I opened this thread thinking it was going to be about Fox’s horrible decision to put the Red Sox\Yankees game and the ChiSox/Indians game on the same screen!!! What the fuck were they thinking??
But baseball rocks. What is this House?
That was awful. We were watching the Indians lose, of course, and suddenly, instead of seeing Grady strike out, the majority of the screen was taken up by a pitcher warming up. Well woo fucking hoo, that’s mighty important, Fox!
The Asteroids.
I’m with you, Spacial Rift 47. House is my favorite show and one of only two that I watch regularly (CSI (the original one) being the other).
I despise baseball. To me, it’s a boring game where a bunch of overpaid egomaniacs hit a ball with a stick in between bouts of standing around in their pajamas and scratching themselves. (And no, I’m not a sports hater. I like football and hockey–I’m just not fanatic about any of 'em.)
All of this would be irrelevant to me, though, if they didn’t choose to pre-empt the one show I look forward to every week for a month!
Ah, well. I know it’ll be back on in November (with two extra episodes, even! Fox ordered 2 more for a total of 24) and in the meantime I can get some things done on Tuesday nights. I don’t like it, but I can live with it.
I still hate baseball, though.
I agree with the OP, I love Hugh Laurie and think House is a fun show.
Baseball is like watching competitive Tai Chi with commercials.
Better than millionare actors spitting cliched lines and scratching their botched-up facelifts.
I do love hockey first and foremost, but baseball playoffs are great to watch. But when it comes to sports or TV “pseudo-drama”, I’d rather see replays of Kirk Gibson putting the dagger into the A’s over and over and over and over, etc. instead of a new “House” episode.
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This makes them different from the actors how? Anybody making more than me is overpaid, so there.
There are so many things wrong with this, it puts 10 lbs of shit in a 5 lb bag to shame. I’ll try to take it one sentence at a time.
“Baseball is good for the soul.” Define soul. I guarantee I can come up with 10 things that are better for whatever you define than baseball is.
“Watching baseball expands the mind, improves the IQ, and improves your problem solving skills.” Mind is social, so in order to expand your mind you need to interact with others. Watching baseball does not do this. The notion of IQ is absurd and wrong, so that’s irrelevant. And how does “the batter needs to hit the ball and get on base” count as problem-solving?
“Playing baseball improves one’s body and mind at the same time.” We’re not talking about playing baseball, we’re talking about watching it.
“Baseball is the apex of human activity, one of the five greatest accomplishment in the history of human innovation and genius.” Bullshit. Baseball is just another form of the same physical activity in which humans have been engaging since we evolved.
“Involvement in baseball makes you a better person.” That depends on your definition of better person.
“Baseball fans are, in fact, the finest individuals to ever grace humanity with their existence.” Are you serious? I’m not even going to answer this one. Get a clue, moron. :wally
Err…SR47…I’m on your side, but I think you just got whooshed. At least I hope that’s what it was…
Watching baseball also improves your sense of humour 
Especially the Indians. 
Sorry, I side with baseball. Fuck reality TV and all other mindless scheiss. Those are the shows that belong on cable. Premium cable.
The only watchable thing on TV besides sports is Monk. YMMV.
Go Yankees! F- Red Sox, Angels, and the other 5 pissboy teams. Try spending some of your profits on your team instead of pocketing it.
Go Islanders.
You, sir, are a man of taste and intelligence.
I think you’ve got the wrong address there, because Busch Stadium is at 300 Stadium Plaza (for the moment.)
Why should one believe that this year’s Cardinals will do any better than they did last year? Name one key difference that would change my mind.
Houston will eat them alive.
Houston couldn’t hit water if they fell out of a boat. The only thing that might get them to the NLCS in the first place is Atlanta’s complete lack of a bullpen.
And the “one key difference” (well, two) wear numbers 29 and 30, won a combined 37 games this season and are named Chris Carpenter and Mark Mulder.
That’s 1 (as in WON) Yankee fans!
Hee hee. Tha Angels win! Thaaaaaa Angels win!
Yanks got game 1 in 2002, too.
Especially if you’re a Cubs fan. That which kills you, and all that.
As a Red Sox fan, I have to say that I’m perversely relieved that they seem to have reverted to the team I grew up with.
Late season flameout? Check. Embarrasing losses in the playoffs (when they make it there at all)? Check. Crappy pitching? Check. The only differences are that they actually have some offence, and they screwed up the “make the Series every ten to twenty years and lose in an incredibly stupid way” by winning last year.
I really didn’t want to see another Yaknees/Red Sox ALCS anyway, but I was kind of hoping it would be the Yankees who lost. Maybe it really is the year of the White Sox.