# Competitive Sport... do you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2004, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-sport-do-you/250444 "2004-06-15T08:27:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jweb)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-sport-do-you/250444/41 "2004-06-18T00:14:21Z")
Semi-pro (American) Football. This will be my 3rd season (after 4 years of college ball, 4 years of High School, and 2 years in Junior High). First game is in about a month. Our team has been pretty successful, with a record somewhere around 25-3 in the last two seasons. And two of those losses were in semi-pro ‘National Championship’ games (one in Marlborough, MA, one in Homestead, FL.) I also do bike riding (40-mile ride on Monday, hopefully another one of similar length on Saturday). Today I did a 3-mile run. I’ll be 26 in 2 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![PetW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PetW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PetW)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-sport-do-you/250444/42 "2004-06-18T12:47:44Z")
I’m 19, and play quite a bit of beach volleyball. It’s quite unique in that experience generally outweighs athletic ability, so the best players tend to be in their mid to late 30’s. I play every weekend with guys in their 40’s and 50’s, and generally have pretty close games (with my 20 year old partner.) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-sport-do-you/250444/43 "2004-06-18T12:50:53Z")
> [@dantheman](#): > > Softball in a rec league, here. I’m sure I’m not the only one on here who does this. After our last game, I question whether I’m playing it “competitively” … 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-sport-do-you/250444/44 "2004-06-18T13:27:54Z")
> [@Doctor Jackson](#): > > A Worth 2 piece - sorry, I don’t remember which model. We had a couple but my favorite had a silver handle and gold barrel (the other was silver/black). It is 33 inches, 28 ounces. I thought a 28 would be too light as well, but I really liked the way it swung. I believe retail on these bats is about $400 but my buddy bought them used from a friend who plays on one of Worth’s traveling teams. > > Hey, **RickJay** , I’ll fill that hole for you! All I require is airfare to Toronto and a small stipend for the duration - say $10,000 per game? > > [sub]Sorry, that’s the American sports greed monster coming out.[sub] Bear in mind my team’s name is the Free Agents, and the team logo is a $ with a bat as the vertical stripe. So it would be appropriate. Don’t laugh. If I win the lottery I’ll hire you. I’ve already promised the team that when I win the lottery I’m going to buy a team bus, painted the team colors (forest green and silver) with our logo on the side and a wet bar, full stereo system and disco ball inside. We’ll have complete uniforms designed by a company that provides a major league team with uniforms, a trainer, Free Agents equipment bags, warmup jerseys, jackets, shoes, etc., and we’ll hire some fans to follow us around from tournament to tournament and cheer and hold up signs. I’ll even buy them those foam #1 finger hands, in green and silver of course. We’ll have offices, a secretary, and we’ll sell authentic Free Agents merchandise over the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-sport-do-you/250444/45 "2004-07-07T05:00:34Z")
I know you wanted physical sports, but I am part of a campaign to classify chess as a sport. (Because it’s intensively competitive and skilful, not because it is physical.) Also I have a world ranking :eek: … … I am no. 3616 in the World! ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-sport-do-you/250444/46 "2004-07-07T05:10:51Z")
I played baseball through college at a pretty high level (Division 1, Big Ten), and kept busy with basketball and senior baseball (over 30) until a few years ago. Now it is snowboarding and golf, with only golf competitively. Oh, and golf is harder than baseball. Not as physical, but harder. I think it is the hardest game of all. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-sport-do-you/250444/47 "2004-07-07T13:32:33Z")
> [@Lamar Mundane](#): > > Oh, and golf is harder than baseball. Not as physical, but harder. I think it is the hardest game of all. Og help us all, another one has joined The Dark Side! 😃 I play Men’s Senior League Baseball (\>30 years old), and we use wooden bats. Great fun, very competitive. I’ve just turned 44. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-sport-do-you/250444/48 "2004-07-07T15:01:55Z")
I’m a swimmer on a US Masters team. I have just come back from the World Masters in Italy last week. I have also swam in Ireland and swim regularly in the DC area. I also hold two top 10 national times, though those were in events that most people tend to avoid and an easier age group then I am now. I’ll be doing my first triathlon in August after having not been on a bike since I was 17 and not running since college. I’m hoping to be part of a team to do the local Ironman distance tri in October, I’ll be the swimmer. I also golf. I’m 31. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-sport-do-you/250444/49 "2004-07-07T15:27:01Z")
I played 3 years of semi-pro football quite a while back. Currently, I compete in highland games and am the anchor on a competitive tug-of-war team. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/competitive-sport-do-you/250444.md?page=2)