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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 17,043
    They represent Philly and hockey playoff games are pretty friggin sweet, it's just the sport and the "real" die-hards - ya know, the straight up Flyers nerds - that make me go meh for the most part. And not to mention they totally changed the sport when the abstract gun was put to their head.

    Baseball
    Football
    Rugby
    Basketball
    Rowing - yeah, I said it





    Hockey
  • Cliffy6745Cliffy6745 Posts: 33,840
    They represent Philly and hockey playoff games are pretty friggin sweet, it's just the sport and the "real" die-hards - ya know, the straight up Flyers nerds - that make me go meh for the most part. And not to mention they totally changed the sport when the abstract gun was put to their head.

    Baseball
    Football
    Rugby
    Basketball
    Rowing - yeah, I said it





    Hockey

    Speaking of Rugby....did you see the Canberra Raiders guy?
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    They represent Philly and hockey playoff games are pretty friggin sweet, it's just the sport and the "real" die-hards - ya know, the straight up Flyers nerds - that make me go meh for the most part. And not to mention they totally changed the sport when the abstract gun was put to their head.

    Baseball
    Football
    Rugby
    Basketball
    Rowing - yeah, I said it





    Hockey

    I hear you about the diehards. I'd take the NHL over the NBA any day. MLB should be further up...like you have hockey buried. baseball is miles ahead of the other sports as far as league product.

    I did crew in college for 3 days. Some chick on my floor was into it and I was trying to get in her pants. she asked me to join and I said yes. The fourth day she came knocking on my door at 430 AM after I had been out til 2. I told her I quit. Fuck that noise
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 17,043
    The Fixer wrote:
    They represent Philly and hockey playoff games are pretty friggin sweet, it's just the sport and the "real" die-hards - ya know, the straight up Flyers nerds - that make me go meh for the most part. And not to mention they totally changed the sport when the abstract gun was put to their head.

    Baseball
    Football
    Rugby
    Basketball
    Rowing - yeah, I said it





    Hockey

    I hear you about the diehards. I'd take the NHL over the NBA any day. MLB should be further up...like you have hockey buried. baseball is miles ahead of the other sports as far as league product.

    I did crew in college for 3 days. Some chick on my floor was into it and I was trying to get in her pants. she asked me to join and I said yes. The fourth day she came knocking on my door at 430 AM after I had been out til 2. I told her I quit. Fuck that noise

    Yeah, my appreciate for both crew and rugby are out of playing them. Kind of like how a lot of people are with hockey. I rowed all through high school and a year in college. Then I realized I wasn't getting a scholarship so I said F that S, so why not join the rugby team, hit people, and follow that up by getting blind drunk. I was on the Schuylkill every morning at 4:45 am then back out there after school at 4 pm . Still can't believe I did that shit. Seems like a lifetime ago now.

    But yeah, MLB is sweet - a perfect balance between players and owners. Only the fans got screwed for a season. :roll:
  • Hockey has pretty much fallen into the die-hards only

    In the 90's it kind of peaked in it's poularity then the crappy TV deals they have signed pretty much left the sport to the die-hard fans

    You don't find too many casual hockey fans...which is fine by me

    Not like other sports where it's cool to be a fan of a team because they are good...hockey has been number one for me since I was kid even though I played more baseball then hockey

    I just don't like it when people bad mouth it without knowing shit about it...if you're not a fan that's cool don't watch it. Majority of us on here are fans of all the sports...I don't care for Basketball but the other 3 count me in
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



    A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    i don't even care. watch it, don't watch it. bad mouth it. hockey is a fun sport to watch. playoff hockey is by far the best playoff season to watch.

    however, the as a single game, the superbowl could be more intense.
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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 17,043
    Hockey has pretty much fallen into the die-hards only

    In the 90's it kind of peaked in it's poularity then the crappy TV deals they have signed pretty much left the sport to the die-hard fans

    You don't find too many casual hockey fans...which is fine by me

    Not like other sports where it's cool to be a fan of a team because they are good...hockey has been number one for me since I was kid even though I played more baseball then hockey

    I just don't like it when people bad mouth it without knowing shit about it...if you're not a fan that's cool don't watch it. Majority of us on here are fans of all the sports...I don't care for Basketball but the other 3 count me in

    That's the funny thing that I run into with a lot of my buddies - whom are all huuuuge Flyers fans. The biggest way I can piss them off is by rolling my eyes at them, and they just retort with "oh you just don't understand it". I always love that remark, because the thing is Ido understand it.

    Just be forewarnded I'll be in here a bit because I like shooting shit with Philly people. :thumbup:
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    the litmus test I use for sports is...can I watch non-philly teams play?

    baseball - absolutely
    football - only if I have money on the game (which is usually the case)
    hockey - no
    hoops - no fucking way

    I think a game 7 in the world series is the most intense sporting event. Every pitch is huge. a game 7 in hockey would be next. then the super bowl, which usually sucks. that's more of an event than a game to look forward to

    that game 7 vs boston last year was amazing. one of the craziest philadelphia sporting events I've ever watched
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    MLB - rarely
    College football - yes if it's a good game or a bowl game
    NFL - early season, and championship games
    NHL - rarely
    NBA - rarely
    college basetball - only watch the tourney
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  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 17,043
    The Fixer wrote:
    the litmus test I use for sports is...can I watch non-philly teams play?

    baseball - absolutely
    football - only if I have money on the game (which is usually the case)
    hockey - no
    hoops - no fucking way

    I think a game 7 in the world series is the most intense sporting event. Every pitch is huge. a game 7 in hockey would be next. then the super bowl

    that game 7 vs boston last year was amazing. one of the craziest philadelphia sporting events I've ever watched

    Are we talking NBA, or basketball in general? Because the NCAA tournament is one of the greatest sporting events on the planet, even if you don't have any money on the line.

    Basketball is the single biggest sport that becomes diluted when money becomes part of the equation. When I lived at 20th and Catherine, I'd go down to the corner of Washington Ave. to watch the tourneys.
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 17,043
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    They represent Philly and hockey playoff games are pretty friggin sweet, it's just the sport and the "real" die-hards - ya know, the straight up Flyers nerds - that make me go meh for the most part. And not to mention they totally changed the sport when the abstract gun was put to their head.

    Baseball
    Football
    Rugby
    Basketball
    Rowing - yeah, I said it





    Hockey

    Speaking of Rugby....did you see the Canberra Raiders guy?

    The guy with the dog? Yeah. Sick.

    Apparently another dude is about to get kicked out of the league for something along the same lines. Crazy shit.

    Can't wait till it's on NBC for the World Cup. That's huge. I'm thinking about planning a trip to NZ as a part of my exit from college.
  • Hockey has pretty much fallen into the die-hards only

    In the 90's it kind of peaked in it's poularity then the crappy TV deals they have signed pretty much left the sport to the die-hard fans

    You don't find too many casual hockey fans...which is fine by me

    Not like other sports where it's cool to be a fan of a team because they are good...hockey has been number one for me since I was kid even though I played more baseball then hockey

    I just don't like it when people bad mouth it without knowing shit about it...if you're not a fan that's cool don't watch it. Majority of us on here are fans of all the sports...I don't care for Basketball but the other 3 count me in

    That's the funny thing that I run into with a lot of my buddies - whom are all huuuuge Flyers fans. The biggest way I can piss them off is by rolling my eyes at them, and they just retort with "oh you just don't understand it". I always love that remark, because the thing is Ido understand it.

    Just be forewarnded I'll be in here a bit because I like shooting shit with Philly people. :thumbup:

    You're evil


    So I will be doing this a lot :roll:
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



    A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
  • I'm happy to have the Flyers as our city's next big hope. It's just depressing that the playoffs don't start for another 8 years. :? The NHL is a spectacular product, except for the stupid shootouts (even if it worked out for us last year).

    As for watching other teams:
    1- baseball (it's just the best sport ever invented; I even watched that awful World Series)
    2- college hoops (every game is intense, every basket matters, all year long)
    3- NFL (conf championship Sunday is one of the best sports days of the year)
    4- NHL (any playoff game is exciting; reg season I have trouble watching any non-Flyers game)
    5- college football (it can be exciting, but the games are endless and the bowl system is stupid)
    6- NBA (I can't even watch the Sixers - prob the last full NBA game I watched was in 2001, on the bandwagon)
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 17,043
    That's the funny thing that I run into with a lot of my buddies - whom are all huuuuge Flyers fans. The biggest way I can piss them off is by rolling my eyes at them, and they just retort with "oh you just don't understand it". I always love that remark, because the thing is Ido understand it.

    Just be forewarnded I'll be in here a bit because I like shooting shit with Philly people. :thumbup:

    You're evil



    So I will be doing this a lot :roll:

    PP, I don't know whether to be insulted or flattered. :mrgreen:
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    6- NBA (I can't even watch the Sixers - prob the last full NBA game I watched was in 2001, on the bandwagon)

    i was in town on business that year. seemed like every street corner had sixers tshirts for sale.
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  • 81 wrote:
    6- NBA (I can't even watch the Sixers - prob the last full NBA game I watched was in 2001, on the bandwagon)

    i was in town on business that year. seemed like every street corner had sixers tshirts for sale.

    It was lightning in a bottle. Everyone knew the team sucked and was shocked that they kept winning. Even Croce, with trading for Mutombo, knew it was a one-year thing and they needed to go for it. Definitely one of the biggest fair-weather phenomenons I've witnessed (yes I was pretty guilty).
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; WF Center 10/21/13; WF Center 10/22/13; Baltimore 10/27/13;
    WF Center 4/28/16; WF Center 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; WF Center 9/7/24; WF Center 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 17,043
    81 wrote:
    i was in town on business that year. seemed like every street corner had sixers tshirts for sale.

    It was lightning in a bottle. Everyone knew the team sucked and was shocked that they kept winning. Even Croce, with trading for Mutombo, knew it was a one-year thing and they needed to go for it. Definitely one of the biggest fair-weather phenomenons I've witnessed (yes I was pretty guilty).

    It's not fair weather as much as how historically bad the Sixers have been since 1986-ish. Harold Katz was the worst thing to happen to that team. Terrible.

    Sixers would be huge in this city if it wasn't for the structure of the NBA and the aforementioned owner. There's a lot of heart out there for this team, but they get treated like shit.
  • I watched a few Sixers game on 2001

    None since

    :lol:;)
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



    A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
  • Jearlpam0925Jearlpam0925 Posts: 17,043
    I watched a few Sixers game on 2001

    None since

    :lol:;)

    :roll: :mrgreen:
  • I am going to miss tonights game

    Hopefully BOB stays HOT !

    BOB BOB BOB BOB !!
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



    A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    was expecting the carcilllo rematch with that pollock in the first period. disappointing

    Bob = beast
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    The Fixer wrote:
    was expecting the carcilllo rematch with that pollock in the first period. disappointing

    Bob = beast
    very ho hum game on both sides

    sometimes bounces go your way and sometimes they don't and on this night it wasn't our(isles) way

    where the fuck do the flyers find these lighting in a bottle goalies, wow
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • neilybabes86neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    metsfan wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    was expecting the carcilllo rematch with that pollock in the first period. disappointing

    Bob = beast
    very ho hum game on both sides

    sometimes bounces go your way and sometimes they don't and on this night it wasn't our(isles) way

    where the fuck do the flyers find these lighting in a bottle goalies, wow


    Actually the sticks just blow ;)
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    metsfan wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    was expecting the carcilllo rematch with that pollock in the first period. disappointing

    Bob = beast
    very ho hum game on both sides

    sometimes bounces go your way and sometimes they don't and on this night it wasn't our(isles) way

    where the fuck do the flyers find these lighting in a bottle goalies, wow


    Actually the sticks just blow ;)
    as do the rag$

    :P
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    metsfan wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    was expecting the carcilllo rematch with that pollock in the first period. disappointing

    Bob = beast
    very ho hum game on both sides

    sometimes bounces go your way and sometimes they don't and on this night it wasn't our(isles) way

    where the fuck do the flyers find these lighting in a bottle goalies, wow

    the flyers have had plenty of goalies that look great in october/november. bobrovsky looks great so far, he's money post to post. we'll see...long season.

    the flyboys look good right now. real good. jir-ooo
  • metsfan wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    was expecting the carcilllo rematch with that pollock in the first period. disappointing

    Bob = beast
    very ho hum game on both sides

    sometimes bounces go your way and sometimes they don't and on this night it wasn't our(isles) way

    where the fuck do the flyers find these lighting in a bottle goalies, wow


    Sounds like BOB kept them in it

    We have the Isles number over the last few seasons

    That's the problem with the Flyers it's lightning in a bottle and never a true number 1
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



    A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
  • The Fixer wrote:
    the flyers have had plenty of goalies that look great in october/november. bobrovsky looks great so far, he's money post to post. we'll see...long season.

    the flyboys look good right now. real good. jir-ooo

    The numbers he put up in the KHL were pretty good considering the team he was on was terrible

    He faced a shit load of shots and still had a GAA in the mid 2's and SV% over .920

    He's only 21 so he definitely is still growing and learning...but I've seen too many Tommy Soderstrom's

    If he works out give Homer credit he's picked up some good prospects without draft picks which he trades away like they're nothing
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



    A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    Bob rules....that is all.
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    what time is stevie G scheulded to show up today to tell us the capitals are the greatest thing since the 80's oilers?
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  • 81 wrote:
    what time is stevie G scheulded to show up today to tell us the capitals are the greatest thing since the 80's oilers?

    After last years playoff failure...yet again

    He's been living in a Psych ward...no internet there
    My drinking team has a hockey problem

    The ONLY thing better than a glass of beer is tea with Miss McGill



    A protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers
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