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On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:55:16 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


I don't "favor" athletes for their intellectual abilities, but I am sure
for you the typical brain-damaged footballer is a hero to you because he
was brave enough to risk his thinking ability for money.

Most popular sports involve some physical risk. Until very recently
the main risk for baseball players was drug/hormone related.

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wrote:
On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:05:44 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Keyser Soze Wrote in message:

I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers.
You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't
the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe
to?

Harry doesn't understand virtually all of the NFL players are college
graduates. Baseball rules allow recruiting straight from high school
when they are not taking illiterate kids from 3d world countries.


And once again you guessed wrong. I am aware college footballers

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On 8/19/16 11:02 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
wrote:
On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:05:44 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Keyser Soze Wrote in message:

I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers.
You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't
the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe
to?

Harry doesn't understand virtually all of the NFL players are college
graduates. Baseball rules allow recruiting straight from high school
when they are not taking illiterate kids from 3d world countries.


And once again you guessed wrong. I am aware college footballers
sometimes have college degrees...and for a number of them, college is just a body building, skill refining prep school.
As for illiterates, well, who knows their actual reading abilities, eh?

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On 8/19/16 10:35 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 09:55:16 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:


I don't "favor" athletes for their intellectual abilities, but I am sure
for you the typical brain-damaged footballer is a hero to you because he
was brave enough to risk his thinking ability for money.

Most popular sports involve some physical risk. Until very recently
the main risk for baseball players was drug/hormone related.


"Some" physical risk, eh? Other than the obvious ones, what are the
sports that might result in serious injuries inflicted by other players
as frequently as American football?

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Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/19/16 9:05 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 8/18/16 11:38 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote:
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.


They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk
serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in
every practice and game.


For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob
a gas station. Whose dumb?


Moronic comparison.


And yours was not?




To what comparison of mine in this thread are you referring, Bilious, or
are you as usual just drooling?



I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers.
You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't
the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe
to?



I don't "favor" athletes for their intellectual abilities, but I am sure
for you the typical brain-damaged footballer is a hero to you because he
was brave enough to risk his thinking ability for money.


Use to scuba dive with a guy, who played for Green Bay. Had better degrees
than you. Ended up a math teacher.

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Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 11:38 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote:
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.


They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk
serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in
every practice and game.


For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob
a gas station. Whose dumb?


Moronic comparison.


And yours was not?




To what comparison of mine in this thread are you referring, Bilious, or
are you as usual just drooling?



Another moronic reply by you.

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On 8/19/16 1:19 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/19/16 9:05 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 8/18/16 11:38 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote:
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.


They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk
serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in
every practice and game.


For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob
a gas station. Whose dumb?


Moronic comparison.


And yours was not?




To what comparison of mine in this thread are you referring, Bilious, or
are you as usual just drooling?



I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers.
You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't
the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe
to?



I don't "favor" athletes for their intellectual abilities, but I am sure
for you the typical brain-damaged footballer is a hero to you because he
was brave enough to risk his thinking ability for money.


Use to scuba dive with a guy, who played for Green Bay. Had better degrees
than you. Ended up a math teacher.


Yawn. I have a friend who was All-Pro a few times and has two Super Bowl
rings. I'm sure he's smarter than you are, because he retired *before*
he was permanently injured and hasn't fallen off any roofs.

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Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/19/16 1:19 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/19/16 9:05 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 8/18/16 11:38 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 3:27 PM, Califbill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/18/16 1:08 PM, Califbill wrote:
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.


They can't possibly be as dumb as football players, who willingly risk
serious, debilitating head injuries and other crippling injuries in
every practice and game.


For multiple million $$$ legally. While others risk jail and death to rob
a gas station. Whose dumb?


Moronic comparison.


And yours was not?




To what comparison of mine in this thread are you referring, Bilious, or
are you as usual just drooling?



I think it was the relative dumbness baseballers and footballers.
You don't seem to favor the more educated footballers. Why? Isn't
the quantity of higher education the only measure you subscribe
to?



I don't "favor" athletes for their intellectual abilities, but I am sure
for you the typical brain-damaged footballer is a hero to you because he
was brave enough to risk his thinking ability for money.


Use to scuba dive with a guy, who played for Green Bay. Had better degrees
than you. Ended up a math teacher.


Yawn. I have a friend who was All-Pro a few times and has two Super Bowl
rings. I'm sure he's smarter than you are, because he retired *before*
he was permanently injured and hasn't fallen off any roofs.


Probably, like you, hires it done. HID?

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On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:31:27 -0400, wrote:

First, congrats to our winners, particularly the girls.
,,, But I was thinking about Harry saying he wasn't watching them and
why they were so compelling for us.
I think it is because we are on vacation, trying to forget the
world's problems and this is a very isolating thing to watch on TV. No
war, no flood, fire or killing and no Hillary or Donald.
This is just an unworldly place where outstanding athletes are doing
impossible things and nobody is really fighting. They all hug when it
is over.
It made the TV something we were willing to turn on even if we were
not really watching it that much. Occasionally we were riveted. You
have to watch those little girls flying through the air. (even if Aly
Raisman's Mom couldn't) ;-)

We had the Olympics on the whole time we were at Gettysburg. Most of the time we were at the stage,
but when at the trailer the Olympics were on. Enjoyed almost all of them, but there were a bunch of
disappointments also.