speculawyer
Member
I didn't even know that Canada still had MLB teams. I remember the Montreal Expos.
It must suck to watch American teams win the NHL Stanley Cup all the time
with Canadian players.
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NHL October 2014 |OT| Leafs Suck, And Then You Die
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I didn't even know that Canada still had MLB teams. I remember the Montreal Expos.
It must suck to watch American teams win the NHL Stanley Cup all the time
speculawyer
Member
Meh.
Hockey>>>>>>>Football>Soccer>>>>Basketball>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>baseball
Baseball is slow as shit.
In basketball, the first 3/4s of the game doesn't matter.
Football might be too dangerous due to CTE though.
whoa
is the cursor supposed to lag really bad on purpose or is that just firefox?
You're breaking my heart!!!
Unhandled Exception
Member
Mega Man Soccer only good Soccer
until you run out of specials to use
speculawyer
Member
Spec, you sound like a commie.
You know how I feel about commies.
I'm from Minnesota, I like Hockey, I love Neil Young (and have seen him in concert many times), I'ma Gwynne Dyer follower, and I literally just ate Poutine for dinner. So don't make an enemy out of me, I'm as Canadian and Americans get. You'll want to be my friend when we eventually invade Canada to take the Alberta Tar Sands.
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
speculawyer
Member
Oh come on. He is right about baseball.
HadesGigas
Member
Sabres setting records!
Fata1moose
Banned
Confirmation that you read the communist manifesto.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Minnesota is a lovey state to fly over.
Just imagine how many goals they'd have if the Canes weren't around to get beat up on earlier
speculawyer
Member
Well you walked into that one. I'm FROM Minnesota. I now live in California. Sharks fan.
But Minnesota is still great, FUCK YOU.
Spec, do you hate Good Canadian Kids?
Do you wear a visor?
Your thoughts on Hertl's classlessness?
Demolish it. It's aged so poorly. The capacity is at least 30% too much, turf is an absolute joke. Statute of Ted is just a kick in the balls.
Fuck Rogers, free the Blue Jays.
Re-sign Melky ;_;
Zombie James
Banned
My most hated rule. Right up there with the instigator rule.
speculawyer
Member
Thems fighting words.
Of course not. Also, "soccer" and "intense" don't go together.
They over performed a bit that year but they were still a really good team. Definitely had a shot at it.
CrazedArabMan
Member
Everything is a suburb of Detroit.
My two favourite sports are hockey and soccer, so I can't subscribe to the idea that soccer is boring. There are definitely some stinkers, like there are in any sport, but there's generally something to get excited about in every game, and the buildup of play is fun to watch.
Baseball is...yeah. It's fun live because you can do whatever else, but I can't really force myself to watch it that much on television. Still a Blue Jays supporter, but I don't care about the rest of the MLB. I guess I'm more of a Jays fan than a baseball fan.
Baseball is...yeah. It's fun live because you can do whatever else, but I can't really force myself to watch it that much on television. Still a Blue Jays supporter, but I don't care about the rest of the MLB. I guess I'm more of a Jays fan than a baseball fan.
You missed an awesome World Cup final. I get that it's not for everyone and that there's no chance of changing some people's minds about a sport, though. We like what we like.
You just described 80% of Blue Jay fans.
I'm cool with it. I probably described a lot of Leafs, Habs, Pens, Hawks, etc. fans too. Don't think there's anything wrong with that mentality either. If you're watching the games, buying the merch, and helping the team to keep going, who cares?
Only if you make physical contact with as many people as possible and I get to film it.
A Serious Man
Member
Soccer is legit, baseball is Nyquil though. Thankfully its entire fanbase will be dead within the next 20 years and I'll never have to hear about it again.
And yet they're still ahead of the Hurricanes in the standings.
And yet they're still ahead of the Hurricanes in the standings.
CrazedArabMan
Member
My two favorite sports are playing hockey, followed closely by watching hockey/watching the Wings win.
My two least favorite sports are baseball, and watching the Wings lose.
My two least favorite sports are baseball, and watching the Wings lose.
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
Naw. At least playoff baseball is cool to watch.
Calamari41
41 > 38
I can get behind this. Any razor close basketball game can be experienced in its entirety by just watching the last two minutes. And god help you if you're watching the last 5 minutes of a game where one team is up by like three scores. That last 5 minutes can be 45 in real time.
FUBAR McDangles
Member
That's pretty cool. Good for him.
Glad he's working out for you guys in San Jose. Really good guy.
It really blows we had to get rid of him, but without it we would not have had the cap room for both Parise and Suter. Wish him all the success in the world.
Pro football drives me nuts too. The game itself is great, but its such big business that there are commercials every 2 minutes. That, combined with them reviewing so many fucking plays, kills the flow of the game. In terms of enjoyment for me, its
NHL >>>>>>> Playoff MLB > NFL > Regular season MLB > NBA
NHL >>>>>>> Playoff MLB > NFL > Regular season MLB > NBA
megachao24
Unconfirmed Member
Living in a city where basketball is the only major league sport, I fully agree with this sentiment.
Add some obnoxious announcers (mostly locally) and you got yourself an nearly-unwatchable experience.
Used to go see the Yankees and Knicks a lot with my dad when I was a kid.
I haven't been to a baseball or basketball game since then, but I have much fonder memories of Knicks games. Maybe it's because we were courtside, maybe it's because of wasps harassing the fuck out of me and my hot dog.
I have no interest in either sport now, neither live nor on TV. Just fond memories. I hope whatever kid I have one day enjoys hockey, boy or girl, because I intend to take him/her to so many games. Just gotta make sure no one ends up a Habs fan in this household. When I met my gf she had a fucking Carey Price poster in her room. When we moved in together that shit was "lost" along the way. Now she's a Rangers fan. Fuckin right.
Interestingly we just bought a house in the same town as Price. Haven't seen him yet. Hope my gf doesn't run into him and become a Price/Habs fan all over again, lol. Her dad texts me whenever we play the Habs and lose. He bought her a Habs t-shirt as a Christmas stocking stuffer last year. This is an ongoing battle.
I haven't been to a baseball or basketball game since then, but I have much fonder memories of Knicks games. Maybe it's because we were courtside, maybe it's because of wasps harassing the fuck out of me and my hot dog.
I have no interest in either sport now, neither live nor on TV. Just fond memories. I hope whatever kid I have one day enjoys hockey, boy or girl, because I intend to take him/her to so many games. Just gotta make sure no one ends up a Habs fan in this household. When I met my gf she had a fucking Carey Price poster in her room. When we moved in together that shit was "lost" along the way. Now she's a Rangers fan. Fuckin right.
Interestingly we just bought a house in the same town as Price. Haven't seen him yet. Hope my gf doesn't run into him and become a Price/Habs fan all over again, lol. Her dad texts me whenever we play the Habs and lose. He bought her a Habs t-shirt as a Christmas stocking stuffer last year. This is an ongoing battle.
Tim Cook comes out as gay, GAF continues to be GAF.
There should be a casua homophobia GIF, like the one for casual racism.
There should be a casua homophobia GIF, like the one for casual racism.
Calamari41
41 > 38
I thought this was well known and a media bullet point way back when he took the job in the first place?
He never acknowledged or denied it.
NFL > MLB