Why Sports Are for Losers

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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    crazypjfan wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    the knuckleheads that call into sports talk radio and get all worked up.

    Mad Dog Radio always has some beauties that call in. I think it's so funny that these people have nothing better to do than call and whine about their team.

    No doubt. It's pretty embarrassing.
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,358
    I was at the Vet Mothers Day 1993 with my mom (who never goes to baseball games) and my grandmom (it was the last baseball she ever went to). Down 5-2 in the 8th, Mariano Duncan won the game with his famous grand slam. When we got to our seats, a big old lady was sitting next to my grandmom with a giant yellow boombox and a big thermos of spiked punch, and my grandmom just about had a conniption and sent my mom off to take care of it. What a day! :lol:

    Yeah, that season ended badly, but the journey sure was a lot of fun!
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    I was at the Vet Mothers Day 1993 with my mom (who never goes to baseball games) and my grandmom (it was the last baseball she ever went to). Down 5-2 in the 8th, Mariano Duncan won the game with his famous grand slam. When we got to our seats, a big old lady was sitting next to my grandmom with a giant yellow boombox and a big thermos of spiked punch, and my grandmom just about had a conniption and sent my mom off to take care of it. What a day! :lol:

    Yeah, that season ended badly, but the journey sure was a lot of fun!

    That's hilarious
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,295
    The most important part about sports is that it allows good reason for drinking beer and eating crappy food.

    If you crack a beer at 9 am on a routine Saturday, people consider you an alcholic. Do it at 9 am at a tailgate, and no one gives you a second glance.

    This is why sports are important!
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,909
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    crazypjfan wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    the knuckleheads that call into sports talk radio and get all worked up.

    Mad Dog Radio always has some beauties that call in. I think it's so funny that these people have nothing better to do than call and whine about their team.

    No doubt. It's pretty embarrassing.


    Sports radio is pretty tough to listen to at times with all of these idiots that call in.
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Indifference71 wrote:
    Sports radio is pretty tough to listen to at times with all of these idiots that are behind the mic.


    fixed.

    it's not even sports any more around here....it's like 10% sports, 50% blabbing about nothing, and 40% commericals.
    81 is now off the air

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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 12,908
    sports are about moments. moments with your family, your friends, even strangers. yes winning titles is the ultimate goal for any fan of any team, but the journeys can be awfully joyous even if a championship doesn't happen. 100% of my favorite and most memorable sports moments are about not only what happened on the field but who i was with or what the reaction was to the occurence. it's why often times when someone brings up a great sports moment my mind immediately goes to where i was and who i was with as it occurred.
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    That's like saying you shouldn't watch movies because if it doesn't win the Academy Award for best picture it's pointless. Sports is entertainment. Many people go to a game and think very little of the big picture, or how the season is unfolding, they just care about what is happening on that field on that day. And there is an even bigger picture than a season, and who is champion that year. Which is that years of disappointment make the eventual win all the more sweeter.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • cowboypjfan
    cowboypjfan Posts: 2,453
    81 wrote:
    Indifference71 wrote:
    Sports radio is pretty tough to listen to at times with all of these idiots that are behind the mic.


    fixed.

    it's not even sports any more around here....it's like 10% sports, 50% blabbing about nothing, and 40% commericals.

    Hey, some of those commercials even include the host. How thoughtful of them to plug a product that usually sucks :lol:
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,909
    81 wrote:
    Indifference71 wrote:
    Sports radio is pretty tough to listen to at times with all of these idiots that are behind the mic.


    fixed.

    it's not even sports any more around here....it's like 10% sports, 50% blabbing about nothing, and 40% commericals.


    Somewhat true. ESPN 1000 isn't too bad, but I have no idea how people can listen to all those douchebags that are on the score....Boers and Bernstein make me want to puke. They barely even talk about sports. The fact that they have the better ratings really makes me wonder about the people in this city.
  • cowboypjfan
    cowboypjfan Posts: 2,453
    pjhawks wrote:
    it's why often times when someone brings up a great sports moment my mind immediately goes to where i was and who i was with as it occurred.

    I can't agree with this enough!
  • cowboypjfan
    cowboypjfan Posts: 2,453
    SatansFuton wrote:
    That's like saying you shouldn't watch movies because if it doesn't win the Academy Award for best picture it's pointless.

    It all depends on how high your hopes are to watch a movie. It is a big letdown when everyone and their brother tells you to watch a certain movie or critics rave about it and it ends up sucking(causing disappoinment). Same thing with sports but at least sports creates memories and plays(good or bad) that will stay with you. Critics and sports writers had the Packers as a shoe-in for the title this year. Those that realize the old saying 'any given sunday' and don't get their hopes up too high won't feel as letdown when their team collapses(e.g. 07 Patriots).
  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    Jason P wrote:
    The most important part about sports is that it allows good reason for drinking beer and eating crappy food.

    If you crack a beer at 9 am on a routine Saturday, people consider you an alcholic. Do it at 9 am at a tailgate, and no one gives you a second glance.

    This is why sports are important!

    You and I are on the same wavelength my friend.
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  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    crazypjfan wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:
    That's like saying you shouldn't watch movies because if it doesn't win the Academy Award for best picture it's pointless.

    It all depends on how high your hopes are to watch a movie. It is a big letdown when everyone and their brother tells you to watch a certain movie or critics rave about it and it ends up sucking(causing disappoinment). Same thing with sports but at least sports creates memories and plays(good or bad) that will stay with you. Critics and sports writers had the Packers as a shoe-in for the title this year. Those that realize the old saying 'any given sunday' and don't get their hopes up too high won't feel as letdown when their team collapses(e.g. 07 Patriots).

    Well, as a Packers fan I wasn't buying into that hype. Seeing that bad defense every week made me very skeptical about a repeat.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • cowboypjfan
    cowboypjfan Posts: 2,453
    SatansFuton wrote:
    crazypjfan wrote:
    SatansFuton wrote:
    That's like saying you shouldn't watch movies because if it doesn't win the Academy Award for best picture it's pointless.

    It all depends on how high your hopes are to watch a movie. It is a big letdown when everyone and their brother tells you to watch a certain movie or critics rave about it and it ends up sucking(causing disappoinment). Same thing with sports but at least sports creates memories and plays(good or bad) that will stay with you. Critics and sports writers had the Packers as a shoe-in for the title this year. Those that realize the old saying 'any given sunday' and don't get their hopes up too high won't feel as letdown when their team collapses(e.g. 07 Patriots).

    Well, as a Packers fan I wasn't buying into that hype. Seeing that bad defense every week made me very skeptical about a repeat.

    That's because you are a realist, my friend ;) However, I didn't anticipate seeing the Niners/Giants playing for the NFC championship. Strange how things work out(or don't) in the NFL..
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    sports teams make me physically exhausted as does sports radio. basketball, baseball, football, ect,,, all bullshit and all a waste of time for me. hence why i don't watch them. and i don't own a tv anyway. i did have that little red dora explorer television until my landlord wanted it back...im like here, have the little fuckin thing, i need not the little red box of moving pictures with quick tall gigantic men bending over in front of each other, stupid jerseys in the crowd...go number(suck my ball)12...you rule...number 2 is a blowjob artist.

    sporting team owners like that jerry jones in dallas, texas. he's a real prize that prick... dallas cowboy dynasty my frickin ass a rich dick.
    can't stand that dude.
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  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    I'll never understand straight males that aren't into sports
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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    I'll never understand straight males that aren't into sports
    i do understand why many straight males enjoy sports/watching sports. please do not make me post them reasons. :evil:
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    if you act like this

    http://youtu.be/ZjvXxwvg8mc

    then you're probably a loser
  • cowboypjfan
    cowboypjfan Posts: 2,453
    norm wrote:
    if you act like this

    http://youtu.be/ZjvXxwvg8mc

    then you're probably a loser

    :lol: That's why the Pack lost. It was the fuckin sparkles! :lol:

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