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QUOTE (Ozzie Ball @ Jul 3, 2010 -> 03:34 PM) Based on everything we've seen you'd be crazy to bet against Germany. You are right. I also picked Spain before the tournament so I'm sticking with them.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jul 3, 2010 -> 03:29 PM) Well, it's probably going to be an all-European final. I like uruguay to beat the netherlands. I still think Spain will take the whole thing.

I have to leave. Hopefully we will be celebrating something when I get back on.

I need to leave this thread and shower, but I keep coming back. Too much excitement!

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 2, 2010 -> 05:37 PM) Will somebody explain to me how on earth Wade/Lebron/Rose would work together? I understand they are all ball dominating driving threats but I think Rose would back off and dish a little more in that scenario. Also, you'd have LBJ and Wade so who cares?

I bat left and throw right. Ventura style. I do things that involve more accuracy left handed such as writing, eating, etc. and throw things with my right hand. One thing that surprised me that I found out about my cousin is that he golfs right handed and hits a baseball left handed.

Hit a homer in a fast pitch softball game tonight. First time I've ever hit a homer over a fence. Pretty sweet.

All of this makes me too nervous. I just wish I could know now how it will all shake out.

I'm with Don on not wearing Jeans at home. I take those f***ers off the second I get home and put on some basketball shorts.

f*** the Cubs. Lets make it 11!!!!!!

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 25, 2010 -> 08:28 PM) What does the popularity have anything to do with how much competition there is? You are still facing the highest level of skill in that sport. The fact that any team can win it makes it that much tougher. In basketball, the team with the most talent nearly almost wins. In hockey, you can face some unlucky bounces of the puck or face a hot goalie and your talented team is done. Not to mention, the physical grind that 20-25 playoff games of non-stop hitting and physical play takes on your body as well. Less people in the world play the sport, therefore the skill level is probably down compared to soccer and basketball which have the best athletes due to the popularity around the world of those two sports. The percentage of people that have played hockey and won a championship is way higher than the percentage of people that have played basketball and won a championship. I don't think physicality has anything to do with how "hard" it is to win a championship but thats just the way I look at the question.

I'm shocked the Stanley cup has got so many votes. To me it seems like the easiest. It is by far the least popular sport so not as much competition, plus a ton of teams make the playoffs and any team can win in the playoffs so you don't have to build a great team to have a chance.

JFP!!!! Gordon!!!! TCQ!!!!! :usa

Shorts, T-shirt, flip flops. Pretty much every day at all times of the day. I will not wear jeans from about may to october.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 24, 2010 -> 10:18 PM) Mauer, Morneau, Cuddyer, Kubel, Liriano and Nathan for Lee. That might work if you throw in Brett Favre.

TCQ!

I prefer Hoegarden. It is rather tasty on a warm day.

QUOTE (NIUSox @ Jun 22, 2010 -> 10:23 PM) Summertime favorite would be Summer Shandy. Right now in the fridge I've got Summer Shandy, Paulaner Hefe-Weizen, and my sister brought some Yuengling Lager when she came back to Illinois from North Carolina over the weekend. I just got back from N.C., I must've drank at least 60 Yuenglings over that ten day span.

Mauer, Pujols, Strasburg, Lincecum, Ubaldo, Zambrano for the crazy factor, Ichiro, Howard.

QUOTE (pittshoganerkoff @ Jun 21, 2010 -> 08:24 PM) I used to live on the Outer Banks. My parents still do. I love that area. My great uncle has a house in hatteras. I've been 5 or 6 times in my life. It really is always an amazing place to vacation. There were 70 people related to me there this week. It was pretty crazy.

I just got back yesterday from Hatteras, NC. Stopped on the way back to catch the sox in D.C. Had a great time.

Back from my vacation. Was a blast. Thinking I should go back since the Sox lost once in the 10 days I was gone. The game yesterday was a heck of a lot of fun. We had 24 White Sox fans cheering loudly.

Anyone have any more news on this game? I'm on vacation and we are stopping on the way back for this game so if the time gets changed back I'd be able to sleep in a little later.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 11, 2010 -> 01:58 AM) The World Cup is really difficult to compare to the others though...I mean, to be honest, if we want to count any of these trophies, I'd vote for the Tour De France. They are all tough to compare. Only 4 people max per year get to win a major in golf or tennis. College sports are out as it is harder to even get to the NBA than to win a college title. Baseball is probably the toughest of the 4 major sports but that is just my opinion.