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03/02/2007 01:51:36 PM · #76 |
Originally posted by superdave:
I could play golf for the next 5 years on a daily basis and have a slight chance of becoming pro. |
maybe. if your body could withstand playing everyday for 5 years. :P |
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03/02/2007 02:02:44 PM · #77 |
baseball and golf fans arguing over which is the most physically demanding. Seesh, talk about racing for last place. Maybe we could get some cricket fans in to the mix too.
It certainly is a good walk spoiled and I can say that with an 11 handicap and many years of 3-rounds a day play.
Message edited by author 2007-03-02 14:04:52. |
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03/02/2007 02:03:18 PM · #78 |
Originally posted by superdave:
yes golf is a sport and it needs to be canned!. Absolutely no physical ability is needed and the ball just sits on the tee waiting to be hit. Atleast in baseball you have someone throwing 90 to 100 mph. Talk about concentration and focus then baseball is your sport. A fastball at 95 mph reaches homeplate in .04 seconds. It takes people .15 to blink their eyes in response to visual signals. Now add curveballs, sinkers,sliders, and other various pitches to the mix. Charles Barkley is 6' 6" and 300 pounds. Thats is not a fair comparison. You should of seen how bad tiger woods did in batting practice. Made Garth Brooks look like Babe Ruth when we was hanging out with the Padres. i have played golf and absolutely have no respect for it. Maybe the easiest sport I have ever played and a close second with be connect four. |
Hence the super in your name! :)
On the serious side, how old are you? Your profile says "89" and can I assume that was the year you were born? And to all the rest of us who aren't 18 anymore, let's just remember that youth is wasted on the young!
Just teasing you Dave! Go out and play a few more rounds, play a tougher course. I picked up the game last year, and it is the most enjoyable and frustrating way to spend an afternoon outside. Yes, I bring my camera along for the gorgeous views and wildlife!
"A hundred years of experience has demonstrated that the game of golf is temporary insanity practiced in a pasture." |
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03/02/2007 02:05:10 PM · #79 |
Originally posted by superdave:
A fastball at 95 mph reaches homeplate in .04 seconds. |
You are off by a factor of ten -- a 90 mph is traveling at 132ft/sec. Over a distance of about 60 feet that would take just under a half-second. |
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03/02/2007 02:06:24 PM · #80 |
Originally posted by karmat:
Originally posted by boomtap:
Golf is not easy to be sure, but it is not a sport. |
how exactly do you define "sport?" |
Anything other than golf, bowling, darts, poker, drinking games, profesional eating, computer gaming, or photography. In other words anything you can do while smoking, drinking and talking with your friends.
I was going to put soccer in the middle just to make people go crazy but I didn't. Soccer is a sport. |
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03/02/2007 02:10:16 PM · #81 |
Originally posted by boomtap:
Originally posted by karmat:
Originally posted by boomtap:
Golf is not easy to be sure, but it is not a sport. |
how exactly do you define "sport?" |
Anything other than golf, bowling, darts, poker, drinking games, profesional eating, computer gaming, or photography. In other words anything you can do while smoking, drinking and talking with your friends.
I was going to put soccer in the middle just to make people go crazy but I didn't. Soccer is a sport. |
Your opinions on NASCAR?
::ducking:: |
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03/02/2007 02:14:10 PM · #82 |
Originally posted by boomtap:
Originally posted by karmat:
Originally posted by boomtap:
Golf is not easy to be sure, but it is not a sport. |
how exactly do you define "sport?" |
Anything other than golf, bowling, darts, poker, drinking games, profesional eating, computer gaming, or photography. In other words anything you can do while smoking, drinking and talking with your friends.
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if i drank or smoked, i could conceivable do those things while playing baseball. i might have to put my drink down to bat, or catch the ball, but, hey, i have to put it down to swing the club as well.
so, i guess by your definition, baseball isn't a sport. :)
neither is football, cycling, lacrosse, rugby, or cricket for in all of those things, you could have a cigarette hanging out of your mouth.
i guess, by your definition, the only thing that is truly a sport is swimming. i guess you could smoke, but the water keeps putting the durn thing out.
(and yes, this post is tongue in cheek. you are entitled to your opinion, and i am entitled to think you are wrong) |
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03/02/2007 02:14:10 PM · #83 |
Do they allow smoking in the car? I think the pit crews qualify as a sport.
Ya, the verdict is out on some of those others. You have to be athletic to cycle. Baseball requires short bursts of athleticism, so it is a sport, but not a pure sport.
Message edited by author 2007-03-02 14:19:46. |
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03/02/2007 02:15:50 PM · #84 |
| Hey i have no problem going out and enjoying a round a golf. I just don't agree when people think it's a physically demanding sport and difficult. I am 21 and you guys should understand by now young people know EVERYTHING lol. I am just kidding, so no more emails about how stupid i am. It is just my opinion about golf and thats all. Take it easy. |
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03/02/2007 02:17:49 PM · #85 |
Originally posted by superdave:
Hey i have no problem going out and enjoying a round a golf. I just don't agree when people think it's a physically demanding sport and difficult. I am 21 and you guys should understand by now young people know EVERYTHING lol. I am just kidding, so no more emails about how stupid i am. It is just my opinion about golf and thats all. Take it easy. |
man, and i haven't had a chance to send the email, yet.
dang.
:)
(just kidding. if i wanted to argue or harass your opinion, i would do it publicly) |
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03/02/2007 02:21:31 PM · #86 |
Originally posted by karmat:
Originally posted by boomtap:
Golf is not easy to be sure, but it is not a sport. |
how exactly do you define "sport?" |
Not my definition, but I find it amusing:
A good friend of mine says that he knows whether or not a sport should be an Olympic sport by pondering whether or not the Spartans would have done it. Or, for the Winter Olympics, the Vikings. Basically, in his world, golf and figure skating are out. ;-)
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03/02/2007 02:30:31 PM · #87 |
| Having played both sports I can say that golf is very difficult and requires a lot of concentration....but there is no way you can say that hitting a stationery object (albeit with a high degree of accuracy) can compare to hitting a 5 1/4 oz. ball coming at you btw 85 and 102 mph (which could seriously injure or kill you if it connected with your face/head). The reaction time, concentration, hand/eye coordination, strength, vision, and coordination required to be a consistently good hitter in baseball are exponentially greater than the requirements of a "good" golf game..... |
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03/02/2007 02:30:57 PM · #88 |
I actually really don't care what is called a sport. I just like messin with people. I think there are skill sports, and athletic sports. Both are diffrent, and require diffrent skills.
Except golf, that really isn't a sport.
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03/02/2007 02:50:19 PM · #89 |
Originally posted by Rebecca:
A good friend of mine says that he knows whether or not a sport should be an Olympic sport by pondering whether or not the Spartans would have done it. Or, for the Winter Olympics, the Vikings. |
And I've heard a quote about this, that "cross-country skiing isn't a sport, it's how a Swede goes to the 7/11." |
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03/02/2007 03:09:58 PM · #90 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Rebecca:
A good friend of mine says that he knows whether or not a sport should be an Olympic sport by pondering whether or not the Spartans would have done it. Or, for the Winter Olympics, the Vikings. |
And I've heard a quote about this, that "cross-country skiing isn't a sport, it's how a Swede goes to the 7/11." |
Haha! Acually a snowmobile will do just fine ;) |
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03/02/2007 03:13:45 PM · #91 |
Originally posted by boomtap:
Except golf, that really isn't a sport. |
Photography really isn't art either.
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03/02/2007 03:20:50 PM · #92 |
Originally posted by NstiG8tr:
Originally posted by boomtap:
Except golf, that really isn't a sport. |
Photography really isn't art either. |
Oh, now you've done it!
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03/02/2007 03:38:52 PM · #93 |
| <===== returns from work errands and is glad to see a little humor in this thread... :) |
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03/02/2007 04:22:54 PM · #94 |
Originally posted by boomtap:
Except golf, that really isn't a sport. |
It's as much a sport as poker. I mean, both are on ESPN, that makes them both sports.
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03/02/2007 04:26:12 PM · #95 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Originally posted by boomtap:
Except golf, that really isn't a sport. |
It's as much a sport as poker. I mean, both are on ESPN, that makes them both sports. |
The "E" in their name stands for "Entertainment" and does not mean it has to do with sports ... |
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03/02/2007 04:28:08 PM · #96 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Originally posted by boomtap:
Except golf, that really isn't a sport. |
It's as much a sport as poker. I mean, both are on ESPN, that makes them both sports. |
The "E" in their name stands for "Entertainment" and does not mean it has to do with sports ... |
I think ESPN means Except Sports Programming Network these days.
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03/02/2007 04:32:28 PM · #97 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Originally posted by boomtap:
Except golf, that really isn't a sport. |
It's as much a sport as poker. I mean, both are on ESPN, that makes them both sports. |
The "E" in their name stands for "Entertainment" and does not mean it has to do with sports ... |
Watching either on TV isn't entertaining in the least, so they must be classified as sports, just like fishing is now.
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03/02/2007 04:46:29 PM · #98 |
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03/02/2007 04:59:46 PM · #99 |
the number one televised spectator sport in the world (as measured by total television viewing hours) is bass fishing.
yes. bass fishing.
gawd I wish I was kidding.
P-ness |
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03/02/2007 05:31:34 PM · #100 |
Originally posted by eac:
Your opinions on NASCAR? ::ducking:: |
Only going left is NOT autosport....
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