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Tamara
And she likes baseball, too!
You make an excellent point. He only got away with it because he is the Commissioner of Baseball and the All-Star Game, in spite of all the hoopla, is only an exhibition game. He'll never try that again. If his office was decided by popular vote Bud Selig would be looking for work now. If you take into consideration all of the shady deals he has tried to pull, that would be a good thing.
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notapoet
on December 4, 2003 at 3:21 AM
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Very frustrated Indeed
"Baseball and basketball used a very simple method to avoid ties. You play until somebody wins. In the rare circumstances that prevent a game from being completed when there is a tie score, you either finish it at a later date, or you discount it entirely in the standings and replay the whole game from start to finish. This is the way it should have been in all team sports. Americans play to win. We can't help it. We're a very competitive people and become very frustrated by no win situations. "
I was pissed about the 2002 All-Star game. And then Bud Selig has the nerve to change baseball's rules as if it were someone else who called a halt to that game. I will never forget or forgive that.
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Tamara99
on December 4, 2003 at 2:59 AM
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NESportsFan
You are 100% right about the problems in the NHL and NBA. I would like to add that a big part of the crappy offenses in the NBA is that most teams rely too much on the glamor shots, the trey and the dunk. Half-court sets are also slowing the game down because everyone knows that teams are only looking inside and outside. When someone does get the ball inside the 3-point line and outside the paint, he usually won't take the high percentage gimme. He kicks the ball out or tries to drive in for a layup or a dunk. College teams are starting to do the same thing. Look what happened to Duke against Purdue.
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notapoet
on December 2, 2003 at 12:19 PM
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RE: Offense vs. Defense
You make some excellent points.
The real problems come about when you have a sport that allows ties and then you over-expand the league so that the offense becomes limited...for example, the NHL. It's easier to play defense than it is to score...which is why the Eastern conference in the NBA is so crappy right now too.
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NESportsFan
on December 2, 2003 at 11:52 AM
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