Baseball - great American pastime, or Communist plot? (Trees And Things)

rEvolution inAction: Re: Combat Training for Kids

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 21:43:28 EST

I didn't.. note the batter stance.. it's perfect way to hit someone if say you were hiding behind a tree.

Lou: Re: Combat Training for Kids

Sun, 6 Apr 2008 10:08:02 EST

and don't forget that whole bat thing

rEvolution inAction: Combat Training for Kids

Sat, 5 Apr 2008 13:57:09 EST

The way I see it baseball was invented as a way of keeping children safe.. first you tech them how to throw things at an attacker, then how to properly hit them from hiding (explains the batter stance), and finally they learn not to run straight home leadi

Shy Elf: Re: Only one dollar to get into the mix

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:07:52 EST

They don't have a playoff system at all. It's 20 teams, and the schedule is a round-robin with a home game and an away game against each team for 38 games.

The sh

Steve Urkel: Re: Only one dollar to get into the mix

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 15:48:13 EST

I think he's kind of a bonehead, but worst in history? I'm think there have been two Mariners owners alone worse than him, but then I don't follow the Brewers.

You could also argue baseball steroids perfectly. By not doing anything they got a popularity

thefadd: Re: Only one dollar to get into the mix

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:45:32 EST

I knew about the Premier league with the teams shuffling back and forth but I had no idea their playoffs were so wacky. I know inter league play is actually one of their bigger draws and they should find a way to make the Mets-Yankees, Angels-Dodgers, etc,

skeeter1: Re: This is a baseball boom?

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:31:41 EST

"It's the club seats that give the greatest share of revenue. Baseball has figured out that people and especially businesses will pay more, a lot more, to sit in exclusive seats where they can be together and be treated specially"

It's funn

Acefantastik: Re: Only one dollar to get into the mix

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 23:02:50 EST

Except that most of the NFL revenue comes from the TV contract, so that teams receive nearly the same amount of revenue.

That's because football is fun to watch on television for a great number of people. Baseball is only interesting if one'

Shy Elf: This is a baseball boom?

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 22:21:03 EST

That's the real mystery, isn't it? Who wants to watch baseball nowadays? Certainly not World Series television audiences. A 10 rating for the world series? I

Shy Elf: Re: Only one dollar to get into the mix

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:05:16 EST

Except that most of the NFL revenue comes from the TV contract, so that teams receive nearly the same amount of revenue.

thefadd: Re: Baseball - great American pastime, or Communis

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 12:26:35 EST

Nah, they're not the Bats anymore and they moved out of the cigar and piss hell hole/utopia War Memorial Stadium into a crappy new bank-named field a couple years before '

Acefantastik: Re: Only one dollar to get into the mix

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 03:41:32 EST

The NFL doesn't have revenue sharing the same way that baseball does--and the NFL has a hard salary cap--no team can exceed the limit, end of story. If I'm not mistaken, the NFL share