This Just In...
Baseball is STILL not a sport, making people who use steroids to play it even bigger idiots.
posted by Ted @ 20:22
"It's just laser beams and power chords--there's no plot at all."
posted by Ted @ 20:22
10 Comments:
At 12/5/09 21:41 ,
KAISER ANDY I said...
I realize that you are doing this purely in order to get John to put his fingers to the keyboard, but it's how you differentiate actions that make things sports, and some things cancel out others.
At 13/5/09 02:48 ,
Richard Noggin said...
Of course I could just say that I enjoy baseball games for Beer and Pork Chops, but then again I'm just a Fat Bastard.
John just is lonely and wants to visit his lures.
At 13/5/09 02:49 ,
Richard Noggin said...
You should visit his lures as well.
At 13/5/09 10:13 ,
Ted said...
so what does "how you differentiate actions" mean?
At 13/5/09 14:21 ,
KAISER ANDY I said...
I'm going to use a lot of ifs here to explain how one may differentiate what is a sport in one's own mind, not try to make a point as to why I do or do not consider baseball a sport.
If one believes that an activity is deemed a sport depending on the level of Physical activity and on the constant movement of the human body, then one may not consider things like baseball, diving (gravity does the work), football (you exercise vigorously for eight seconds and stop), softball, cricket and the like actually sports. If one were to make the constant motion required the determining factor, then hockey, lacrosse, rugby, badminton, swimming, volleyball and ping-pong would be "sports."
If one designates a sport as an activity that is highly intense both mentally and physically (competitive driving does wear on you), then the drivers of NASCAR creep into the picture. Not the fans, mind you, who are neither mentally or physically highly intense, but just the drivers (one could make an arguement for the pit crews, but then we'd have to iron out the whole "constant motion" thing again).
So here's the skinny- Baseball can be physically taxing for some players in a certain play. It can keep the players constantly moving anticipating a certain play. It can be mentally intense for those players involved in a certain play.
What one has to decide is if all of these combined make basball a sport, or if breaking them apart makes it not a sport, but rather more a mere activity.
Having typed that, let me continue to write that whether you or anyone else deems baseball a sport, I still find it enjoyable to watch in person with a beer and a porkchop sandwich, and especially the minor leagues.
At 14/5/09 03:58 ,
Richard Noggin said...
The Kaiser and I had Grilled Pork Chops, Corn on the Cob, Sage Stuffing, and Beer tonight. Then he put brakes on his car. No baseball but it was still a good evening.
Ted/John,
You should have been here.
At 14/5/09 05:49 ,
Ted said...
Andy,
I'll continue to define "sport" as something that is good-naturedly competitive (at least in theory), requiring physical prowess, and causing the players to sweat due to the physical activity.
Thus war is not a sport (you're literally trying to kill the other guy); chess and poker are not sports (ever spend 4 hours at a blackjack table? Pretty intense); and NASCAR is not a sport (sweating because you're in a hot environment is not a sport. If it was, being a fat guy in New Orleans would be an Olympic event).
Baseball falls out for the same reason competitive drinking does: it's just too damned leisurely, thus failing tests 2 and 3.
At 14/5/09 05:51 ,
Ted said...
S'wolf,
Competitive loafing isn't a sport either. It's a game. And you appear to be very good at it.
Do Andy's brakes work?
At 14/5/09 14:12 ,
KAISER ANDY I said...
andy's brakes work fine- I just put my feet through the floor...
At 14/5/09 21:08 ,
Richard Noggin said...
Good at it? Hell, I invented the game.
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