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maybe it's learned. maybe it's geographical. maybe you put too much pressure on yourself.
baseball does that to me - did he mean to pop up? Is he trying to get out? did that guy mean to hit the other guy with the ball?
posted by
beedle
on March 13, 2004 at 10:09 AM
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From Bunny to Beedle:
When I watch baseball (or basketball, or tennis, or speed skating, or figure-skating,) I can see the things the athletes do well or badly. You can see the someone has a chance to score, or win, or make a great play, or earn a high score, and you can see when someone is blowing it. I can get excited that something good (or bad) is about to happen.
For some reason when I watch hockey I can't tell if someone is playing well or badly. Did that guy lose the puck because he's an idiot, or because the guy who stole the puck is brilliant? Did the goalie miss a shot from an excellent player, or was it an bad shot and the goalie is worthless? Are they fighting because one player committed a foul, or because one player likes another player's wife?
I thought I would pick up some of these things at the game, but apparently I don't have a "hockey eye." So to me, the game looked like this:
Up the ice, down the ice.... up the ice, down the ice.... up the ice, down the ice.... oh, crap. The other team scored again.
Up the ice, down the ice....
posted by
Bunny
on March 13, 2004 at 10:02 AM
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I admit Phoenix vs. Nashville would probably suck...
but that's hilarious. Fast paced, skating at breakneck speeds, hitting, roughing, action so close you can smell it and you're bored, so you pick baseball? Is it just cause you missed doing the wave?
posted by
beedle
on March 13, 2004 at 9:07 AM
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