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Alex · 03-30-2006, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by zapppop

The teacup is something he was able to use, unlike a sports team.

Yes, but I find the caring about how fast the teacups spin to be far sillier than enjoying watching athletic events.

It's all personal preferences.

Isaac · 03-30-2006, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Yes, but I find the caring about how fast the teacups spin to be far sillier than enjoying watching athletic events.

Watching a sport event, you have no effect on the outcome.
Spinning a ride vehicle you're sitting in at an amusement park, you control the outcome.

Alex · 03-30-2006, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by zapppop

Watching a sport event, you have no effect on the outcome.
Spinning a ride vehicle you're sitting in at an amusement park, you control the outcome.

Watching a movie or TV you have no effect on the outcome. Am I to assume these are never entertaining for you? I would posit that the appeal of watching sports is not only that you have no effect on the outcome but rather that (just as with a good movie or TV) you have no guarantee of what the outcome will be.

innerSpaceman · 03-30-2006, 06:32 PM

Yes, but I don't care to watch other people spin.

(Unless, of course, it's cupmaster €)

innerSpaceman · 03-30-2006, 06:45 PM

Yes, but the spinning is something that's happening to ME, and the baseball is something that's happening to someone else.

Sure, there's the differences of personal preference. But that's apples to the oranges of the difference I am talking about - - namely, the diff between watching and doing.

Now, if sports has an entertainment value - like Kwan's figure skating - I can grok the urge to watch. But I don't grok any entertainment value in watching something that is designed to be done.

Are the sports guys are into determined by the ones they played in their youth? Do they like the ones they were good at ... or the ones they were bad at?

Alex · 03-30-2006, 06:53 PM

Baseball is the sport I most love. I haven't ever played a game of baseball in my life.

Soccer is the game I most loved to play and really have no interest in watching. If you don't see the entertainment value in watching people, who are the best at what they do, compete then there is no common ground on which to explain the appeal. Though I don't see how figure skating is any more designed to be watched than baseball is. The only reason that baseball evolved into its modern form is because enough people were interested in watching that a few people realized they could make a living doing it. Baseball, when it was purely something done and not watched was a very different game.

Just as I don't understand the entertainment value of spinning in a circle, so you'll never be able to make me care how fast the teacups go.

Prudence · 03-30-2006, 07:12 PM

Some years the Mariners have funny commercials. Some years the commercials suck. Thus ends most of my annual baseball involvement. (It just hasn't been the same since Edgar retired.)

Although Safeco Field is a pretty spiffy stadium. If I can scrape together funds, spare time, and an opponent about whom I give a damn, we might go to a game this year. My dream is to sit somewhere other than the nosebleed section. We've got a lot of new blood this year, so I should probably check them out. Kenji Johjima seems to actually have a sense of humor and is apparently willing to speak English (unlike a certain teammate with whom I am seriously disenchanted...)

Moonliner · 03-30-2006, 07:51 PM

All I care is that I have tickets to ONE dodger game this year, well three if you count games at the Nat's stadium, but one game at Dodger Satdium.

Ahhh the memories..

Go Blue, beat SF.

Kevy Baby · 03-30-2006, 08:56 PM

Twas a true pleasure to listen to Vin Sculley calling the game as I drove home this evening. Even if it was a pre-season game against the Mariners who scored two in the first.

I cherish every inning he calls because I know we do not have many years left from Vinny. I think he's about 147 years old. But what a wonderful voice and the man knows how to call a game.

Alex · 03-30-2006, 09:00 PM

Yeah, we up around Oakland lost Bill King during the off season. It is a weird transition (I mostly listen to games rather than watching so his voice is inextricably tied to thinking about the game).

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yes, but the spinning is something that's happening to ME, and the baseball is something that's happening to someone else. Sure, there's the differences of personal preference. But that's apples to the oranges of the difference I am talking about - - namely, the diff between watching and doing. Now, if sports has an entertainment value - like Kwan's figure skating - I can grok the urge to watch. But I don't grok any entertainment value in watching something that is designed to be done. Are the sports guys are into determined by the ones they played in their youth? Do they like the ones they were good at ... or the ones they were bad at?
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Baseball is the sport I most love. I haven't ever played a game of baseball in my life. Soccer is the game I most loved to play and really have no interest in watching. If you don't see the entertainment value in watching people, who are the best at what they do, compete then there is no common ground on which to explain the appeal. Though I don't see how figure skating is any more designed to be watched than baseball is. The only reason that baseball evolved into its modern form is because enough people were interested in watching that a few people realized they could make a living doing it. Baseball, when it was purely something done and not watched was a very different game. Just as I don't understand the entertainment value of spinning in a circle, so you'll never be able to make me care how fast the teacups go.
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Some years the Mariners have funny commercials. Some years the commercials suck. Thus ends most of my annual baseball involvement. (It just hasn't been the same since Edgar retired.) Although Safeco Field is a pretty spiffy stadium. If I can scrape together funds, spare time, and an opponent about whom I give a damn, we might go to a game this year. My dream is to sit somewhere other than the nosebleed section. We've got a lot of new blood this year, so I should probably check them out. Kenji Johjima seems to actually have a sense of humor and is apparently willing to speak English (unlike a certain teammate with whom I am seriously disenchanted...) __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	All I care is that I have tickets to ONE dodger game this year, well three if you count games at the Nat's stadium, but one game at Dodger Satdium. Ahhh the memories.. Go Blue, beat SF. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Twas a true pleasure to listen to Vin Sculley calling the game as I drove home this evening. Even if it was a pre-season game against the Mariners who scored two in the first. I cherish every inning he calls because I know we do not have many years left from Vinny. I think he's about 147 years old. But what a wonderful voice and the man knows how to call a game. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yeah, we up around Oakland lost Bill King during the off season. It is a weird transition (I mostly listen to games rather than watching so his voice is inextricably tied to thinking about the game).
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