There hasn't been this much taunting, flaunting and haunting since the 2007-2008 NFL season ended. And that’s just from the fans.
Okay, see “Favre” for haunting.
It used to be that baseball never really went away, like an incessant Little League chant that rings in your ears long after the last batter has whiffed. It used to be that once baseball season ended, fans clamored for more Major League chatter.
No more. Football talk has taken up residence as the off-season American pastime of choice.
It already held that position before the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field was turned into a cryogenics experiment: Freeze Favre until a future Packers management wants his services.
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about 1 month ago
dude, what is this all about? there is one big difference...... noone really cares to hear about baseball because their season is like 8 months long while people NEED to get a football update because most of the year is the off-season. please, for your own good, dont ever call football baseball again!!!
from about 1 month ago
George, the headline speaks to baseball's once dominant position in sports. I'm saying that football has overtaken baseball as the premier sport in the United States. That's not a new trend, just one that seems to have reached heightened proportions this off-season.
from about 1 month ago
Freakin' football is SEVEN months looong and that's five months longer than it needs to be. What the hell matters until Thanksgiving in football?
And...why spend 5 hours watching 30 minutes of play? Grab a TiVo and watch an entire game on your lunch break.
about 1 month ago
george thank you are write this guy thinks he could compare a man sport like football to a wimpy sport like baseball.
from about 1 month ago
Adam, I think you've misinterpreted my piece: I'm not complaining at all that football interest has overtaken baseball interest -- I'm commenting on the trend.
from about 1 month ago
Just because baseball doesn't include people tackling each other does not make it a wimpy sport. Just as many people go on the disabled list for baseball as for football. And I'd like to see how NFL players react when a ball comes at them from sixty feet away at ninety five miles per hour. Not that they would have much time, seeing as you have less then four tenths of a second. So while it may not have people running into each other, don't mistake it for wimpyness
from about 1 month ago
Football...for the brain dead. Football is to checkers as Baseball is to chess.
A football player wouldn't have the stamina to play a season of Baseball, hell, a football player can't even play a full quarter anymore...must be those 5 minute walks back to the huddle after exhausting themselves waving, dancing and chest bumping on an incompletion.
about 1 month ago
sorry!
about 1 month ago
i see what you're trying to do here brian, but i think it came off the wrong way...i thought it was good though!
from about 1 month ago
Alan, thanks for your comments. I'm a fan of both football and baseball, but for live viewing nothing beats hockey for me.
about 1 month ago
Oh, I thought it was going to be how football is starting to be boring, centered around a few big market cities, and pandering to the west coast.:)
Seriously, good article.
from about 1 month ago
William, thanks for reading and for the comment. Have a grand day out, with no close shaves :)
from about 1 month ago
Huh? 'splain yourself.
about 1 month ago
I knew exactly what you are inferring Brian and you're 100% right.
from about 1 month ago
L.J., good to hear from you. I've been busy and this is the only piece I've posted lately. I see you've been on the article-writing sidelines, as well.
I hear you on the 30 minutes of actual NFL playing time and sometimes I do record NFL games.
My comment to William above is a reference to "Wallace and Gromit" movies, since he uses their depiction for his photo.
about 1 month ago
I meant 'splain William's West Coast pandering thing. I don't catch his drift.
from about 1 month ago
I'm not sure of his drift -- not going to guess.
8 days ago
Baseball is like a shorter version of American Cricket :-) dunno about American Football - how about Rules Football? I am just being a dumb dodo here :-)
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