OT ...2015 sports predictions;

I avoid this entire issue by avoiding golf like the plague... I find it the antithesis of fun, relaxing, or entertaining... Let's sack a ball, go chase after it, & repeat... Pointless IMO

 

...I know you're a big guy but I'm guessing that you also play the ball back in your stance and you're hitting down on the ball? (in essence, de-lofting the wedge)

 

...there are about 60 million people who feel differently.

 

Robin Williams Brilliant routine on golf. Funny as hell.

 

Windmill with the moving drawbridge.....Belmar Playland Rooftop golf, and the giant metal fish, Belmar boardwalk golf. Tied the course record with a 27 in 18 holes.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane Rick. Now back to the real golf discussion, lol!

 

Never truly appreciated golf until I saw pros play live. At that point I realized I had not actually been playing the game, lol!

Baseball is similar if you are sitting behind home plate or along the field. Its just another level beyond the level I imagined it was.

 

...yup, if you play enough golf, you'll get good, even with a faulty/funky swing as long as you are capable of replicating that same swing consistently...it's all about muscle memory.

...golf is also a very cerebral game and it took me many years to finally realize that the toughest opponent I ever faced on the golf course was myself.

 

Don't get me wrong. I have the utmost respect for any good golfer. I couldn't agree more on bad players never getting better, the longer they continue to play. Without proper lessons, much like a Fundamentals Fielder's Coach in Baseball.

The 1st game I ever played, and about every game thereafter, without instruction. My first big mistake, without instruction. I felt my rib cages, had been punched on by ***George Foreman. The rest of my entire body, hurt more than a Football Game with Pads/Helmets. I hurt worse playing Golf, more so than the 2 weeks of Hell Week in High School Wrestling and Football.

I used to harass 80% of my buddies, all avid golfers. All had good instructors, and played some great Golf.

I'd say, "I can't play a game, where I hit the ball, and I have to chase it. I'd rather play a sport, where I hit the ball, and someone else has to chase it."

My way, of being a horrible Golfer, to those near Pro's, jokingly to get their goat; but the joke was always on me...!

VIVA-PGA....!!!

*** I came 5 feet of George Foreman, shooting a Video Commercial on Main Street Disneyland. I've never in my life seen any fists, come close to Foreman's. He could used his hands as dinner plates.

 

I used to read a magazine called "Ring" magazine..and during Foreman's heyday, it listed the circumference of his fist as being the biggest of any other previous Heavyweight (up to that point).

And I don't know if you're familar with, or had heard about rumors the American "NOA" used their "influence" and muscle to fix that fight between Foreman and Ali.

Yep, its a cold cruel world out there...not a good thing for the naive and those living in Alice in Wonderland. lol

 

I used to read a magazine called "Ring" magazine..and during Foreman's heyday, it listed the circumference of his fists as being the biggest of any other previous Heavyweight Champ (up to that point).

And I don't know if you're familar with, or had heard about rumors the American "NOA" used their "influence" and muscle to fix that fight between Foreman and Ali.

Yep, its a cold cruel world out there...not a good thing for the naive and those living in Alice in Wonderland. lol


Sorry about that...I posted it TWICE. Oh well, read it and laugh.

 

No, I haven't heard of the NOA involvement, do you have a link to enlighten me. That would make for some good reading. Maybe similar to how the NY Govt, and PD, used their dirty powers to try to ban, Ban Johnson from bringing in a newly formed AL, and His Highlanders????

 

I don't give a rats ass... It's one boring ass activity...

 

...lol...and 60 Million people "don't give a rats ass" what you think.

 

By the way Matt, I want to make a correction- it was Sonny Liston who had the biggest fist according to "Ring" Magazine.
My mistake, I got caught up with Forman, lol , he was one of my favorite "fighters" and American athletes.
I can still see him taking out his little American flag and waving it after he won in the Olympics.
But anyway, Ring Magazine had Liston with the biggest fist (at that point) of any heavyweight champ but the thing is, I don't recall if Foreman had become the champ yet and if he was included because there's no doubt in my mind Foreman has huge paws.....lol.
And incidently, there were also rumors surrounding Liston during his fight with Cassius Clay.....Liston seemed to just faint and become knocked out by a phantom "punch" from Clay.
Of course Liston eventually died from a drug overdose(?) .

Sorry if I seem to be picking on Ali/Clay but those were some of the murmurs and rumors associated with two of his more famous bouts excluding the ones with Joe Frazier.

Anyway, come to think of it...Ali isn't one of MY favorite American Athletes.

 

And that's precisely what's wrong with society today... No one should be doing something based on mob rule... Do what you want, but don't demand or expect all others to like it... I think golf is stupid & definitely not a sport, but I don't demand everyone's clubs be confiscated... Nor should 60 million people demand I like it. I didn't ask if 60 million give a rats ass nor do I care

 

...back up, NO ONE "demanded" that you like anything...not sure where you got that idea...you don't care for golf and that's fine but there are many others who do...it's as simple as that.
...and wtf does "society" have to do with whether someone likes a certain sport or not? That's a terrible correlation.

...personally, I don't get hockey but there are millions who do...but I don't go around telling people who do enjoy hockey that their game is "stupid" or not "entertaining" or "pointless".

 

I love Hockey. To see a game in person at the Arenas, is one great thing, never a dull moment, and fast paced game.
To watch it on TV is another, no different than Baseball, in many ways.

Tho' MLB has always been my first love, Football and Hockey Both share my 2nd favorite sport. But then, I was born with ice skates on my feet, and a stick in hand. I was one of the original Venice Beach Roller Hockey Leagues in Venice Beach.

MLB is in a League or Position of Intrigue, way beyond the other sports IMO.

 

...yup, I've never been to a live hockey game but people who follow the sport tell me that there's a huge difference seeing a game at the rink as opposed to watching replays on espn.
...this is why I won't slam a sport just because I'm personally not a fan of it.

 

Yep, well stated. Nothing like seeing a gorgeous blonde Super Model stature, get hit by a 100mph flying puck, hit right between the eyes, breaking the beauty's nose. Hearing the screams of oh shit they'll never be able to straighten this out. (as they shit themselves of beauty lost, if not their job too). While the Usher throws a towel or two to her.

Naw, that's not what I enjoy, tho' it is a sight to see.

I well agree, if one is not crazy about a sport, there is no need to put it down, simply because one doesn't find it interesting, while double digit millions think otherwise. I never put my Sons young aged love of WWF Wrestling or Choreography. My oldest Son should of gone Pro, as he had a Pro's average by Bowling, almost on a daily basis from 9 years old to 21. Girl Chasing got in his way to going Pro, a shame.

The one sport most boring to me on TV, not so much so in person, is Bowling. My father in law has watched saturday Bowling forever. But, I would never put it down. I found watching bowling on TV wasn't near as bad, when one's in the presence of a great Pro Player, and/or a Instructor also.