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[jaydub]

Six Nations - like the Iroquois near Ontario?  Or like six European nations that play rugby?

[littlefallsmets]

The problem with basketball is as follows:

If it is a close game, really only the last two minutes matter and even that will be exciting if you're REALLY into watching people attempt to hit free throws. Something which is mind-crushingly boring to me, people just shootin' penalties and then tagging each other and shootin' more penalties.

If it is a blowout, nothing in the game matters after the blowout is established.

The major advantage to baseball is that it lacks a clock. If a team is winning by six and the other team bats around in the bottom of the ninth, the other team still wins. In football, basketball and hockey, once you pass a certain point in the clock's dwindle, you're pretty much left to a bunch of crappy sloppy free-throw-trading and pulled goalies and lame trick plays and so on.

Blah.

[Arachno-capitalist]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Nations_Championship

England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales. This year's finale is tomorrow with my team - Wales - playing the evil English. This game has more meaning and more history than any college hoops game could ever hope to achieve.

[Nabubrush]

The problem with baseball is that it totally blows.

I had a long, well-reasoned discussion here but it boiled down to the above.

[melack]

The problem with every sport that I don't like (see: cricket, field hockey, lacrosse) is that I don't like them. They are complete failures and should alter their rules to suit my personal preferences.

[Teatime]

I've always thought of baseball as turn-based combat. Inherently less interesting than, say, anything else.

[Nabubrush]

I've always thought of baseball as turn-based combat. Inherently less interesting than, say, anything else.

That certainly is worth a can.

It was wrong of me to dismiss baseball like that. The reasons I like hockey and football is because they are more like combat. They were armor, and they deliberately smash into each other. Also, hockey players get weapons with blades on the end, and also knives on their feet.

[jaydub]

That certainly is worth a can.

Seconded.  Although nothing beats baseball for radio listening while doing something else.

[Arachno-capitalist]

It was wrong of me to dismiss baseball like that. The reasons I like hockey and football is because they are more like combat. They were armor, and they deliberately smash into each other. Also, hockey players get weapons with blades on the end, and also knives on their feet.

As opposed to rugby which is so sissy what with all that high-impact large men running into each other and literally fighting each other for the ball all without any pads whatsoever?

[AugustWest]

Seconded.  Although nothing beats baseball for radio listening while doing something else.

Ain't baseball on the radio a unique pleasure?  I consider it one of the higher inventions of civilization.

[robot_god]

Ok, I take back what I said in the thread title.

School got snowed out, so I got some time to watch some games and I'm catching the madness.  Bout to go fuckin mad.

Seems that many basketball haters exist.  But after football ends, what are you gonna do, watch Gray's Anatomy?  And don't even pull that hockey shit, this is America, love it or leave it.

[robot_god]

Oh.  Unless you're Canadian.  In which case... uhhhh... how's that hockey season goin'?

[Nabubrush]

As opposed to rugby which is so sissy what with all that high-impact large men running into each other and literally fighting each other for the ball all without any pads whatsoever?

Hold up - I ain't never said there was anything wrong with rugby. But it's not really a sport, because none of those people care about scoring or who wins. They just want to flat-out kill each other.

I would like it better if half of each team were armed with crowbars.

[KeithHernandez]

http://deadspin.com/sports/rugby/for-some-reason-its-not-cool-to-punch-fans-in-the-face-245037.php

Here is a story about a Rugby player banned for life.

http://cubdumb.blogspot.com/2007/03/great-moments-in-gus-johnson-history.html

Here is a link to youtube clips of the greatest moments of Gus Johnson, who is the announcer who always goes fuckin' insane at the end of games during MM.

http://bandmadness.net/

Here is a huge band bracket, voted on by readers.

[Nabubrush]

http://deadspin.com/sports/rugby/for-some-reason-its-not-cool-to-punch-fans-in-the-face-245037.php

Here is a story about a Rugby player banned for life.

http://cubdumb.blogspot.com/2007/03/great-moments-in-gus-johnson-history.html

Here is a link to youtube clips of the greatest moments of Gus Johnson, who is the announcer who always goes fuckin' insane at the end of games during MM.

http://bandmadness.net/

Here is a huge band bracket, voted on by readers.

Props for the Iron Maiden font.

Built to Spill and Scissor Sisters neck-and-neck? Hm. I do not know how to feel about that. Seems like body of work would come into play.

And it seems like there are no #1 seed vs. #16 seed. It's all #1 vs. #2, and #13 vs. #16. Def Leppard vs. Garth Borrks? Who gives a fuck?