Favorite Sports

Ra · 08-15-2002, 06:25 PM

What sports do you all follow?

I only watch soccer (when its on) sumo (when its on) and Mixed Martial Arts (UFC and Pride etc.).

elSicomoro · 08-15-2002, 07:24 PM

I'll watch just about anything, but primarily American football, hockey, baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, and lacrosse. I can't watch golf for too long...it makes me sleepy.

Oh, and let me just make it clear for those not in the know...let's just face it right now. You all know that the St. Louis Rams are going to avenge last year's sloppy Super Bowl. And Hubris STILL owes me dinner.

Griff · 08-16-2002, 06:51 AM

Baseball live, radio, and tv majors or minors until they go on strike, American Football only on tv, Soccer every four years plus the occasional live MLS game but I don't follow their standings. We've got AHL hockey again so we'll catch a couple live games. I also hit the occasional Jr Sr high school wrestling tournament.

btw golf is not a sport

perth · 08-16-2002, 07:07 AM

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btw golf is not a sport

yeah, but theres no better sleep aid than golf on tv.

i used to hate watching baseball, but ive become much more interested lately. i watch the rockies quite a bit. i suspect i watch it more for the same reason that people slow down to see an accident than for the "love of the game".

~james

vsp · 08-16-2002, 09:00 AM

Hockey is, by a wide margin, my number one. I have a 15-game plan for the (AHL) Philadelphia Phantoms each year, and have started making the trek up to catch some (ECHL) Reading Royals games as well.

I like baseball, I like football, but I don't watch much of either one. I watch it more when either the Phillies or Eagles are playing games that are actually meaningful, which limits my viewing time; the last time the Phillies played a meaningful game was close to a decade ago.

I have respect for soccer, but don't watch it, unless it's one of the FIFA games for the PlayStation (and even then, it's me watching a friend play; I can't get into console sports games much).

I loathe basketball with a passion.

Undertoad · 08-16-2002, 09:37 AM

Football: I'll watch every Eagles game and a handful of other games, about half of the playoff games and the super bowl. I have several "oh wow" stories from the 1998-9 seasons where I worked on the Eagles website.

Hockey: I'll watch about 15 select Flyers games and most Flyers playoff games, and go to about 2 per season. I won't watch a full game of any other team during the regular season. I'll watch a handful of playoff games of other teams and as much of the Cup Final as I can catch, but I won't skip a social occasion to see 'em.

Soccer: spent a year of my growing-up in England, so it's deeply rooted in me, but there's no local MLS squad, and it's hard to follow the English leagues from here.

Basketball: despise it.

Baseball: mostly boycotted since the 94 strike.

Computer: enjoy almost all sports games on computer, but still don't have a console (to my shame). Play a lot of EA: NHL, FIFA. I also enjoy career league simulations, where you get to be the general manager of a team. It's like fantasy football on steroids, a rare niche of games that a minority of computer gamers go for. (You have to be that rare combination of total nerd and sports fan.)

That Guy · 08-16-2002, 11:41 AM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
I have several "oh wow" stories from the 1998-9 seasons where I worked on the Eagles website.

Would you mind posting one or a few?

Griff · 08-16-2002, 12:02 PM

One day while the Toad was installing video cameras in the cheerleaders locker room...

vsp · 08-16-2002, 12:08 PM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
Computer: enjoy almost all sports games on computer, but still don't have a console (to my shame). Play a lot of EA: NHL, FIFA. I also enjoy career league simulations, where you get to be the general manager of a team. It's like fantasy football on steroids, a rare niche of games that a minority of computer gamers go for. (You have to be that rare combination of total nerd and sports fan.) [/b]

I spent somewhere between 27.4% and 32.3% of my youth playing Micro League Baseball on my old Apple II. Nothing else compares.

(Marty Bystrom, 1980 Philadelphia Phillies, was my secret weapon.)

headsplice · 08-16-2002, 12:37 PM

the Wild, the Vikings, the Thunder, and (becuase of my roomate) the Timberwolves are all on at some point or another in my place. I don't follow them avdily, but, I just moved about six blocks from the Excel Energy Center (where the Wild play) so I want to go to some hockey games this winter.

08-15-2002, 06:25 PM	#1
Ra Resident-in-Training Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 7	Favorite Sports What sports do you all follow? I only watch soccer (when its on) sumo (when its on) and Mixed Martial Arts (UFC and Pride etc.). __________________ This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time.

08-16-2002, 06:51 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Baseball live, radio, and tv majors or minors until they go on strike, American Football only on tv, Soccer every four years plus the occasional live MLS game but I don't follow their standings. We've got AHL hockey again so we'll catch a couple live games. I also hit the occasional Jr Sr high school wrestling tournament. btw golf is not a sport __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-16-2002, 12:02 PM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	One day while the Toad was installing video cameras in the cheerleaders locker room... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-16-2002, 12:37 PM	#10
headsplice Relaxed Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 676	the Wild, the Vikings, the Thunder, and (becuase of my roomate) the Timberwolves are all on at some point or another in my place. I don't follow them avdily, but, I just moved about six blocks from the Excel Energy Center (where the Wild play) so I want to go to some hockey games this winter. __________________ Don't Panic

08-15-2002, 07:24 PM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I'll watch just about anything, but primarily American football, hockey, baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, and lacrosse. I can't watch golf for too long...it makes me sleepy. Oh, and let me just make it clear for those not in the know...let's just face it right now. You all know that the St. Louis Rams are going to avenge last year's sloppy Super Bowl. And Hubris STILL owes me dinner.

08-16-2002, 09:00 AM	#5
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Hockey is, by a wide margin, my number one. I have a 15-game plan for the (AHL) Philadelphia Phantoms each year, and have started making the trek up to catch some (ECHL) Reading Royals games as well. I like baseball, I like football, but I don't watch much of either one. I watch it more when either the Phillies or Eagles are playing games that are actually meaningful, which limits my viewing time; the last time the Phillies played a meaningful game was close to a decade ago. I have respect for soccer, but don't watch it, unless it's one of the FIFA games for the PlayStation (and even then, it's me watching a friend play; I can't get into console sports games much). I loathe basketball with a passion.

08-16-2002, 09:37 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Football: I'll watch every Eagles game and a handful of other games, about half of the playoff games and the super bowl. I have several "oh wow" stories from the 1998-9 seasons where I worked on the Eagles website. Hockey: I'll watch about 15 select Flyers games and most Flyers playoff games, and go to about 2 per season. I won't watch a full game of any other team during the regular season. I'll watch a handful of playoff games of other teams and as much of the Cup Final as I can catch, but I won't skip a social occasion to see 'em. Soccer: spent a year of my growing-up in England, so it's deeply rooted in me, but there's no local MLS squad, and it's hard to follow the English leagues from here. Basketball: despise it. Baseball: mostly boycotted since the 94 strike. Computer: enjoy almost all sports games on computer, but still don't have a console (to my shame). Play a lot of EA: NHL, FIFA. I also enjoy career league simulations, where you get to be the general manager of a team. It's like fantasy football on steroids, a rare niche of games that a minority of computer gamers go for. (You have to be that rare combination of total nerd and sports fan.)

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