From: "Mark" 

Hmm, I'm not sure that's televised here all that much (if at all) but now
that you mention it, I do like watching pool from time to time, which is
probably related as Gary, I think it was, noted to having played it alot as
a kid. 

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message
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> Mark wrote:
>> I'm not a real big sports fan in general, but prefer the individual over
>> the
>> team sports. Well, except tennis, that never did anything for me.
>>
>> On TV I like NASCAR and Formula racing and Golf, but I'm not a glutton
>> for
>> punishment, I'll watch the last 20-30 laps of a car race and the last 1-2
>> hours of the last day of a golf tournament. > occasion
>> to one of the minor league baseball stadiums nearby, it's different when
>> you're there, but not different enough to make the trek to NYC or Philly
>> for
>> a pro game>
>>
>
> You want to try watching snooker. Incredibly relaxing. Soft quiet
> commentators, clunk of balls on balls, huge skill levels....
>
> Adam
>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:44908e8b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> I think you are right about the playing aspect.  I think that applies to
>>> tennis on TV and Golf on TV as well.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>> "Dave Ings"  wrote in message
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>>>> My main complaint about basketball is that there is no
scoring drama as
>>>> an invidiual basket is next to meaningless ... football,
baseball and
>>>> "soccer" don't suffer from this design flaw.
Also in 8 games out of 10
>>>> you can safely ignore the first 59 minutes and just tune
in to see who
>>>> scores the most in the final minute ... so what's the
point of watching
>>>> at all?
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps it's one of those sports that's more fun to play
than watch,and
>>>> perhaps best appreciated by those who have played it growing up.
>>>> Arguably
>>>> soccer is a bit like that too, my spouse thinks it is
boring but I love
>>>> watching it (I played a lot as a kid).
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dave Ings,
>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>>
>>>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>>>> news:44903df1$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> I don't agree about basketball being boring, but I do
agree its not as
>>>>> entertaining as it could be if they made some rule changes and
>>>>> enforced
>>>>> some of the rules they already have.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>

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