World Series Thread

[mostonmike]

I dunno. Maybe I had to grow up with it to appreciate it. Maybe not. Games that can end in a 0-0 tie seem pointless to me.

In the words of Edmund Blackadder, it is the biggest waste of time since "How to Speak French" was translated into French.

The Simpsons had it all right: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJu2qSJ9zno

Yours was better to be fair - I also applaud the citation of Blackadder.

Our takedowns of the US sport often focus on the relentless adverts and clock-stopping
> 15 minutes of actual football and 45 minutes of ads for trucks, beer, and prescription meds with 24 side effects.

> Catch? Stop the clock. Incomplete pass? Stop the clock. Timeout? Stop the clock. Two minutes left to play? Stop the clock. Someone sneezes in the third row? You guessed it—stop the clock. You could raise a toddler in the time it takes to finish one game.

Sport. eh? All of it is nonsense. That's why we love it.

A legendary soccer manager, Bill Shankly once said, "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."

[Big_Maple]

Yours was better to be fair - I also applaud the citation of Blackadder.

Our takedowns of the US sport often focus on the relentless adverts and clock-stopping
> 15 minutes of actual football and 45 minutes of ads for trucks, beer, and prescription meds with 24 side effects.

> Catch? Stop the clock. Incomplete pass? Stop the clock. Timeout? Stop the clock. Two minutes left to play? Stop the clock. Someone sneezes in the third row? You guessed it—stop the clock. You could raise a toddler in the time it takes to finish one game.

Sport. eh? All of it is nonsense. That's why we love it.

A legendary soccer manager, Bill Shankly once said, "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."

Haha!! Well played.

I guess there's a reason I can only watch soccer after 5 pints. Anything less and I'd actually have to pay attention.

Not sure if you have seen Apple TV's "Ted Lasso" or not. It was a decidedly American perspective on soccer, but it still treated the fans of both the show and soccer with some degree of respect and heart. We watched all 3 seasons and quite liked it.