Comments on: CURIOUS INDEX, 6/4/08

By: blon57

blon57 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:30:20 +0000

#17 & #18

Having spent my entire life around football (most of my male relatives are playing and/or played the game, most made it to the collegiate level and above), nothing compares to football. Period.

By: twogreattastes

twogreattastes — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:41:06 +0000

Also, blon 57, any guy that tells you that you don’t get baseball because you’re a woman is a total dipshit and deserves to be dumped.

By: twogreattastes

twogreattastes — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:39:31 +0000

Blon 57, you probably find baseball boring, not because you’re a woman, but because you don’t realize the level of strategy involved. For every single action in the game, there is a conscious decision made as to why that action is the best one to take. Every pitch to every hitter has a thought out decision behind it. Many people, women and men alike, either aren’t aware of this, or simply don’t care to acknowledge the ultimate chess match that a well-played baseball game is.

To counter the baseball is so boring it needs accounting line, I offer this: Baseball is slow only to the slow minded.

By: The Penguin

The Penguin — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:04:15 +0000

“Nothing happens in baseball; that’s why people resort to accounting to keep it interesting. ” Absolutely spectacular! I’m a baseball fan, myself, but this line is brilliant beyond measure. +1, or whatever.

By: gerry dorsey

gerry dorsey — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:58:24 +0000

i’m not watching that video before breakfast, after breakfast, or any other time.

By: Coop

Coop — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:42:00 +0000

I feel confident that George Will could kick your ass. He looks cagey.

That SNL sketch where Carvey played Will hosting a game show “Baseball Jeopardy,” which ended with Tommy Lasorda and Mike Schmidt chasing Will with bats, maybe maybe not, was funny though.

By: AUgrad

AUgrad — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:29:12 +0000

Maybe not the fifteen day test match (5, 15, what’s the difference after the first hour?), but you can definitely try watching the newest (and shortest) version of cricket – Twenty 20.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro20

By: blon57

blon57 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:19:49 +0000

It is good to hear that some men think baseball is boring. I’ve always felt that the sport is as exciting as watching grass grow. I never understood the devotion. Guys told me it was because I was a woman. I dumped a boyfriend that played baseball for my college team. I told him that I refused to go watch him play and if he couldn’t live with that..well, we were finished.

The guy ended up playing in the majors. Definitely dodged a bullet on that relationship. I can’t imagine spending hours at a damn baseball game several times a week. Probably would have ended up in divorce court over my refusal to go to any games.

By: Orson Swindle

Orson Swindle — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:47:15 +0000

We read in an article in Wired about the Ferrari/McLaren scandal. The downforce from an F1 car is so powerful that, in theory, the cars could drive on the roof of the tunnel at Monte Carlo.

By: shovel pass

shovel pass — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:33:35 +0000

ok, lets ask the obvious question. In the Pugh case, was the owner of the car alive or dead?

By: Jester

Jester — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:30:34 +0000

Does anybody have any WVU MBA’s lying around…I’m all outta dimp paper.

By: CincySooner

CincySooner — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:25:41 +0000

“at least it has violence”… so true.

Orson, feel free to link to The Enumerative anytime a new list comes out. The Force is strong with this idea.

By: Crabapple Buck

Crabapple Buck — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:21:40 +0000

Pay attention Michigan, this is your future!

Happy birthday Doug. 30 isn’t bad, but you begin the slide closer to 50. I’m middle age if I live to be 102.

I thought the corrections came on Friday. I stand corrected. I wonder if Tebow could have made a noticeable difference in the Syracuse offense last year. Jim Brown cries himself to sleep at the state of SU football.

By: OhioDawg

OhioDawg — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:13:58 +0000

I think Tebow would like to thank the 6 pound 8 ounce baby Jesus who, in turn, would like to thank him for a nice job at the bris.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:13:06 +0000

Well, I turned 30 today, so they say now’s as good a time as any to schedule a physical and get my own Pugh probed. I’ll let you know if they find anything serious.