Bonds Hits 700!

[Placebo 29]

I used to watch a fair bit on Channel5 (UK Television)

So im not the only one then ;)

I was forced to watch it at first by a certain female 'friend' ( ) then I got hooked on it

I lost interest when the English presenter changed, he used to be quite outspoken and a real personality, swore from time to time when it was in a relevant context, which was hilarious, his sidekick was also interesting, then they were replaced with much more "generic brands"

[Winters 1]

I used to watch a fair bit on Channel5 (UK Television), always been a Mets fan myself, not really sure why

My

Entire

Team

Sucks

[brgnorway 0]

Baseball

Go for Cricket instead!

[Placebo 29]

Cricket stopped being remotely interesting for me the day Ian Botham retired

[denoir 0]

Since we're talking about sports I don't care about (don't feel the need to post a new thread):

Europe wins Ryder Cup [FoxNews]

Quote[/b] ]

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Over here, over there, it no longer matters. Europe again proved to be the best in the Ryder Cup (search) with another romp over the Americans.

Lee Westwood (search) ended any remaining suspense at Oakland Hills with a 4-foot par putt on the final hole to beat Kenny Perry (search) on Sunday. With Colin Montgomerie 1-up playing the 18th and assured of a half-point, Europe had the 14 points it needed to capture the Ryder Cup for the fourth time in the last five tries.

It also left little doubt as to who the underdogs are now.

The Europeans are not only winning, they are winning big.

Montgomerie also holed a 4-foot par putt on the 18th to beat David Toms, pushing the total to 141/2 points for an outright victory. The only thing left to decide was the size of their margin, and they had a chance for their biggest rout ever. There were five matches still in progress, and Europe led in four of them.

"It's been a tremendous week," European captain Bernhard Langer said.

For the United States, it was another disappointment in matches they once dominated. The Americans have the higher world ranking, more majors, greater star power.

But when it comes to the Ryder Cup, it's no contest.

The Europeans won for only the third time on U.S. soil, and they made sure there was no rally like Brookline five years ago when the Americans stormed back from a 10-6 deficit by putting its best players at the top of the lineup and riding a tidal wave of momentum.

Tiger Woods finally did his part, the only player not to lose a single hole in an easy victory over Paul Casey. The Americans had early leads in the first five matches as cheers of "USA! USA!" rang out across the course, the crowd trying to urge them to pull off another improbable comeback.

But just as it has gone all week, the Americans simply couldn't keep it up.

Sergio Garcia made three straight birdies to quickly turn the tide against Phil Mickelson, then won the match when Lefty tried to play a knockdown shot that went into the water on the 16th.

Darren Clarke was two holes behind with three to play when he made an 8-foot birdie on the 16th, chipped in from behind the green on the 17th to square the match and wound up halving his match with Davis Love III.

Westwood also rallied from a two-hole deficit early in his match, winning the 15th with a par to go 1 up and then holing his cup-clinching putt to seal the victory.

"I had a fair idea the way everyone was biting their nails," Westwood said when asked whether he knew his putt was for the Ryder Cup.

This was no nail-biter. It was a blowout from start to finish.

Europe led 11-5 going into the 12 singles matches and needed only three points to retain the cup. Five matches were still in progress when European fans began lustily singing "Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole!" and players swarmed Langer with hugs.

"The Europeans are great," U.S. captain Hal Sutton. "They played ferociously. There are a lot of great players in America, but we got outplayed this week."

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Never realy watched Baseball, I guess I dont even know the rules.  

But congrats. Baseball looks cooler than American Football anyway !  

[Placebo 29]

Since we're talking about sports I don't care about (don't feel the need to post a new thread):

Europe wins Ryder Cup [FoxNews]

When it comes to golf I'm with Twain

Quote[/b] ]Golf is a good walk spoiled. ~ Mark Twain

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Golf rules! I love it!

[Winters 1]

Golf a sport??? i thought it was a recreational activity

[cozza 24]

My way of playing golf.

Hit the ball towords the flag and hope it goes in.

Quote[/b] ]Baseball looks cooler than American Football anyway

It much more fun to watch too. Was watching it on ESPN and everytime someone gets tackled there was a add break. Its was late ar night and I might have been Sober.

[Placebo 29]

The great thing about Baseball over GridIron is that the concept is exceedingly simple, ball gets thrown, if he hits it he runs, if he misses 3 times he's out, etc. But the great thing about it is the quirkiness, such as the tabacco chewing and tugging at body parts to send messages, fascinating, plus there's always that hope that someone will get hit by a pitcher and both teams will invade the pitch for a ruckus

[Billabong81 0]

tugging at body parts to send messages, fascinating

Where are you going with this placebo .

Quote[/b] ]plus there's always that hope that someone will get hit by a pitcher and both teams will invade the pitch for a ruckus

I love it when teams go at eachother . It's funny when some 50-70 year old manager goes after a 25 year old baseball player...then get knocked on his ass .