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ELA

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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #56 on: February 05, 2022, 07:44:03 PM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on February 05, 2022, 05:10:19 PM
Tennis, volleyball, soccer and high level women's hockey translate well.    I find hoops to be hideous frankly.  As much as I like baseball I cannot stand the rah rahing and enviros of a softball game.

In the pure winter Olympic sports, I think both disciplines of Skiing as well as skating are quite good.
Agreed, except hockey, which also suffers from consolidation of talent at too few schools
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #57 on: February 05, 2022, 07:56:55 PM »
I also am fine with the take that all of the World Cup competitions are "better".  But I enjoy having a manufactured rooting interst
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #58 on: February 06, 2022, 09:51:50 AM »
Yeah, women's tennis may have some depth to it....but does it really?  I mean, sure, tens of millions of women play tennis and they bottleneck up to doing it as a career, but hasn't it been dominated by 1 woman the past 15 years?  At least the men have a 3-headed competition at the top.

I'm not sure why, but I've always liked watching women's tennis more than men's.  I think it's 50% the skirts and 50% all of the aces on the men's side that make it more boring.  
Maybe it's 90/10, who knows.
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« Reply #59 on: February 06, 2022, 09:57:59 AM »
I'm guessing more girls stick with soccer than the % of boys that do.......they don't have football to take athletes out of soccer.....basketball is probably mostly viewed as "only for tall girls" and yeah, softball includes a different type of body type than baseball does on the boy's side.

Softball needs some major rules changes.  Limit the ace's frequency with how often they can pitch.  Softball today is what MLB is trending towards - strikeouts, walks, and homeruns ONLY.  Ugh.  
And they've got some big ole girls at the plate that make David Ortiz look like a spy shortstop.  

Girls also have a lot more gymnasts drawing them in than on the boy's side, I assume.  Sort of the opposite of the basketball girls, in terms of size.  But I bet if you took some of those gymnasts and raised them playing hoops, they'd be great lil point guards.  The 6'5" ladies aren't the most coordinated.  A lot fewer Wilts and Shaqs in the women's game - a lot more Shawn Bradley types, imo.

A shorter, better athlete could run circles around them on the court.  
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #60 on: February 06, 2022, 10:01:53 AM »
I used to watch some women's college bball because it more resembled a game I knew as a kid, the men are uber talented and dunk all the time.

The women would pass and run plays I could understand and appreciate.

Baseball has really changed over the past 30 years.  Pitchers can't bunt today, most of them, it's amazing to me.  Nobody bunts, hardly anyone steals a base, few batters try and hit the other way or spray the ball around.  Even second basemen are hitting 25+ HR a year.
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« Reply #61 on: February 06, 2022, 10:25:39 AM »
Yup, a case of optimizing the chance of winning being in direct contrast with entertainment value.
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« Reply #62 on: February 06, 2022, 10:29:40 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on February 06, 2022, 09:51:50 AM
Yeah, women's tennis may have some depth to it....but does it really?  I mean, sure, tens of millions of women play tennis and they bottleneck up to doing it as a career, but hasn't it been dominated by 1 woman the past 15 years?  At least the men have a 3-headed competition at the top.

I'm not sure why, but I've always liked watching women's tennis more than men's.  I think it's 50% the skirts and 50% all of the aces on the men's side that make it more boring. 
Maybe it's 90/10, who knows.
Serena hasn't won a grand slam in 5 years.  There have been 11 first time grand slam winners in the last 19 tournaments
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« Reply #63 on: February 06, 2022, 10:36:30 AM »
Quote from: ELA on February 06, 2022, 10:29:40 AM
Serena hasn't won a grand slam in 5 years.  There have been 11 first time grand slam winners in the last 19 tournaments
Oh wow, parity.  Cool!  
I had no idea.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #64 on: February 06, 2022, 10:37:09 AM »
We asked Brian Snitker how much his decisions were based on analytics and he said he used them as a guide, but not slavishly.  

The movie "Money Ball" is pretty good, I also like "Draft Day" with Costner.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #65 on: February 06, 2022, 12:03:01 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on February 06, 2022, 10:37:09 AM
We asked Brian Snitker how much his decisions were based on analytics and he said he used them as a guide, but not slavishly. 

The movie "Money Ball" is pretty good, I also like "Draft Day" with Costner.
I love both of those movies

Try "Trouble With The Curve"  not a bad baseball movie 
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #66 on: February 07, 2022, 11:26:16 AM »
Personally, I LOVE short track speed skating, especially the chaos of the team events.  Also, snowboard cross, curling, hockey and downhill skiing.  In general, I like the winter games much more than the summer games.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #67 on: February 07, 2022, 11:32:17 AM »
I have not watched a second, I did see one commercial for it.  It's not some matter of pride, I'm just personally disinterested.

I did watch a nice youtube highlights of the UGA 2021 season.  I had forgotten how many games Daniels started, and how often Stetson threw some long bombs (and yes of course he missed some as well, somehow not in the highlights).  I had forgotten a lot of stuff somehow.
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« Reply #68 on: February 07, 2022, 11:33:04 AM »
I'd watch the winter Olympics only if they had bare knuckle fighting on ice skates with no protective gear and they were allowed to use the ice skates as weapons. Probably the only way I'd ever watch that garbage.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #69 on: February 07, 2022, 11:34:39 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on February 07, 2022, 11:32:17 AM
I did watch a nice youtube highlights of the UGA 2021 season.  I had forgotten how many games Daniels started, and how often Stetson threw some long bombs (and yes of course he missed some as well, somehow not in the highlights).  I had forgotten a lot of stuff somehow.
didn't he start the first 3-4 games of the season? 
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