pm
1. Rugby
2. Baseball
3. AFL
4. Football (Soccer)
5. Cricket
I've been trying to get in to baseball over the last few weeks, I thought I should like it. Must say I'm struggling a bit, seems very samey.
I dont think it's a sport which translates very well to TV.
I've been to a few games in the states and they're good fun but it helps when you can see the whole pitch/all four bases instead of relying on the TV editor to keep track of it all.
I think it does because the quality of the pitch is critical and on TV you get a better look at that than anywhere. I enjoy the game day experience for the atmosphere, and the alternative angles.
Our favourite seats at the Rogers Centre Toronto pound for pound are in the outfield, second tier above first base. Failing that for the value spend I'd go behind the batter way up in the 500s. Then you spend the money you save on tickets on beer.
Re: Your top 5 favourite sports?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:38 am
by Carter's Choice
Rugby
Rugby League
Cricket
Soccer
Australian Rules Football
Honourable Mentions:
Netball
Tennis
Swimming
Athletics
Basketball
American Football
Re: Your top 5 favourite sports?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:45 am
by stemoc
anyone here that says hurling, curling or rugby league should be immediately banned from this bored.
Re: Your top 5 favourite sports?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:32 am
by average joe
My uncle use to say watching rugby is an excuse to drink. If your team wins you celebrate. If your team losses you drink because you're depressed. And any other sport "except for boxing' is an excuse to fall asleep on the couch.
Re: Your top 5 favourite sports?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:45 am
by Line6 HXFX
I like (used to absolutely love) Rugby and formula 1 and aside from that generally bandwagoning on whatever sport Wales are good at, from time to time Llke Snooker or Football.
You get older, realise life is soo fucking short, you just lose your passion for a lot of this stuff.
You have just seen everything there is to see and experienced everything there is to experience.
Plus the whole culture surrounding rugby is just fucking toxic.
I guess the whole watching and living vicariously thing in itself becomes sligytly weird.
Who the fuck cares if Alun Wynn Jones or whoever gets picked for the Lions, aside from maybe his Mum and Dad?
He is nothing to me and I would probably dislike him intensely if I met him.
Though having said that, my new favourite sport is watching this guy walk across countries (climbing over hedges and wading through rivers and through dense, face ripping forests), in as much of a straight line as possible, and being chased by Welsh farmers etc.
It is litterally the greatest thing ever.
Re: Your top 5 favourite sports?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:32 pm
by handyman
average joe wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:32 am
My uncle use to say watching rugby is an excuse to drink. If your team wins you celebrate. If your team losses you drink because you're depressed. And any other sport "except for boxing' is an excuse to fall asleep on the couch.
I don't need an excuse to drink. I just drink.
Re: Your top 5 favourite sports?
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:32 pm
by Sandstorm
Line6 HXFX wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:45 am
Though having said that, my new favourite sport is watching this guy walk across countries (climbing over hedges and wading through rivers and through dense, face ripping forests), in as much of a straight line as possible, and being chased by Welsh farmers etc.
It is litterally the greatest thing ever.
I've never considered trespassing as a sport, but there you go.
Line6 HXFX wrote: ↑Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:45 am
Though having said that, my new favourite sport is watching this guy walk across countries (climbing over hedges and wading through rivers and through dense, face ripping forests), in as much of a straight line as possible, and being chased by Welsh farmers etc.
It is litterally the greatest thing ever.
I've never considered trespassing as a sport, but there you go.
That's definitely Refry isn't it. I can tell but the manically depressive tone of the earlier part of his post.
