Comments on the sports world
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Wouldn’t it be nice to see a NASCAR driver make a right turn
just once?
By the way, why is it that the horse gets all the credit in
horse racing, not the jockey, but in auto racing the driver gets
all the credit, not the car?
Comments on the sports world…
Wouldn’t it be nice to see a NASCAR driver make a right turn just once?
By the way, why is it that the horse gets all the credit in horse racing, not the jockey, but in auto racing the driver gets all the credit, not the car?
There are a number of things I’d like to comment on or see changed in the sports world. So here’s my two cents.
Wouldn’t it be nice to see the NBA follow a March Madness type of format for its playoffs?
Is there anything more boring than watching a sailboat race?
For starters, shuffleboard is a game not a sport and neither is ping-pong.
And since the National League doesn’t allow the D.H. in the lineup, I say only a National League manager should be allowed to win the Manager of the Year award. Why? Because it’s so much more difficult managing a game with pitchers in the lineup than when they’re not. And this is coming from a guy who grew up following the Boston Red Sox, too.
Also, I’m just as religious as the next guy but does God really care which team wins a game? I say stop praying for wins and invoking his name after a win is picked up.
If pro wrestling is a sport, than tell me why I can’t find a current standings section for it in any newspaper anywhere?
Why do sports figures often refer to themselves in the third person when being interviewed? Just asking.
Bull riding is definitely a sport but why would anyone be crazy enough to do it? Heck, years ago I broke my arm at the old Saddle Rack on the mechanical bull they had in there and that was enough for me. When I fell off, the bull stopped. I can’t imagine being thrown off and then trying to avoid being speared or trampled.
Darts is a game, too, just like croquet and horseshoes. Please, don’t say otherwise.
I also wouldn’t mind seeing some parity in the NFL. The NFL claims to have already achieved this. But is there really parity in the NFL? I think not.
Consider this, since 2001, the Patriots, Colts, Steelers, and Eagles have won 70% of their regular season games, posted a playoff win percentage of the exact same amount, and they’ve accounted for six trips to the Super Bowl while walking away with five Vince Lombardi trophies.
I wouldn’t mind having a time machine either so I could see Muhammad Ali in his prime go up against Mike Tyson in his, or Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods battle it out on the golf course, or have Barry Bonds play alongside Babe Ruth.
I get a kick out of the frenzied growth and obsession with Texas Hold ‘Em and how the World Poker Tour is on television all the time like it is a valid sport. Sorry, poker is just a game of bluffs and luck of the draw, not a sport.
I also would like to see more Air Force flyovers at all outdoor spectator sports. There’s just something about the roar of those engines screaming at low altitudes across the stadium that really hits you at the core and makes you feel proud to be an American.
And I agree with 49ers coach Mike Nolan who came out and said this week that the pass-interference rules in the NFL needed to be looked at since many coaches will draw up deep pass plays, and deliberately have their QB put the ball in a spot that will encourage a flag.
I’d also like to see instant replay used in all sports. I’d also like to see it be more bulletproof. There are just to many instances right now in the NFL when a bad call is made, the play then gets reviewed in the replay booth and we all know that it’s going to get overturned – and it doesn’t – even though the replay is clear that a bad call is made.
One thing I like about soccer is that you know exactly when the game is going to end. Imagine if every football and baseball game was stopped at three hours no matter what the score or who had the ball. That would certainly make things interesting.
What if the PGA Tour adopted a rule that stated that all of its members had to hit driver on any hole that measure more than 350 yards? Talk about some wild scoring in the U.S. Open.
What if I stopped writing this column right now?
John Bagley can be reached at [email protected].
