romad1 Posted August 2 Posted August 2 31 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: I’m in a bad mood in general and far too snarky at times and I don’t want to go on record forever as disliking people who are attracted to a sports that do little or nothing for me. It’s petty. The world doesn’t revolve around me. It’s not the end of the world for a baseball game to happen at a NASCAR track I guess. I went to a demolition derby once and loved it as much as everyone else. Though I could’ve done without the Confederate flags. If it weren’t a 4 hour drive away I probably would’ve gone again. I’m perhaps even capable of liking tractor pulls. The food there is surely good. So if other people like events and “sports” that to me are mere sideshows (oops I did it again) too bad for me. I probably need to lighten up. I do, though, dislike pandering attempts to make baseball “relevant“ to people with even shorter attention spans than my own who seem unable to appreciate baseball for the right reasons or to grasp its nuances. I don’t like seeing my sport disfigured. When I was a little kid and I figured out the complexity of the game and could understand it at a glance, there was a soaring sense of accomplishment and belonging that has never left me. I felt invited into the inner sanctum of a holy temple of sorts and I don’t like seeing that experience diminished. But the push is to reduce it to a level everybody can accept. Make it big, make it loud, make it proud, bet on it, turn it into a home run derby along with all the other aspects of the military industrial sports complex because it’s nothing more than one big revenue stream anyway rubs me the wrong way Maybe Tennessee needs Major League Baseball. Maybe it’ll be a good thing. Maybe they even deserve it. So I will stop praying for it to rain in Bristol and for tornadoes to touch down and lift everybody’s pick up trucks into the sky. I hope the event goes off without a hitch and everyone eats lots of funnel cakes and deep fried squirrel and whatever else it is they like down there. 1 Quote
CMRivdogs Posted August 2 Posted August 2 I'm ambivalent about the Bristol Track game. After all the Dodgers played their first couple of years in the LA Coliseum. Left field fence was 250 feet away (with a 40 foot screen) it was about 300 feet.. BTW the Field of Dreams field was not the same location as the movie field. They moved it about 100 yards or so and turned it around a bit to get the house in the camera shots. Now if they played during a race, that would be something... 1 Quote
Shinzaki Posted August 2 Posted August 2 That would be interesting..." Young OF Joe Jones' promising career was cut short today when he was run over by a Chevy that was clocked at 200mph" Quote
Sports_Freak Posted August 2 Posted August 2 1 hour ago, IdahoBert said: I’m in a bad mood in general and far too snarky at times and I don’t want to go on record forever as disliking people who are attracted to a sports that do little or nothing for me. It’s petty. The world doesn’t revolve around me. It’s not the end of the world for a baseball game to happen at a NASCAR track I guess. I went to a demolition derby once and loved it as much as everyone else. Though I could’ve done without the Confederate flags. If it weren’t a 4 hour drive away I probably would’ve gone again. I’m perhaps even capable of liking tractor pulls. The food there is surely good. So if other people like events and “sports” that to me are mere sideshows (oops I did it again) too bad for me. I probably need to lighten up. I do, though, dislike pandering attempts to make baseball “relevant“ to people with even shorter attention spans than my own who seem unable to appreciate baseball for the right reasons or to grasp its nuances. I don’t like seeing my sport disfigured. When I was a little kid and I figured out the complexity of the game and could understand it at a glance, there was a soaring sense of accomplishment and belonging that has never left me. I felt invited into the inner sanctum of a holy temple of sorts and I don’t like seeing that experience diminished. But the push is to reduce it to a level everybody can accept. Make it big, make it loud, make it proud, bet on it, turn it into a home run derby along with all the other aspects of the military industrial sports complex because it’s nothing more than one big revenue stream anyway rubs me the wrong way Maybe Tennessee needs Major League Baseball. Maybe it’ll be a good thing. Maybe they even deserve it. So I will stop praying for it to rain in Bristol and for tornadoes to touch down and lift everybody’s pick up trucks into the sky. I hope the event goes off without a hitch and everyone eats lots of funnel cakes and deep fried squirrel and whatever else it is they like down there. I worked with a guy who was into Nascar and I was giving him a hard time about how stupid I thought it was that people got into watching people drive in circles. He was quiet for a bit and then informed me, "sometimes they drive in figure eights." LMAO I've heard it's one of the most popular sports in the country and I've mellowed. If people wanna get into it, fine. To each his/her own. 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted August 2 Posted August 2 45 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said: I'm ambivalent about the Bristol Track game. After all the Dodgers played their first couple of years in the LA Coliseum. Left field fence was 250 feet away (with a 40 foot screen) it was about 300 feet.. BTW the Field of Dreams field was not the same location as the movie field. They moved it about 100 yards or so and turned it around a bit to get the house in the camera shots. Now if they played during a race, that would be something... That would give new meaning to...Dodger!! Quote
IdahoBert Posted August 2 Posted August 2 1 hour ago, CMRivdogs said: I'm ambivalent about the Bristol Track game. After all the Dodgers played their first couple of years in the LA Coliseum. Left field fence was 250 feet away (with a 40 foot screen) it was about 300 feet.. BTW the Field of Dreams field was not the same location as the movie field. They moved it about 100 yards or so and turned it around a bit to get the house in the camera shots. Now if they played during a race, that would be something... I’m honestly ambivalent too. I just like to vent. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted August 2 Posted August 2 38 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said: I worked with a guy who was into Nascar and I was giving him a hard time about how stupid I thought it was that people got into watching people drive in circles. He was quiet for a bit and then informed me, "sometimes they drive in figure eights." LMAO I've heard it's one of the most popular sports in the country and I've mellowed. If people wanna get into it, fine. To each his/her own. Like I said, the demolition derby was fantastic and they didn’t just drive around in a circle. They drove around in an irregular manner and tried to crash into each other. The fact that so many of these vehicles could withstand so much punishment was an epiphany. A lot of thought and craftsmanship has to go into making these vehicles worthy of this much punishment. I’m really impressed with practical skills of that gravity, which I myself do not possess. Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted August 2 Posted August 2 NASCAR was easier to get into in the 80s/90s/early 2000s for a variety of reasons. Now it’s just lots of nonsense across the board that doesn’t really appeal to a wide audience. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted August 2 Posted August 2 1 hour ago, IdahoBert said: I’m honestly ambivalent too. I just like to vent. The privilege of age Quote
IdahoBert Posted August 3 Posted August 3 Yeah, the game in Bristol has been in delay for quite a while and probably will be for most of the next hour. Quote
IdahoBert Posted August 3 Posted August 3 Wow, this game should’ve started two hours ago and might not begin for another hour and a half. Imagine sitting there with your wife and four children squirming the whole time. Imagine four cotton candies melting onto four tiny fists. I’m glad this is not my problem. I feel bad for the people who are enduring this and got excited about this possibility. Quote
IdahoBert Posted August 3 Posted August 3 Just checked Fox and it looks like there’s a countdown 20 minutes away, so maybe the game begins then. This might be fun for the spectacle of it alone when the game actually begins. I honestly can’t bear to listen to the broadcasters right now, though. Quote
IdahoBert Posted August 3 Posted August 3 It’s raining again heck wow Chase Burns strikes out a ton of guys, but he gets hit hard too. Quote
IdahoBert Posted August 3 Posted August 3 [Note to self] When build stadium in Nashville make sure has roof. Quote
IdahoBert Posted August 3 Posted August 3 They’re stopping play to throw sand on the infield where water is puddling up. This is absurd. The players are wiping off the bats on their jerseys. Quote
1776 Posted August 3 Posted August 3 11 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: It’s raining again heck wow Chase Burns strikes out a ton of guys, but he gets hit hard too. What a total cluster. I wonder how they’ll handle a rainout. I’ve got a feeling a lot of people are going to get the shaft on this deal. Quote
lordstanley Posted August 3 Posted August 3 Don't all events at Tennessee speedways need to start with a prayer? If so, won't be able to top this one. 1 Quote
Tiger337 Posted August 3 Posted August 3 9 hours ago, Sports_Freak said: I worked with a guy who was into Nascar and I was giving him a hard time about how stupid I thought it was that people got into watching people drive in circles. He was quiet for a bit and then informed me, "sometimes they drive in figure eights." LMAO I've heard it's one of the most popular sports in the country and I've mellowed. If people wanna get into it, fine. To each his/her own. I'd like to see them try to race into Boston during rush hour commute. Now, that would be a sport that requires real skill. Quote
IdahoBert Posted August 3 Posted August 3 You know this wasn’t a bad idea intrinsically, but the rain makes it a tremendously bad idea which is unfortunate. Stuff like this happens when people with lots of money are used to doing things and flattening every obstacle in their path, but the weather is an obstacle that doesn’t respect anyone’s hubris. They can’t allow players to get injured. These guys are worth millions of dollars. 1 Quote
casimir Posted August 3 Posted August 3 The tarp is back on the field. There is more rain coming. They just need to eat it and play tomorrow. It sucks. But there is no reason for it to suck, and/or injuries to occur, and/or this game to not start until midnight local. Quote
Tiger337 Posted August 3 Posted August 3 9 hours ago, IdahoBert said: Like I said, the demolition derby was fantastic and they didn’t just drive around in a circle. They drove around in an irregular manner and tried to crash into each other. That's kind of like driving in Boston. Quote
IdahoBert Posted August 3 Posted August 3 I am not relishing this happening. The pictures of moms sitting in the stands with their rain soaked children is heartrending. Quote
Tiger337 Posted August 3 Posted August 3 10 hours ago, CMRivdogs said: I'm ambivalent about the Bristol Track game. After all the Dodgers played their first couple of years in the LA Coliseum. Left field fence was 250 feet away (with a 40 foot screen) it was about 300 feet.. BTW the Field of Dreams field was not the same location as the movie field. They moved it about 100 yards or so and turned it around a bit to get the house in the camera shots. Now if they played during a race, that would be something... Or how about if the game is tied after nine innings, they have an auto race around the track with one one player from each team. Quote
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