Play Ball!

[futilitarian_]

The crack of the bat, the sound of mucus gliding through the air only to clang against the scorching blacktop and the taste of stale Cracker Jack nestled between your teeth can only mean one thing: run-on sentences...And that you've been temporarily distracted from that pigeon ten yards up on the bleachers attempting to shit directly onto your

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[wildebeest]

You're right, baseball is WAY less interesting that, say, the NFL. Yeah, fat guys leaning on each other for three hours and old guys in zebra costumes handing out penalties because the White Guy With The Ball doesn't have his socks pulled up high enough is GREAT fun to behold. Yeah, and all those talking heads on TV who go on and on for another three hours before and after the game about how Coach A's zone blitz will match up against Coach B's west coast offense is fucking SUBLIME

[futilitarian_]

The only real sport-like events I genuinely enjoy are Banzai and Most Extreme Elimination; the others, like you said, are so fundamentally flawed that I'd need to jab toothpicks into my eyelids just to stay awake.

I agree with you completely, you bring up some good points. I was going to write about the other sports you mentioned but the entry was already lengthy and nobody, including myself, will read a livejournal entry over let's say...600 words. Just a waste.

[wildebeest]

fair enough.

[infinite_chaos]

I can't watch sports during the regular season, post-season only. Except hockey. Generally speaking - until hunting various public officials becomes a sport - you can count me out.

I can't wait for that day.

[tehpanda]

hey you rock, ljfriend?!
yay?