“Someday, we’ll win the World Cup.”
I agree. I grew up playing baseball, and loving baseball - and I still do. I didn’t like soccer, admittedly in part because I felt that liberals loved it specifically because it wasn’t an American sport.
That said, I now really, really love soccer. It takes a ton of stamina, and a lot of talent to do what the best players do. I just got back from Brazil. It was an incredible experience and I would love to see the US someday win a World Cup.
But let’s keep playing baseball... There’s still nothing more difficult in sports IMHO than hitting major league pitching. Yeah, I’m very biased.
You are a FReeper of superior sporting intelligence. :)
Love baseball, love soccer.
I’m watching Verlander get shelled by the Royals. A good day so far.
We need our best athletes to start choosing soccer over football and basketball.
As more and more Americans make a decent living at professional soccer in the MLS and Europe, that will encourage more to go down that path....It’s the one sport with professional leagues all over the globe, so if you have some talent, you can find a team.
“There’s still nothing more difficult in sports IMHO than hitting major league pitching.”
I agree, and the cool thing about that is if you can hit a round ball fair with a round bat thrown with major league skill with consistency you don’t have to have some of the raw physical attributes that some of the other popular sports generally require to excel or even compete in.
I mean, look at Tony Gwynn, may he rest in peace. Yes, a tremendously gifted athlete, but in his mid-late seasons he would have never been mistaken for a football player or a basket ball player. But it didn’t matter, he could hit a ball just as easy as falling out of bed.
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