wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote:

I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there
was a clock. The pace is just tedious.


Part of a good game's charm is its pace.

Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching
their balls does not interest me.


Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. 😄

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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote:

I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there
was a clock. The pace is just tedious.


Part of a good game's charm is its pace.

Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching
their balls does not interest me.


Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ?

Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally
interrupted by some kind of skating game.
SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down
every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other
northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket
for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop
and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the
time. Way less than watching them up there.

wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote:

I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there
was a clock. The pace is just tedious.


Part of a good game's charm is its pace.

Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching
their balls does not interest me.


Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ?

Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally
interrupted by some kind of skating game.
SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down
every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other
northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket
for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop
and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the
time. Way less than watching them up there.


I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually
doing something.

On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 6:22:45 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:31:10 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


Besides, the olympics aren't "professional" sports.


Really?

http://moneyramblings.com/money-olympic-athletes-earn/


– Azerbaijan will pay $510,000 to their athletes if they bring home gold
medal from Olympic Games in Sochi.

– Singapore was ready to pay $800,000 for gold medals in London Olympic
Games.

– In United States, government pays $25,000 to gold winners, $15,000 to
those who earn silver, and $10,000 for bronze.

– On top of monetary compensation, some countries offer luxury cars,
apartments, and even supply of food to those who bring home medals.

Biles is going to get a $5 million training stipend for the 2020 plus
all of the other money she will make. She is already popping up in
commercials and I suppose a number of them will be on NBC's American
Ninja show.

Of course, all that is a far cry from professional sports, where you can be a mediocre player on a lousy team with a less than .500 winning record and still be a millionaire.

If we paid professional athletes the same way olympic athletes are "compensated", there would be no professional sports teams.

On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote:

I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there
was a clock. The pace is just tedious.


Part of a good game's charm is its pace.

Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching
their balls does not interest me.


Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ?

Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally
interrupted by some kind of skating game.
SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down
every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other
northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket
for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop
and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the
time. Way less than watching them up there.


I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually
doing something.



Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid.
In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when,
I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a
friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn
Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team.

On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 20:46:24 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote:

I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there
was a clock. The pace is just tedious.


Part of a good game's charm is its pace.

Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching
their balls does not interest me.


Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ?

Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally
interrupted by some kind of skating game.
SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down
every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other
northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket
for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop
and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the
time. Way less than watching them up there.


I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually
doing something.

Radio? I think I used to have one of those things. Do they still
broadcast?

On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote:

I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if
there
was a clock. The pace is just tedious.


Part of a good game's charm is its pace.

Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching
their balls does not interest me.


Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ?

Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally
interrupted by some kind of skating game.
SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down
every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other
northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket
for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop
and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the
time. Way less than watching them up there.


I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while
actually
doing something.



Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid.
In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when,
I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a
friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn
Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team.

Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too
boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their
noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching
that gets you excited?

On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote:

I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if
there
was a clock. The pace is just tedious.


Part of a good game's charm is its pace.

Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching
their balls does not interest me.


Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ?

Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally
interrupted by some kind of skating game.
SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down
every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other
northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket
for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop
and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the
time. Way less than watching them up there.


I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while
actually
doing something.



Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid.
In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when,
I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a
friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn
Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team.

Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too
boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their
noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching
that gets you excited?



Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship,
and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a
nekulturny asshole like you.

wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 20:46:24 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote:

I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if there
was a clock. The pace is just tedious.


Part of a good game's charm is its pace.

Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching
their balls does not interest me.


Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ?

Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally
interrupted by some kind of skating game.
SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down
every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other
northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket
for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop
and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the
time. Way less than watching them up there.


I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while actually
doing something.

Radio? I think I used to have one of those things. Do they still
broadcast?


Yup. You can still hear the Hillary screeching,but do not have to see her.

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 9:09 AM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 8/18/2016 8:18 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/17/16 9:46 PM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:43:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

wrote:
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 16:08:09 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 8/17/16 3:36 PM, wrote:

I can't get interested in baseball at all. It might be better if
there
was a clock. The pace is just tedious.


Part of a good game's charm is its pace.

Watching guys standing around spitting tobacco juice and scratching
their balls does not interest me.


Probably less of that in northern Michigan than sw Florida. ?

Certainly. They have hockey here, a fist fight, occasionally
interrupted by some kind of skating game.
SW Florida has lots of baseball, mostly northern teams coming down
every winter to train where it is not snowing and a ****load of other
northerners coming to watch. A lot of times you can get a free ticket
for the farm teams, just by buying a slurpee or a hot dog at the shop
and rob. The real teams can still be seen pretty cheap most of the
time. Way less than watching them up there.


I like baseball on the radio. Nice, interesting background while
actually
doing something.



Loved listening to baseball in the summer on the radio when I was a kid.
In the early 1950s, I don't remember exactly when,
I saw my first major league baseball game *in color* at the home of a
friend whose parents had *big* money. I'm pretty sure it was a Brooklyn
Dodgers game...the Bums were my favorite team.

Seeing a baseball game is like watching grass grow. too slow. too
boring. Too many players on the field just standing around picking their
noses, spitting, and scratching their balls. Is it the ball scratching
that gets you excited?



Baseball is a game of finesse, patience, intellectuality, sportsmanship,
and more, all attributes that obviously would have no appeal to a
nekulturny asshole like you.


Intellectuality? Some of the dumbest people play that game at a high
level.