Ive noticed that some people on these boreds flat out hate other sports. I mean pointyball? helmet ball? what the *#*#*#*#? i love football, baseball, etc as much as i do other sports. ps feel free to move mods
I love metropolitan sports. I love the MetroStars primarily not because they are a soccer team, but because they are a metropolitan team.
Can't stand baseball, basketball, hockey, auto racing. Can tolerate NFL "football". And what type of sport is "screw those"? How is it played?
I'm not form USA, but I like a lot Football, (Thanks ESPN).... I like Eagles, Broncos, Raiders, Giants, Bengals, Patriots, Packers and Panthers...... (A weird mix isn't it??) mmmm.....And Baseball in the playoffs.... the games in that instance are played with more hearth... and are more interensting NBA is only interesting for me in the Finals....
I can only tolerate football, and that's only when I have nothing better to do. I really enjoy hockey to, it's hard hitting and fun to watch. I can't stand baseball, it's the same teams every year who compete, and don't say anything like the Cubs and Marlins, there are always teams that make a run for one season, look at the Padres when they made the series, or the Marlins in 97. It's also an incredible slow game.
I share your pain...hopefully things will improve when they move to Petco....but I'm not gonna hold me breath.
I love watching baseball year-round, and the NFL too. I get more into hockey towards the end of the season and into the playoffs, and I pretty much only watch the Finals for the NBA.
Like all of them to an extent, but hockey is by far the best of the list and pro basketball is generally pathetic except for a few teams (ie Dallas, Sacramento, Detroit, a couple more)...no one knows how to shoot anymore , half of the league is in trouble for something, and the players don't care for the fans. All sports should have parity and a salary cap with loyalty exemptions IMO.
I'm not from Usa so I suppose I shouldn't post here, anyway just to add 1 hit to my counter ... In my personal hit-list, basketball is at the second place (guess the first!), I played it many years so I'm still a bit addicted to. Third place for ice hockey: nothing special it's not a true passion , just I see it when playing with ea sports nhl. About football & baseball, I can't understand these games: about cars, obviously I'm a Ferrari fan, living in Modena!
About new possible votes ... How popular is volleyball there? here in Italy we could say it's the 2nd/3rd sport, in tight competition with basketball.
The GM Kevin Towers said this is going to be his busiest offseason ever. The Pads might get Greg Maddox and Matsui, so hopefully they will be the best in the NL West. Btw, I already hate "Chivas USA" and hope San Diego doesn't get it.
I'll watch Football, baseball, and basketball on rare occasion. I love hockey, and I enjoy all forms of auto racing. Hell, I'd watch curling if it came on regularly enough!
Lithium, You hate Chivas? Maybe you know something I don't, I'm pleading ignorance if they arrive here and supporting them whole-heartedly! I'm so dismayed about the Padres now; yes, they are my team but goddamn is it hard. I use to go to at least one game a homestand, now I only like to go to see the Padres ruin the Dodgers' post-season hopes. Actually, baseball has become one of my least followed American sports now alongside hockey (way too much moving aroung of players) until their respective post-seasons. I love the NBA and the NFL. Once soccer fanatcism took root in my brain, I was forced to choose a sport to jettison from my skull: it was either gonna be MLB or NFL since soccer has taught me that I don't have to accept a minute pause between action in sports anymore. I was really close to ignoring the NFL until the pre-season started and I realized what makes the NFL great: the sheer violence of it is astounding. So screw baseball. Besides, I'm so tired of the Yankees.
How is baseball in Italy? It generally has been there with Holland as the best two European countries in the sport internationally, and MLB is apparently considering playing some games there in the near future. Obviously it's not a major sport there, but it must exist to at least a small extent there.
These comments from a fan of ManU, the perenial powerhouse who duke it out with Arsenal, the only two probable teams in the Premiership? Come on. And it definitely is not the same teams over and over. Its the Yankees over and over. The Yanks are the only team to consistently make the playoffs and do well. Marlins are a young team. Red Sox haven't won a World Series since 1918 and the Cubs haven't won a playoff series since 1906. 2 years ago, the Diamondbacks won the World Series. 1 Year ago, the Angels won the World Series. This year, neither team is in the playoffs. With the exception of the Yankees, MLB has some parity and then it has some sucky teams.... props to the guy who sticks by his Padres. Always good to see a fan who will claim his team even when they have the 2nd worst record in all of MLB. Seriously man, mad props to you. (I'm a D-Backs fan and it wasn't fun to see them go down this year. I can only imagine how D-Town and San Diego feel about their teams... or the Bengals for that matter....)
Yeah, the Yankees are disgusting like that. I'll tell you how it feels to be a Padres fan. Imagine you have a kid in junior high school, and even being generous to yourself you know he's somewhere in the bottom third of his class. Then one summer you tell him, "Look, you finish top 20 in your class this year and I'll buy you that XBox you've been crying about for months." And he says, "OK, Pops, I'll do ya one better. What if I finish in the Top 2 of my class this year? Will you promise to buy me an XBox and a new game once a month for the next five years?" And you're thinking, wow, my son is really gonna try this year and give it his all, why sure I'll agree to that!!! And lo and behold, he makes 2nd in his class and you happily buy him the XBox and the game. The next year, he doesn't do too well, but that's OK, he'll rebound. The next year he does even worse. And the next year. And the next year. Meanwhile, he's got about 30 games now for his XBox, he's cutting 6th period all the time to smoke dope with the other kids in shop and you're thinking "How did I agree to this?" That's kind of how it feels. F the Yankees.
Holy crap, if that happened to you, I'm so truly sorry, but I'm LMAO right now.... that's friggin hillarious as a comparison.
Amen. For me its the Red Sox then everything else. I'm slowly developing the passion for soccer that I have for baseball, but I do enjoy college basketball, the NFL (although I'm not a big Pats fan), the NBA and college hockey as well. It really pisses me off when people on these boards thumb their noses at other sports then wet their pants when anyone has anything bad to say about soccer. Although I do have a harder time now watching the NFL after seeing so much soccer.
I only like college football and I follow baseball as far as who sucks and who doesn't. I decided to start watching more hockey this year b/c it's actually soothing in a way.
Yeah! I'm a Sox/Cubs fan right now. I'm pulling for both of them to hit the World Series. After that, I'd just like to see it go to game 7 and it to be close. (Being a D-Backs fan sucks this October....) PS. Sox are up 2-0 at top of 2nd in Game 3 against Yankees! St. Pedro, do not fail us!