Beat a team 3 teams, hitting a baseball, etc

dialitup · Jan 27, 2007

I meant beat a team 3 times.

Let's lighten it up a bit. I am looking for people's three most stupid things they hear when it comes to sports talk.

Here are mine:

1) It is tough to beat a team three times in a row (not after the first two victories, which is the only time someone says it).

2) Hitting a baseball is the toughest thing to do in sports.....Bullshit. Five-year olds can hit a baseball. I think Ted Williams said that...and added some nonsense explanation. Do you know anyone who cannot hit a baseball?

3) Football...."we didn't want to score too early". Hey Chief....there is a defense, you know. It's not like you can score when you want to. Just freakin score a TD right now. This mentality turns the coaches into chicken shits. The only exception is running it down for a game-ending field goal...even then, I bet the stats suggest that the chicken shit running up the middle hurts the team in the long run.

Let's hear some more nonsense.

:nopityA: :youmad: :bigfinger :smoking:

AFLGuru · Jan 27, 2007

"You play... to win... the game..." Thanks coach. And after all this time, I was convinced that you play to cover the spread...

Hey, scoring "too early" is critical in the Arena Football League... It's not all forms of football...

Let's see... another one of my favorites...

When a coach gets accused of running up the score, it's BS. The goal in basketball is to stick the ball in the basket by whatever means possible. It's not your fault if you can do it and the other team can't. Goal in football is to score TDs. Sorry, if I'm playing defense and I intercept a pass in a game I'm leading by 30 points in the 4th quarter and there's no one between me and the end zone, I'm taking the bitch in for 6. Now, if this is a 1 score game, I won't take the risk. Just fall down and call it a game. But what's the difference (unless your name is LEON LETT) if I f--- that up or not? If I score, we win by 37. If I fumble and they return it to the house, we win by 23. After all... "You play... to win... the game"...

Number_9 · Jan 27, 2007

The New NHL & .500

I wrote this a couple months ago -- seems appropriate for this thread:

I can't take it anymore! For the past two years I've heard players and fans consistently misunderstand what .500 means in the new NHL. Tonight's quote from Jason Spezza drove me over the edge:

"They had battled back to tie it up and get the lead and then we tied it up. It was nice to get the game-winner," Spezza said. "We're back to .500 and we don't want to go below .500 again."

No, Jason, you're not. The Senators are 11-11-1. You have played 23 games, and you have won 11 and lost 12. Your team has a losing record.

How come no one understands this? I'm not a particularly smart guy, but I figured it out pretty quick. The crazy thing is, MOST of the time you here a hockey quote about .500, it's wrong.

Using this logic, 2/3 of the league was .500 or better last season! 20 teams! This is absurd! Is it just a motivational trick being used by players and fans of mediocre teams to make themselves feel better? Does this bother anyone else?

I know this rant is pretty pointless, nut it's been on my chest for a while and I had to vent somewhere. Thanks for reading.

-#9

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AFLGuru · Jan 27, 2007

No, that's a good one... you don't play to be a .500 team. You play to be an undefeated team...

I also love it when these TV guys spend 20 minutes trying to argue why you bring in the lefty to face this guy because he's batting .100 (1 for 10) against the guy for his career... they spend all this time saying he's unhittable and all of this, and 2 pitches later, the dude jacks a 3-run homer.

Sorry, with a sample set as low as most of these guys have, it's ridiculous. Baseball is a numbers game, but c'mon... a sample set of anything less than at least 50 is a joke, just like it is in gambling, and even then, 50 is a stupidly low number.

AFLGuru · Jan 27, 2007

Another one I just thought of...

... That steroids help you be a better hitter... No they don't. They may let you hit the ball farther, but if you can't hit a curveball, steroids don't do you a damn thing.

FairWarning · Jan 27, 2007

It's good to have a loss early in the season (NFL). Too much pressure. :ughhh:

dialitup · Jan 27, 2007

How about the blanket use of statistics on samples of like five events. Something like: "He is hitting 800 with guys in scoring position"....when he is 4 for 5 three games in.

Statistics are a bad area...very bad.

When Jake Plummer was with Arizona they used to talk about all of his 4th quarter comebacks....that was a joke. That team was always down in the 4th quarter...had to win some of them. They did this with Elway, too...for a long time. If you put your team behind every game then that is not a good thing.

SkinsRaj28 · Jan 27, 2007

dialitup said:
2) Hitting a baseball is the toughest thing to do in sports.....Bullshit. Five-year olds can hit a baseball. I think Ted Williams said that...and added some nonsense explanation. Do you know anyone who cannot hit a baseball?

You've never stood in the batter's box and see a 90 mph fastball before, have you?

I sincerely doubt it.

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about in this regard.

dialitup · Jan 27, 2007

SkinsRaj28 said:
You've never stood in the batter's box and see a 90 mph fastball before, have you?

I sincerely doubt it.

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about in this regard.

Yeah, right. Everyone in the pros can do it, and most of them do it with about the same amount of success. If you think this is the hardest thing to do in sports then you are a moron.

When was the last time anyone left a game and talked about how amazing it was that people hit the god-damned ball. The guy is trying to throw it over the plate. People wear helmets. Hardly the hardest thing to do in sports. Wouldn't kicking a 60 yard field goal be harder?

lander · Jan 27, 2007

dialitup said:
Do you know anyone who cannot hit a baseball?

Yeah, #13, pinstripes come playoffs. :mad:

go2guy · Jan 28, 2007

lander said:
Yeah, #13, pinstripes come playoffs.

LOL Or in the clutch for that matter. If the game is 14-2 then he hits a grand slam. By the way the post starter has no idea WTF he's talking about. Anybody can hit a 90 MPH fastball...ok guy :ughhh:

viking611 · Jan 28, 2007

SkinsRaj28 said:
You've never stood in the batter's box and see a 90 mph fastball before, have you?

I sincerely doubt it.

You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about in this regard.

bingo.....let alone an 80 mph for 95% on this board

themanej2001 · Jan 28, 2007

Um actually hitting a baseball is by far the hardest thing to do in sports for this reason....

The people that are the best in the world at professional baseball only succeed at actually hitting the baseball (For hits and with power) 30-35% of the time... that means in baseball you fail 70% of the time if you are great... that is what makes it so hard to do....

Also stand in the box against a guy who throws 95 and I will give you 500 bills if you can hit the ball fair... I will offer this bet to many avg joes... I am not talking batting cages either because you need to stand in the box with a big pitcher who might be wild and might not be bearing down on u hitting his spots...

dialitup · Jan 28, 2007

go2guy said:
LOL Or in the clutch for that matter. If the game is 14-2 then he hits a grand slam. By the way the post starter has no idea WTF he's talking about. Anybody can hit a 90 MPH fastball...ok guy :ughhh:

You need to crawl back under your rock. The statement that hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in all of sports is ridiculous. You can change it if you want...maybe to something like: "a normal jackass message board poster would have a hard time hitting a major league fastball". You would be on the pine so you would never get the chance.

At least comprehend the statement before you make a fool of yourself.:youmad:

themanej2001 · Jan 28, 2007

also you find me one other sport where failing 70% of the time is great....

Because I can't think of one... that is also why you better be tough mentally to play the game

dialitup · Jan 28, 2007

themanej2001 said:
Um actually hitting a baseball is by far the hardest thing to do in sports for this reason....

The people that are the best in the world at professional baseball only succeed at actually hitting the baseball (For hits and with power) 30-35% of the time... that means in baseball you fail 70% of the time if you are great... that is what makes it so hard to do....

Also stand in the box against a guy who throws 95 and I will give you 500 bills if you can hit the ball fair... I will offer this bet to many avg joes... I am not talking batting cages either because you need to stand in the box with a big pitcher who might be wild and might not be bearing down on u hitting his spots...

Is hitting a baseball harder than throwing a perfect game? It is a stupid statement. Is it harder than getting a hole in one in golf? Is it harder than cathing a 50 yard touchdown pass? The statement doesn't make any sense...and neither does anyone who agrees with it.

With people like you no wonder the phrase caught on.

themanej2001 · Jan 28, 2007

I disagree wtih the statment being thta hitting a fastball is...

I think hitting a baseball is though by far...

For the reason that you need to guess what pitch is coming... sometimes you will see a 95 MPH fastball and then the next pitch will be a knee breaking curve ball that u have to duck out of the way from because you think it is that same fastball coming for your head this time....

That is all I am saying not calling you an idiot...

But I have heard this statement made by many... And all I am saying is that you fail 70% of the time in baseball if you are a star in the league...

I know a lot of big time baseball players and it is so mentally demanding...

Also there is a reason that baseball is by far the hardest sport to make it to the show in...

viking611 · Jan 28, 2007

dialitup said:
Is hitting a baseball harder than throwing a perfect game? It is a stupid statement. Is it harder than getting a hole in one in golf? Is it harder than cathing a 50 yard touchdown pass? The statement doesn't make any sense...and neither does anyone who agrees with it.

With people like you no wonder the phrase caught on.

keep showing your ignorance....welcome to the RX!!

themanej2001 · Jan 28, 2007

Dude that is situations...

You would say is hitting a golf ball..

or throwing a football...

Or catching a football...

Not specific events in the game...

I could say is hitting .400 in a season harder then all those things yes for sure... That is the same situation... And also a specific event...

It is a general saying... I would say hitting .400 for a season is by far the hardest thing to do in sports

dialitup · Jan 28, 2007

themanej2001 said:
also you find me one other sport where failing 70% of the time is great....

Because I can't think of one... that is also why you better be tough mentally to play the game

Golf, Horse-Racing, Tennis. There are probably over one-thousand sports situations I could list. Sixty yard field goals would be one. Pitching a shut- out.

The phrase SUCKS.