# Things you are surprised to find have leagues **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 17, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006 "2016-05-17T16:03:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/1 "2016-05-17T16:03:51Z")
I was poking around online looking at pinball machines and discovered a local pinball league. I had no idea that there were pinball leagues! Bowling, baseball/softball, tennis, and curling I knew about, but not pinball. What sports/hobbies/pastimes have you been surprised to find have leagues? Or what leagues do you know about that people might be surprised to learn exist? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/2 "2016-05-17T16:07:43Z")
Under the sea. Thousands of them. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/3 "2016-05-17T16:09:42Z")
Justice. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/4 "2016-05-17T16:11:45Z")
Dating ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/5 "2016-05-17T16:35:28Z")
I know a few people I’m pretty sure are in league with Satan, but I don’t know what sport or activity is involved. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/6 "2016-05-17T16:42:02Z")
I was surprised to learn about the existence of duckpin bowling leagues when I first heard about them. Maybe I shouldn’t have been, but since I’d barely had any knowledge of the existence of duckpin bowling at all at that point, it was a bit of a shock. I was a little surprised when I first heard of golf leagues, too. But I don’t play golf, and I assume I’d have heard of them long ago if I’d had any involvement in the sport. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/7 "2016-05-17T16:46:21Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I was a little surprised when I first heard of golf leagues, too. But I don’t play golf, and I assume I’d have heard of them long ago if I’d had any involvement in the sport. Yes, my parents and one of my brothers were in golf leagues. Men’s, women’s, mixed, scrambles, four ball, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/8 "2016-05-17T17:50:52Z")
They call it “professional” but, let’s be honest, it’s just a national league. But. [Quidditch.](http://mlquidditch.com/) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/9 "2016-05-17T18:23:25Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > I know a few people I’m pretty sure are in league with Satan, but I don’t know what sport or activity is involved. All the games have five sides. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/10 "2016-05-17T18:25:35Z")
A friend is/was in an adult’s dodge ball league. I think this has become fairly common, so it may not shock a lot of people. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/11 "2016-05-17T18:53:52Z")
Not sure how surprising these are but I know of leagues for kickball, darts, ultimate frisbee, frisbee golf, and volleyball. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/12 "2016-05-17T18:57:52Z")
Red headed gentlemen. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/13 "2016-05-17T21:39:59Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Red headed gentlemen. Long-since defunct, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/14 "2016-05-18T00:05:06Z")
What about the Extraordinary Gentlemen? They still going strong? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/15 "2016-05-18T00:14:10Z")
I played in pool league. I know there are a number of them. > [@Asimovian](#): > > I was surprised to learn about the existence of duckpin bowling leagues when I first heard about them. Maybe I shouldn’t have been, but since I’d barely had any knowledge of the existence of duckpin bowling at all at that point, it was a bit of a shock. I see you are in Maryland. That’s where I last played duckpins, although there are lanes not far from here. I never really thought about duckpin leagues, but it makes sense that they exist, bowling alleys depend on league play to get by. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/16 "2016-05-18T00:41:20Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I see you are in Maryland. That’s where I last played duckpins, although there are lanes not far from here. I never really thought about duckpin leagues, but it makes sense that they exist, bowling alleys depend on league play to get by. I’m a fairly recent transplant to the area, and really knew nothing of the sport. But I’m an avid tenpin bowler, and I actually enjoyed duckpin quite a bit when I tried it. I considered joining a league myself. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/17 "2016-05-18T01:12:05Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > [Quidditch.](http://mlquidditch.com/) It has more staying power than [43-Man Squamish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Koch#43-Man_Squamish), anyway. [Tiddlywinks.](http://tiddlywinks.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/18 "2016-05-18T04:43:44Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > I was surprised to learn about the existence of duckpin bowling leagues when I first heard about them. Maybe I shouldn’t have been, but since I’d barely had any knowledge of the existence of duckpin bowling at all at that point, it was a bit of a shock. Come to Canada, and discover [five-pin bowling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-pin_bowling). It is quite popular, and five-pin leagues are common. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/19 "2016-05-18T05:15:13Z")
horseshoe pitching leagues ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006/20 "2016-05-18T05:23:03Z")
In NYC, there are lots of [LGBT sports leagues](http://www.timeout.com/newyork/gay-lesbian/gay-sports-leagues). (other cities too) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-are-surprised-to-find-have-leagues/755006.md?page=2)