The Playoffs For A Real Sport Start Today...

[Beer Sponge]

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[BoSoxGal]

Unlike the Redskins who are setting new records for failure at 1-5...must be the evil doings of some Injun Medicine Man who put a curse on them because of their name...

[Econoline]

I took that vocabulary test twice and got 3480 the first time and 3500 the second; I got all the answers right both times.

I've never done my best on tests where speed is of the essence. What's wrong with stopping to think for a second or two before you answer?

[BoSoxGal]

It only takes a few seconds to pull up a definition from an online dictionary; perhaps the speed requirement is meant to prevent cheating?

On the other hand, speed is also essential in timed tests like the SAT, GRE, LSAT, etc.

[Lord Jim]

You're in luck Strop...

You'll be able watch every minute of the World Series!

http://m.mlb.com/postseason/international-broadcasters/

[Lord Jim]

Well, so much for the Royals "aura of inevitability"...

Welcome to playing the Giants in October...

[MajGenl.Meade]

Did it start yet? Still waiting.... nothing but baseball on TV. Still.

[Gob]

On Tuesday night, the first game of the 2014 World Series drew just 12.2 million viewers to Fox, making it the lowest-rated Game 1 on record. Game 2 on Wednesday night fared somewhat better, with 12.9 million people tuning in.

For most of the last century, the start of baseball’s World Series — with its red, white and blue bunting and occasional ceremonial first pitch from the president — was always a major event. The opening game of the Fall Classic has provided some of the country’s most enduring sports memories, including Willie Mays’s over-the-shoulder basket catch (1954), Sandy Koufax’s 15-strikeout performance (1963) and Kirk Gibson’s walk-off home run (1988).

But this week, more people watched “NCIS: New Orleans” and “The Big Bang Theory,” and — for that matter — “The Walking Dead,” the cable show about zombies. The audience for “Sunday Night Football,” a regular season game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos, was almost twice that of Games 1 or 2. Even last Saturday night’s college football matchup — Florida State University versus Notre Dame — drew more viewers than either World Series game.

Perhaps the most compelling statement about baseball’s relative standing among American sports fans is this: Last summer’s World Cup match between the United States and Portugal drew 25 million viewers, roughly double that of the World Series opener.

[BoSoxGal]

Yeah well, it's KC and SF - who really cares?

[Gob]

"KC & SF"? Is that the fried chicken firm?

[Lord Jim]

Yeah well, it's KC and SF - who really cares?

[MajGenl.Meade]

Real sport?

[Lord Jim]

[MajGenl.Meade]

Anything interesting happen yet?

[Lord Jim]

[MajGenl.Meade]

Where are we now - day 27? Anybody won yet?

[Lord Jim]

Ha ha...

A sport where the series between the teams drags on interminably with no result? Apparently you've confused Baseball with Cricket...

Another thing about Baseball is that when a a playoff round is won, (best of five, best of seven) they actually stop playing, since a winner has been determined. Unlike Cricket where even after a team has been mathematically eliminated from victory, they insist on continuing to play the rest of the meaningless, pointless games, just for shits and giggles...

[Gob]

Unlike Cricket where even after a team has been mathematically eliminated from victory, they insist on continuing to play the rest of the meaningless, pointless games, just for shits and giggles...

There's a reason for that Jim. Cricket is a real sport, one which is enjoyed for the play itself. I'll stop at this point.

[Lord Jim]

There's a reason for that Jim. Cricket is a real sport, one which is enjoyed for the play itself. The pastie concessionaires insist on it.

Meanwhile, returning to something that actually matters:

Giants up 2-0 after four, with Bumgarner on the mound...

[Gob]

Why have they got a bum gardner on the mound?