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Favorite sport, and why?
#5687415 - 05/29/06 05:11 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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What is your favorite sport, and why is it your favorite sport?
My favorite sport would definitely have to be Mixed Martial Arts. Organization wise, my favorite is definitely Pride. I prefer Pride for several reasons. Better fighters, the fact that they treat their fighters better (higher salary and such), and the rules make me prefer it over other organizations. I'm not one of those Pride fanboys though. I like UFC and totally respect the amount of skill UFC fighters have. Pride fighters just tend to have more skill K-1 is great also, as is Shooto, IFL, ZST, pretty much all of it.
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5687475 - 05/29/06 05:22 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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baseball/basketball .. i cant pick
basketball is way better to watch.. and its pretty easy and fun to play... but theres sumthin about playin baseball.. its so satisfying when you hit a home run.. or at least hit the ball hard.. or make a good play..
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: Infrared]
#5687492 - 05/29/06 05:26 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ah, I should have specified either favorite sport to watch or favorite sport to play.
My favorite sport to partake in is Muay Thai. MMA is fun, but my ground work is pretty shitty and getting thrown into an arm bar by someone who has far better ground game than you sorta sucks. I plan to eventually start working on my ground work, but for now I wanna perfect my stand up.
Boxing is fun too, but doesn't have nearly the same amount of depth to it.
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5687538 - 05/29/06 05:36 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Baseball is my favorite by far.
I've been raised on baseball since I was a kid. I like most other sports too, but baseball is really my thing.
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Same here.
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5687565 - 05/29/06 05:42 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Basketball, because it's unpredictable
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5687584 - 05/29/06 05:47 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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football, across the board
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: Basilides]
#5687585 - 05/29/06 05:47 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Fighting is incredibly unpredictable. A clean shot or takedown can turn the entire fight in a 180.
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American football, or real football?
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5687672 - 05/29/06 06:06 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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American football because it builds character. I love the contact and it takes a large amount of skill. Involves many aspects of different sports.
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5687681 - 05/29/06 06:08 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
spud said: What is your favorite sport, and why is it your favorite sport?
Croquet, it has large hammers to use
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5687692 - 05/29/06 06:11 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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pocket pool
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5687826 - 05/29/06 06:51 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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american football
futbol, however, is an excellent sport to play (not so much to watch, IMO)
rugby is also teh pwnzorz
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5689832 - 05/30/06 06:59 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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spud said: American football, or real football?
Funny. American Football is real football. Not just kicking a ball around.
Baseball is by far my favorite sport. I was raised on it. My grandfater played, my dad played and actually got a tryout for the tigers back in the 70's and all 3 of my brothers and I play.
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5689991 - 05/30/06 08:34 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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First of all, I was raised by a couple of bookworms who thought very lowly of sports in general. They wanted me to be involved in playing sports for the sake of being athletic, but watching/caring about sporting events or teams to them was just ludicrous..so I didn't get into sports at all really until about four years ago.
That said, baseball is definitely my favorite sport. My number one reason why would be this - baseball is a game about decisions, not about time. It has its periods, but the length of each half-inning is decided by the actions and decisionmaking of each time, both on offense and on defense. Baseball is no slave to time, to a dwindling clock.
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5690112 - 05/30/06 10:05 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
spud said: What is your favorite sport, and why is it your favorite sport?
My favorite sport would definitely have to be Mixed Martial Arts. Organization wise, my favorite is definitely Pride. I prefer Pride for several reasons. Better fighters, the fact that they treat their fighters better (higher salary and such), and the rules make me prefer it over other organizations. I'm not one of those Pride fanboys though. I like UFC and totally respect the amount of skill UFC fighters have. Pride fighters just tend to have more skill K-1 is great also, as is Shooto, IFL, ZST, pretty much all of it.
I like American Football, and boxing. I do enjoy watching UFC, and Pride as well. The PPV are always cool.
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5691786 - 05/30/06 06:09 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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BASEBALL.. I used to play it as a kid.. Now I can't seem to get the amount of friends together to play even a half ass game.. The most I have gotten to this season is throwing the ball around with Yarry on the first good warm day in the spring..
and many people say baseball is boring as hell to watch.. I just don't get it, I am always on the edge of my seat watching a Jays game.
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: spud]
#5691814 - 05/30/06 06:14 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Football and Baseball are my favorites. I like football more as a whole, but I enjoy the Red Sox more than the Patriots - probably mostly because the weather is nicer to go to games
I love watching both, but football is more exciting to me. I was raised by a family obsessed with the Red Sox, so it's been ingrained in me for a long time. I love Fenway, as old and decrepid and cramped as it is. I also love Gillette Stadium, it's huge, comfortable, and there's really not a bad seat in the house.
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Re: Favorite sport, and why? [Re: Liz]
#5692008 - 05/30/06 07:03 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hockey and baseball. Hockey for sheer action and baseball for the "chess like" aspect. Always stats to review and facts to consider
Both are great
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