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But not Gilderoy Lockhart
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Deep in the State of Confusion
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I'm working to learn to like Ice Hockey and Soccer...
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Hockey's action packed anyway. Even though I played baseball in HS, I've never been able to watch it. I always figured it was me, till I asked a friend of mine who was a great pitcher in college and got a few looks from the pros, and his response was, "No, I never watch it either. It's slow."
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: gang aft agley
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As the (mis)quote goes: Ten minutes of action crammed into three hours.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Yeah, i mean, it's all about what happens between the pitcher and the catcher. Knowing the batter's weak spots or where we need to throw the ball depending on how many guys on base, where they are, what the score is, how many outs there are. If you can get into that- and there is something to it, as left brain as it is- then I think the narrative can hold your interest.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: gang aft agley
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I can enjoy the pitcher/batter chess game, but the outcome is usually disappointing
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Apr 2012
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What do you mean, Ken?
Here we are burying football, and the body's not even cold yet. |
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DANG!
Join Date: May 2009
Location: 7th Heaven
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Yep, and the
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Apr 2012
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A Gentleman of a refined age...
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Out side the beltway...
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I took a my kids and group of friends and their kids to see a Capitals Ice Hockey game about 10 years ago. None of us had been to one before and I had gotten 20 free tickets from my employer.
All the kids talked about was if there would be a fight or not. Well is was a very quiet game and shortly before the 2nd period ended, my daughter needed to go to the rest room. She was 13 so I escorted her and a group of other kids to the restroom. While we were gone, a fight broke out and the ice was cleared by time we got back. The kids were so disappointed they missed the one and only fight. Caps won, but they didn't care... I also took them to Nascar events, but all they cared about was if they would get to see a big wreck in person... Both now follow football, my son is a Dallas Fan and my daughter is a Redskin fan. (Not sure where I went wrong with my son.) My son also now golfs and pushes me to go along. I asked him, "do golfers get in fights and are there golf cart wrecks at high speeds?" "No dad." "Then I think I'll pass..."
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A bit of snow's better than nothing
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lost in the Wyoming mountains. Don't try to rescue me.
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When football's over, I wish I could find curling.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: gang aft agley
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Yes, but I'm already mourning.....
I know the fat lady's coming. I tremble in the thunder of her footsteps.
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Sockpuppet
Join Date: Jan 2013
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A Gentleman of a refined age...
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Out side the beltway...
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Family gatherings are real interesting during football season. But so far, no heavy artillary has been involved.
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Pennsylvania
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The 49ers would've been beaten handily by the Falcons if Matt Ryan wasn't a huge choke artist, who completely fell apart in the second half. And the Falcone are a pretty soft team compared to the Ravens. Flacco has only played in a dome 3 times in his career. He's droolong right now. And he can make those high risk throws because he has one of the best arms in NFL history. Last edited by Ed Panther; 01-31-2013 at 03:27 AM. |
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Megalops Erectus
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Florida (West Central)
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As I've mentioned before, please let's keep the trash talk out of this thread. We're all adults here who should be able to express our feelings without lowering our standards of discourse by demeaning players and fans and teams and whatnot. I expect this from all of us here, and not just Ed, whose comments I merely happened to use as an example. |
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the philosophical pegasus
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: In the land of dragons
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I will agree that the Ravens right now are a much better team than the Falcons. It seems like the Ravens play to win while the Falcons play not to lose. You saw that in their playoff games. Ravens would go toe to toe with the Broncos and the Pats on the road. Hell, they shut down the Pats in the second half. Falcons on the other hand do not know how to finish a game and it damn near cost them against the Seahawks (honestly, the Hawks defense lost that game more than the Falcons won it), and it did cost them against the 49ers.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Enough pregame already!
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Maybe some of you heard the story John Harbaugh told about his brother, Jim. They were playing little league baseball together and Jim was on the mound, when the only girl in the league came up to bat. Turns out she was crowding the plate a little, so as any smart pitcher would do Jim was brushing her back, with some inside fastballs so that a strike might be called a strike. But to no desirable effect. So Jim did the only thing that he could do. He threw the next one right at the young lady and when she turned it caught her square in the back. That drew a round of boos from the crowd, but it did show a competitive spirit.
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Everyone enjoy the game and have a fun day. It's been a fun season.
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A Gentleman of a refined age...
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Out side the beltway...
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CBS is so lame...
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I'm not a bitch! I'm English!
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: England
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It's just come on over here so we've got about half an hour of nonsense before it starts.
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I'm not a bitch! I'm English!
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: England
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And for studio links we've got Mark Chapman, Mike Carlson and Willy McGuinness. (sp?)
Who's commentating?
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: Apr 2012
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I'm not a bitch! I'm English!
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: England
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Ah, I didn't know they were the Sandy Hook children.
May I ask why your Anthem isn't sung as an anthem any more? It seems a shame to me that the crowd can't join in.
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I'm not a bitch! I'm English!
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: England
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Looks like this could be a good game.
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