World Series Thread

[Bil522]

I still can't believe the NFL allows ties. They're the gayest thing in sports imo.

My friend, I present to you the top 10 reasons why I hate soccer:

Games can end 0–0.
Ninety minutes of running… and nobody scores. It’s like watching two people argue and then shake hands. It’s nihilism with shin guards.

The mysterious “extra time.”
No one knows how long the game will last... not the players, not the fans, not even the commentators! It’s like watching the world’s most stressful surprise party. Everyone’s just standing there wondering, ‘Is it over? Are we still doing this?'

Players flop like they’ve been shot.
A gentle tap? Cue Oscar-worthy acting and rolling around like they’ve been hit by a truck. Then, after it is apparent no foul will be called they jump up and sprint away like nothing happened. Jeezus.

The fans are utterly insane.
You can’t even mention another club without someone threatening to fight you in the parking lot. Wear the wrong scarf and someone will burn a fucking bus or an orphanage.

Ties are just... fine?
You can invest your entire Sunday morning, watching twenty-two men run around like caffeinated ants, only for it to end in a scoreline that looks like binary code. One. Nil. Congratulations, I guess?

Low scoring = low excitement.
Fans call it ‘the beautiful game.’ Sure, if your definition of beauty is ninety minutes of people almost doing something. It’s like watching your Wi-Fi buffer for an hour and convincing yourself it’s poetry. I've had more fun watching the aquarium screensaver on my 1995 iMac.

The “offside” rule is chaos.
Every time someone explains the offside rule, I understand it a little less. It’s like tax law, but with grass.

Clock runs upward.
Every other sport counts down. Soccer? “Nah, let’s count up to 90, then add some mystery minutes.”

Penalty shootouts decide world championships.
Hours of strategy, teamwork, and athleticism… all undone by a one-on-one guessing game between a kicker and a goalie.

Need I say more? Ug, what a dumb sport.

I know I am coming late to this party but I had to ask this question BM....You have always seemed like a well educated, thoughtful gentleman, so how can it possibly be that hard for you to understand that 2 players in the defensive half of the field(one can be the goalie but does not have to be) have to between the ball and any offensive player at the time the ball is shot or passed to be onside? If there is only 1 it is offside. If there are 2 or more it is onside. It really is that simple

Other than that I enjoy the spectacle of soccer much more than the game of soccer. But other than you not understanding the simplicity of offside, I could not agree with you more.

[bpj]

Soccer's a great sport for guys who cant play a real sport.

I've specifically avoided bothering to even learn the rules of soccer because A) they're stupid, and B) it doesn't matter, it's still a bunch of peewees running around. It's like hockey minus the sticks and testosterone.

[Lamda]

Glad LAD won - didn't think Toronto should have beat us....

[mostonmike]

Couldn't disagree more about LA's victory, Lamda old boy. Nothing worse than a Dodgers empire victory. Justifies their financial chicanery.

Of course they are entitled to spend what they want but deferring $680 million of someone's wage until 2034-2043 is dodgy.

Bonillaesque contracts should be banned for the sake of smaller teams, one of whom might try something similar just to compete and then come spectacularly unstuck with it. Or at least they need to nominally count the salary each team pays its players in the season they are supposedly paying it.

Salary caps are not right either but there has to be fair play and transparency with the financial rules. The Dodgers have avoided $24 million luxury tax for each of the next 10 years. Legitimate, but is it morally fair?

But this year I just cannot face watching the World Series. I have barely bothered with the highlights. If it goes 6 or 7, I am not bothering to tune in. Not at all. Its just too painful to think it could be us playing in it.

I did watch the games on demand in the end, just like ye olden days on VHS. So I will give credit to both teams for the standard of play. It was a good advert for the game on a playing level.

It just would have been a better advert if Canada could have denied them with a walk-off.

[D-train]

I still can't believe the NFL allows ties. They're the gayest thing in sports imo.

My friend, I present to you the top 10 reasons why I hate soccer:

Games can end 0–0.
Ninety minutes of running… and nobody scores. It’s like watching two people argue and then shake hands. It’s nihilism with shin guards.

The mysterious “extra time.”
No one knows how long the game will last... not the players, not the fans, not even the commentators! It’s like watching the world’s most stressful surprise party. Everyone’s just standing there wondering, ‘Is it over? Are we still doing this?'

Players flop like they’ve been shot.
A gentle tap? Cue Oscar-worthy acting and rolling around like they’ve been hit by a truck. Then, after it is apparent no foul will be called they jump up and sprint away like nothing happened. Jeezus.

The fans are utterly insane.
You can’t even mention another club without someone threatening to fight you in the parking lot. Wear the wrong scarf and someone will burn a fucking bus or an orphanage.

Ties are just... fine?
You can invest your entire Sunday morning, watching twenty-two men run around like caffeinated ants, only for it to end in a scoreline that looks like binary code. One. Nil. Congratulations, I guess?

Low scoring = low excitement.
Fans call it ‘the beautiful game.’ Sure, if your definition of beauty is ninety minutes of people almost doing something. It’s like watching your Wi-Fi buffer for an hour and convincing yourself it’s poetry. I've had more fun watching the aquarium screensaver on my 1995 iMac.

The “offside” rule is chaos.
Every time someone explains the offside rule, I understand it a little less. It’s like tax law, but with grass.

Clock runs upward.
Every other sport counts down. Soccer? “Nah, let’s count up to 90, then add some mystery minutes.”

Penalty shootouts decide world championships.
Hours of strategy, teamwork, and athleticism… all undone by a one-on-one guessing game between a kicker and a goalie.

Need I say more? Ug, what a dumb sport.

I know I am coming late to this party but I had to ask this question BM....You have always seemed like a well educated, thoughtful gentleman, so how can it possibly be that hard for you to understand that 2 players in the defensive half of the field(one can be the goalie but does not have to be) have to between the ball and any offensive player at the time the ball is shot or passed to be onside? If there is only 1 it is offside. If there are 2 or more it is onside. It really is that simple

Other than that I enjoy the spectacle of soccer much more than the game of soccer. But other than you not understanding the simplicity of offside, I could not agree with you more.

It's a stupid rule. Why make a game where it is almost impossible to score even harder to score?

[Sibelius Hindemith]

It's like throwing a flag on the offense if a receiver gets behind the safeties.

[mostonmike]

It's a stupid rule. Why make a game where it is almost impossible to score even harder to score?

I'm trying my best not to bite . But the offside rule is to stop "goal hanging" - where you could just leave two or three players stood right in front of the goal throughout the game. So when you gain possession, you load another 3 or 4 in the same area.

The game would turn into Hail Mary type plays - for the whole 90 fkn minutes - even worse than the game already is. (if that is possible you would say)

Isn't there a line of scrimmage or summat in NFL? Its almost exactly the same.

[D-train]

But the Defenders could play man-to-man coverage on the Cherry Pickers and it would still be challenging to score right am I missing something?

[D-train]

The other idea I had was to not allow a goalie to use his hands. How many goals are saved only because he can use his hands Maybe three to five per match?

[Big_Maple]

I know I am coming late to this party but I had to ask this question BM....You have always seemed like a well educated, thoughtful gentleman, so how can it possibly be that hard for you to understand that 2 players in the defensive half of the field(one can be the goalie but does not have to be) have to between the ball and any offensive player at the time the ball is shot or passed to be onside? If there is only 1 it is offside. If there are 2 or more it is onside. It really is that simple

Other than that I enjoy the spectacle of soccer much more than the game of soccer. But other than you not understanding the simplicity of offside, I could not agree with you more.

I understand the principle involved. There is the same offside rule in hockey. But at least in hockey, they have a hard line on the ice where you can clearly see whether the buck or the offensive player crosses first.

In soccer there is also a degree of subjectivity built in. Determining when a player illegally impacts the game is a judgement call, not a black-and-white rule, which leads to varying decisions depending on the specific referee and situation.

So when I watch soccer and I ask “why was that offside” or “ why was that NOT offside” I can never get a clear answer.