Throwdowns > Closed

OlderthanDirt said 06/11, 08:48 AM
Songs have been done about this froggie, and IMO it is now and always has been the players on the diamond that are the true boys of Summer, not just the Cubbies.

#1. The entire baseball/softball community. Everyday somewhere there is a game. Here in Oklahoma when the thermometer hits the triple digit mark, you can still hear Blue somewhere, "Play Ball".

#2. Golf. I played yesterday in 95 degree heat and 30 mph winds. It was tough but fun. I don't see how Phil and Tiger do it so consistently in so many variants of Summer time weather. These guys are awesome. A True Summertime sport.

#3. Fishing! Every Grandpa with a cane pole is on the lake or river bank trying to show junior how to catch the big one. And of course, guys like KVD are showing everyone how to become a millionaire catching the big one. Little boys all across America spend many a restless Summer night waiting on the morning alarm so they can hit the water with their Dad. Truly a Summer time Great.

#4. Racing. You pick the venue, auto , horse, dog etc. There is something about summer time that brings out the need for speed. Seems like every state has their own version of hauling ass

MTC... GL

OlderthanDirt said 06/11, 11:16 AM
You missed the MTC part of my last sentence. I ran out of characters before I finished my list.

#5. Football. Now while most of us sit back and wait for fall and the football season, we do tend to forget the OTAs, Minicamps and "not mandatory -> mandatory" practice sessions the gridirons heroes endure during summer. I do give them kudos for the grueling summer long effort they put into their game but we as the average fan just don't "see" them and it is hard to associate the footballers with Boys of Summer.

#6. Soccer. In Lawton, Oklahoma they have a converted hay field into soccer field that on any given Saturday morning a person can watch at least 15 games playing at a time. Boys and Girls alike running in 100 degree weather from 0900a.m. to about 2:00 p.m. Talking about Summer sports, makes me sweat just thinking about it.

#7. To match your list of seven, cycling. This is about where I would put this sport. Even tho one can cycle year round, the Tour de France has become quite a spectator sport for the average sports fan; largely due to the heroics of one Mister Lance Armstrong. Cheat / Didn't Cheat, its all good to me. He kicked ass and took names for many years.

OlderthanDirt said 06/12, 01:59 PM
Im down 7_2:(

Sorry about that Froggie. I called them as I saw them. I feel FN users are for the most part like myself and traditional American sports and Summer time fun.

Only in the last ten years or so have Soccer moms taken over Saturday morning car pools to get all the kids to the games but even then, most of us here in America still view soccer as a kid's game and we do not put real interest into the sport.

We are not right or wrong just not as interested. Especially when we can go play baseball instead. Now, I understand that soccer is constant motion but when you give a bat to a kid and tell him he can whack something with it, that is much more fun than kicking a ball. He gets to use the whole gamut of skills, running, throwing, batting and the occasional kicking dust.

I will see you again on another TD I am sure. Take Care!

Peace out FN!