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The case for BABE RUTH as greatest ever sportsperformer
The case for BABE RUTH as greatest ever sportsperformer
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You keep posting the same garbage lfc. I see you didn't address my response to your 'they are appalling golfers. fact' post.
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Yes of course, i saw Kevin Keegan play golf in a pro-am, he scored 68? something like that.....and he had a better swing than many professional golfers.
Do you know who many of those 68 shots were properly struck?..maybe 1 or 2 |
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my point is almost all great athletes, from any sport are not able to play golf..of course some will be able to
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Thats a better ratio than your previous 10 in 1000 billion claim.
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not really, it dosn`t have any effect whatever in the overall maths.
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its quite possible that Keegan, if he understands the game would say he almost never is able to hit the ball properly....what do you think Tiger has been trying to discover all these years?
The secret, that is what he is looking for |
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So 'one or two/68' (hit by a pro footballer, no less) is no different to 10 in 1000 billion? You must've had a sh!t maths teacher.
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It is this search for the nature of golf that has meant Tiger has won `only` 14 majors. If he had changed nothing after the age of 19 he would maybe have won closer to 25
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How frequently would 90mph curveballs be 'truly struck' in your esteemed opinion?
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How frequently would 90mph curveballs be 'truly struck' in your esteemed opinion?
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The point is not how many times, the point is there is no mystery how to do it. There is nothing so technical in it. It is `merely` a physical thing and not a mental and technically elusive thing....this is the difference in golf
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every golger, even the very best such as Tiger know they do not understand the game
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Strangely if Tiger had not been so clever as to realise that he didn`t understand golf, he would have won more majors.
It was his search for understanding that is dangerous, the golf swing is a gift and very elusive. Tinker with it if you are fortunate to be talented at your peril |
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So squaring up 90mph curveballs, with a round bat, is easier than hitting a stationary ball with a flat surface. Fact.
If my mind was as messed up as yours, I wouldn't need these drugs I take! |
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yes it is easier.
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i didn`t say it was easy, just that it is easier
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Makes you wonder why the 150th best golfer in the world doesn't just go out and smash 50 home runs a year. He'd be a lot wealthier.
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i didn`t say a golfer could play baseball. it is also easier to row a boat but many golfers would not be able to do that
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Any chance of seeing the data on these imperfectly hit golf ballss btw? All I have so far is your word on it, and as I know you troll most of the time, you'll have to forgive me if I don't accept it as gospel.
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What a pity the dikhead commonly known as - the dikhead did not know that NICKLAUS's annotation was exactly what his 'secret' opinion was...
It would of helped him of course if knew the 1st thing about golf (and the golden bear ) never mind dikhead; keep on wittering.. |
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What an eejit. He get's eejits a bad name. Pitchers can throw numerous types of pitches, which are beyond his comprehension, and find their precise target in the catcher's glove ninety feet away, yet according to this "dunderheid" there is no technical ability required
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Even the worst golfers in the world know what the Nicklaus annotation was, yet golf's answer to Einstein didn't, despite quoting it
 ..... so if Keegan hit two of the ten true golf shots from the trillions hit by all golfers, can you please tell us who hit the other eight |
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Metinks a wet flannel has been ordered for the poor laddie..
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it's just rounders with popcorn and hotdogs
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It's way too complex for you, BB, that's for sure.
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anybody mention Jesse Owens - sticking it up Hitler? und der master race.
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anyone who thinks trying to hit a ball flying at u and changing direction out of the stands with a round face bat is easy is a complete idiot.
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It's definitely not easy, but they are well protected so injury is unlikely. The actual technique is not easy but it's not as demanding as Golf or Tennis. Baseball requires two main attributes, great hand eye coordination and power, Golf and Tennis requires that and more, they require precision and accuracy, trying to get the ball into a small area without using too much or too little power, i.e. mastering the art of controlling the weight of shot. Baseball is a very regionalised sport, like Cricket and Rugby, very little competition worldwide.
I think the other bat and ball game Cricket is more technical and more dynamic as a sport than Baseball. |
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a lot of the negative attitude towards baseball here is due to anti americanism.........people in the british isles love to say that americans are morans, their sports are rubbish etc
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Scandi repeatedly shows his complete ignorance about the game. It is NOT about how hard you can hit the ball, although there are players whose best asset is power. Just yesterday, the great Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki connected for his 4257th career hit (1278 in Japan, 2979 in MLB.) Of the near-3000 hits in the US, just 113 of them were home runs. He is a certain Hall of Famer.
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very little competition worldwide.
Ignorance is bliss... Ever heard of South Asia? |
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4256 is the record for hits in MLB, hence the significance. The player who holds the record, Pete Ross, is barred from the HOF due to betting on the game. Of his 4256 hits, only 160 were home runs.
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Pete Rose. Sick of the autocorrect on this fkn phone!
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a lot of the negative attitude towards baseball here is due to anti americanism
oh no my momma and grandaddy would never forgive me |
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the only majors sports which i consider more or less perfect are tennis and golf. both are 100% skill based and its impossible to cheat officials.......performance enhancing drugs also have a limited effect.
soccer has so many flaws it would take me a year to document them here, although i do follow it....its a very enjoyable game to play.........i hate rugby, it is a brute of a game and excludes 99% of population from playing......american football is not for me......too many stoppages and the injury risk factor is off putting.......i like cricket but i can see why its not everyones cup of tea...........i do follow horseracing but i dont consider it a sport.........its more like an obsession with wanting to drive yourself insane i never took notice of baseball untill i saw the documentary on ruth.......i have read up on the game since and i love its history and array of variables and stats. babe ruth seems like a complete legend........he totally changed the game. |
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Mikel, are you saying that Baseball is a more difficult, more dynamic and more technical sport to master and be great at than the likes of Golf and Tennis.
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when i think about greatest sportsmen BABE RUTH is nowhere in my mind.
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They're different. Tennis bores me sh1tless and golf barely counts as a sport, although it's probably my favourite game to bet on. Both are fairly elitist though, unlike baseball which typically draws from poorer societies, especially in Latin America.
Either way, it's a lot friggin harder to hit a baseball than a golf hall, despite lfc's as yet unsubstantiated assertions. |
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Nor mine zorro, but the people belittling his achievements have demonstrated they know next to feck all about baseball.
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Tennis is mostly elitist in Britain, a lot of players actually come from poor backgrounds from relatively poor European countries, how is Golf barely a sport, is so much more skillful than Baseball.
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