Will The MLB Suspend The 2020 season

[notin]

But popularity and importance go hand in hand

 

There is an entire wave of Internet personalities called “influencers,” all of whom are popular. Are any of them important?

[Thunder]

I don’t think that golf courses are public land.

 

But yes, golf sucks. Mark Twain said “Golf is a good walk wasted”

 

There are 3 types of courses: Municipal, public, and private. The munis, as golfers call them, are on public land

[Thunder]

There is an entire wave of Internet personalities called “influencers,” all of whom are popular. Are any of them important?

 

Touche

[Bellhorn04]

I don’t think that golf courses are public land.

 

But yes, golf sucks. Mark Twain said “Golf is a good walk wasted”

 

You'll never hear someone who can actually play the game say that, though.

[Kimmi]

Boring. Waste of public land. Waste of water to maintain. Ruins the environment with over fertilization.

 

I don't watch golf often, but when I do, I enjoy it. I won't watch if it's not the final round though. I have no use for those early rounds.

[Kimmi]

“The Olympics combine two things all Americans hate. Foreigners. And gym!” - Andy Daly

 

LOL

 

I really appreciate the human element side of the Olympics. All the hard work and training the athletes go through for this one moment to experience either the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat. It can be really heart wrenching to watch some athletes and so heart warming to watch others.

 

I know I posted this before, but I thoroughly enjoyed the curling in the last winter Olympics.

[Kimmi]

Yeah you can’t really tackle any other way...

 

I suppose they could play flag football until the pandemic is over.

[Kimmi]

You'll never hear someone who can actually play the game say that, though.

 

Most of the people I talk to think that baseball is boring.

[Bellhorn04]

Most of the people I talk to think that baseball is boring.

 

Yes, a lot of people say baseball is boring.

 

I'm a Canadian who doesn't watch hockey because I find it boring. (It wasn't always that way.)

 

Different strokes for different folks, as always.

[S5Dewey]

You'll never hear someone who can actually play the game say that, though.

 

No, because now most of them ride.

[mvp 78]

I don’t think that golf courses are public land.

 

But yes, golf sucks. Mark Twain said “Golf is a good walk wasted”

 

It should be public land.

[notin]

You'll never hear someone who can actually play the game say that, though.

 

That’s because I don’t listen to people talk about their golf games.

[jad]

You'll never hear someone who can actually play the game say that, though.

 

? You must hit pretty well! I say that after over half my rounds!"

[Elktonnick]

Because we are all bored, I googled the following question. The number of participants in golf, baseball and football. The results may be surprising. Although the NFL may be the most popular Televised sport by ratings, number of Americans playing tackle football has steadily declined from 8.4 million in 2006 to 5.6 million in 2018,https://www.statista.com/statistics/191658/participants-in-tackle-football-in-the-us-since-2006/. The number playing has remained relatively steady from 14.59 million in 2006 to 15.67 million in 2017 https://www.statista.com/statistics/191626/participants-in-baseball-in-the-us-since-2006/

While Golf has shown an increase to 24 million in 2018.https://www.golfadvisor.com/articles/golf-participation-rises-ngf

 

 

No matter how you look at it the number young people actually playing organized American football is steadily declining. That can not be seen as a good thing for the long term viability of that sport.

[S5Dewey]

Because we are all bored, I googled the following question. The number of participants in golf, baseball and football. The results may be surprising. Although the NFL may be the most popular Televised sport by ratings, number of Americans playing tackle football has steadily declined from 8.4 million in 2006 to 5.6 million in 2018,https://www.statista.com/statistics/191658/participants-in-tackle-football-in-the-us-since-2006/. The number playing has remained relatively steady from 14.59 million in 2006 to 15.67 million in 2017 https://www.statista.com/statistics/191626/participants-in-baseball-in-the-us-since-2006/

While Golf has shown an increase to 24 million in 2018.https://www.golfadvisor.com/articles/golf-participation-rises-ngf

 

 

No matter how you look at it the number young people actually playing organized American football is steadily declining. That can not be seen as a good thing for the long term viability of that sport.

 

I can remember Bob Costas being interviewed some years ago and saying (loosely quoted) "If football doesn't do something about the concussion situation I can see them becoming as marginalized a sport as boxing."

 

Here in my state high school participation in football has dwindled every year to the point where the State Principal's Association has instituted 8-man football for schools wishing to play it rather than 11 man. Going into the 2020 season (if there is a 2020 season) there are now 20+ teams that have gone to 8-man over a two year period.

[Elktonnick]

High School football will eventually disappear.

[Bellhorn04]

That’s because I don’t listen to people talk about their golf games.

 

How did you arrive at your low opinion of the game, other than that quote attributed to Twain?

[Elktonnick]

How did you arrive at your low opinion of the game, other than that quote attributed to Twain?

It is highly questionable whether Mark Tawain ever actually first said that.

[notin]

How did you arrive at your low opinion of the game, other than that quote attributed to Twain?

 

I have tried it. Naturally I was not very good, but that never bothers me; I enjoy sports more when I have room to improve. But I was just sooooooooooo bored. Those rounds take FOREVER. I remember getting to the 8th hole and thinking “f***! I still have 10 to go.”

[notin]

It is highly questionable whether Mark Tawain ever actually first said that.

 

Further investigation shows no evidence of that quote until 1948, some 38 years after Twain died. So I suppose the conclusion is obvious. The quote should be attributed to Zombie Twain...

[Elktonnick]

Further investigation shows no evidence of that quote until 1948, some 38 years after Twain died. So I suppose the conclusion is obvious. The quote should be attributed to Zombie Twain...

 

Gladstone is reportedly to have uttered something similar in 1898.

[jad]

I have tried it. Naturally I was not very good, but that never bothers me; I enjoy sports more when I have room to improve. But I was just sooooooooooo bored. Those rounds take FOREVER. I remember getting to the 8th hole and thinking “f***! I still have 10 to go.”

 

That's why I rarely play more than 9.

[mvp 78]

@JeffPassan

South Korea has done as good a job as any country of containing coronavirus -- and now, baseball is being played there, with opening day slated for late April. At ESPN, a look inside how Korea is doing it, through the eyes of Americans playing ball there: https://es.pn/34d3B4F

[notin]

Gladstone is reportedly to have uttered something similar in 1898.

 

He was probably quoting pre-Zombie Twain. Also known as Mark...

[a700hitter]

It should be public land.

Why should it be public land?

[mvp 78]

Why should it be public land?

 

It would be it's best use since golf is lame and takes up too much space.

[a700hitter]

It would be it's best use since golf is lame and takes up too much space.

If it were to be put to better use, the owner should determine that, not the government.

[mvp 78]

@JeffPassan

NEWS: Major League Baseball and the MLBPA are focusing on a plan backed by federal health officials that could have players in training camps by May and games soon thereafter.

 

Details at ESPN on how MLB may return -- and the difficulty in doing so:

[notin]

Latest report has all teams potentially heading to Arizona with the season starting as early as May. June seems more realistic.

 

A lot of this does depend on the availability of rapid corona virus testing...

[mvp 78]

Latest report has all teams potentially heading to Arizona with the season starting as early as May. June seems more realistic.

 

A lot of this does depend on the availability of rapid corona virus testing...

 

And when COVID goes to AZ? Cancel the season again? This just doesn't make much sense IMO.