I'm a bit shocked there's no World Cup Soccer topics going on here - I am not much of a soccer fan. I'll watch today, but the slow pace kills me. That said, I figured some of y'all might be rabid fans considering we have a pretty diverse and international community here.
So what gives - why no world cup topic?
A friend recently said to me "I can't believe you're not a soccer fan, yet you love baseball - the most boring sport in the world."
My response was that while I indeed do love baseball, if you watch a baseball game for 2+ hours and no one scores, you've witnessed a brilliant pitching performance - a rare display of control, skill and dominance by both starting staffs. By comparison, if you watch soccer for 2+ hours and no one scores, it's just soccer.
So what gives - why no world cup topic?
A friend recently said to me "I can't believe you're not a soccer fan, yet you love baseball - the most boring sport in the world."
My response was that while I indeed do love baseball, if you watch a baseball game for 2+ hours and no one scores, you've witnessed a brilliant pitching performance - a rare display of control, skill and dominance by both starting staffs. By comparison, if you watch soccer for 2+ hours and no one scores, it's just soccer.