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I frequently hear baseball knobs doing a pregame analysis saying that a pitcher needs to go out there and throw strikes.

But when a pitcher gets hit all over the yard, I don't think I have ever heard an analyst say, "The problem was all those strikes he kept throwing."
 
Saulty
Golf and tennis have no home field advantage. I have heard more noise at funerals.
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wrong...europeans always have an advantage in the british/scottish opens (traveling those distances and crossing time zones is brutal on americans who dont spend a few weeks there before tournaments)... tiger and phil always have an advantage when they play the west coast swing and play courses they grew up playing... any guy who gets to sleep in their own bed has an advantage in that aspect...

i would imagine if there is a homecourt advantage in tennis, it would be in the 1st or 2nd round and with a guy who gets to sleep in his own bed, as well... but the type of court gives players the main advantage, imo.
 
I would like to make a brief point about this guy and some stuff that was said about him this week:


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Okay, he is Oscar Pistorius and obviously he is a double amputee and he has been cleared to participate in the regular Olympics. He is on the South African 4 x 400m relay team.

That has led to some debate on if he should be allowed given his physical state. I say no. I'm sorry but his "feet" are not human and the regular Olympics should be for humans. I don't know how springy those things are and if future technology can make them even springier and make it an unfair advantage over human legs. Maybe there are even regulations about the specs of those things so they can only be so springy and that weakens my point.

I don't know.

I am not vehement about my position here. If someone has a reasonable argument for the other side I will listen.

But here are two arguments I heard from talking heads this week that are not reasonable. They are stupid.


1) His inclusion is okay because he not super competitive. He is good but his 400m times are not particularly close to the top of the world and he is very unlikely to win a medal so therefore it is okay. What a stupid beside-the-point argument.

2) He should be allowed because if there is any healthy non-double-amputee out there, he would gladly trade places with you. Some talking head actually trotted that one out in the middle of a debate.



I hate people who don't know how to debate. Just stupid.
 
That's what I figger. Letting him compete in the regular Olympics is just condescending to my way of thinking.



Anyhoo, another bitchy point I would like to make:

Toronto media was all uppity this week about comments made by Jose Bautista during the all-star break. Bautista, in answering the deluge of questions fired at him, said he would like it if the Blue Jays would get some pitching and improve their roster so they can be competitive sooner rather than later.

Okay fine. It is a debatable point in the big picture but I get why he would feel that way. The Jays are a couple games out of a wildcard and they had a bunch of pitchers go down with injuries and he is a player who, like all players, has a limited shelf-life.

But the fokking media is going after him like, what? Does he think he is an assistant General manager now? Is he going to sacrifice some of his salary to make this happen? He needs to keep that shit behind closed doors. He needs to shut up and play.

I hate that shit. He was giving his thoughts about questions he was asked. They were not unintelligent thoughts and they weren't even particularly controversial but guys get all self-righteously indignant on him. It's ridiculous. No wonder so many athletes will only speak in cliches.
 
Worst part was, about a day after the initial comments, Bautista was standing around the batting cage with David Ortiz and made the comment that he would love to see Ortiz in a Blue Jays uniform. It was completely innocent and friendly. It was just a way of paying respect and saying he thinks his buddy standing next to him is really good. Of course. Every hitter would love to have Ortiz in the batting order. You really have to be looking to create trouble to frame it as accusing the GM of not doing his job.

Media just piled on framing it as more accusations of the GM of not doing his job.
 
Mudcat
I would like to make a brief point about this guy and some stuff that was said about him this week:


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Okay, he is Oscar Pistorius and obviously he is a double amputee and he has been cleared to participate in the regular Olympics. He is on the South African 4 x 400m relay team.

That has led to some debate on if he should be allowed given his physical state. I say no. I'm sorry but his "feet" are not human and the regular Olympics should be for humans. I don't know how springy those things are and if future technology can make them even springier and make it an unfair advantage over human legs. Maybe there are even regulations about the specs of those things so they can only be so springy and that weakens my point.

I don't know.

I am not vehement about my position here. If someone has a reasonable argument for the other side I will listen.

But here are two arguments I heard from talking heads this week that are not reasonable. They are stupid.


1) His inclusion is okay because he not super competitive. He is good but his 400m times are not particularly close to the top of the world and he is very unlikely to win a medal so therefore it is okay. What a stupid beside-the-point argument.

2) He should be allowed because if there is any healthy non-double-amputee out there, he would gladly trade places with you. Some talking head actually trotted that one out in the middle of a debate.



I hate people who don't know how to debate. Just stupid.
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That picture makes it look like he could jump about 7 feet high with those things.

If you make an exception for him, you open the door to newer technology as well - which might end up being far superior to human legs.

I'm sure he's a hero and all that. Blah. Blah. Blah.

But I'd agree with you.
 
Compared to my legs, those things practically look like pogo sticks.

The other thing that came up in the discussion: the one person said something like, I know this, I will have tears in my eyes when he completes his race.

Huh?

Unless something totally unexpected happens I will feel nothing special about that. I mean, good for him. Good for everyone.

But WTF? Am I a horrible person here?
 
Mudcat
I would like to make a brief point about this guy and some stuff that was said about him this week:


04TH_PISTORIUS_1133453f.jpg




Okay, he is Oscar Pistorius and obviously he is a double amputee and he has been cleared to participate in the regular Olympics. He is on the South African 4 x 400m relay team.

That has led to some debate on if he should be allowed given his physical state. I say no. I'm sorry but his "feet" are not human and the regular Olympics should be for humans. I don't know how springy those things are and if future technology can make them even springier and make it an unfair advantage over human legs. Maybe there are even regulations about the specs of those things so they can only be so springy and that weakens my point.

I don't know.

I am not vehement about my position here. If someone has a reasonable argument for the other side I will listen.

But here are two arguments I heard from talking heads this week that are not reasonable. They are stupid.


1) His inclusion is okay because he not super competitive. He is good but his 400m times are not particularly close to the top of the world and he is very unlikely to win a medal so therefore it is okay. What a stupid beside-the-point argument.

2) He should be allowed because if there is any healthy non-double-amputee out there, he would gladly trade places with you. Some talking head actually trotted that one out in the middle of a debate.



I hate people who don't know how to debate. Just stupid.
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The thing is it's a "feel good story" I guess. I mean overcoming such an obstacle to compete on the World Stage is pretty feel good. Is it anymore amazing or feel good than any number of others who have overcame or at the very least refused to allow a handicap from keeping them from succeeding? I doubt it is.

I'm sure there are a few disadvantages but the advantages would outweigh them. You can't deny there isn't a spring effect, you can't twist an ankle, for that matter what about fatigue of calf muscles or ankles even and soreness issues. Sure the guy still has to have endurance and speed but you would have to do some extensive research to prove there isn't an advantage.

They make it sound as if this is a fairly run-of-the-mill athlete in his field but who can say that he would be less than that without them or if an even better athlete with the same prosthetics wouldn't have a decided edged if competing?

You never want to see anyone held back and the majority of us do love a good "feel good story" but this seems to be a very slippery slope for what could come.

It kind of reminds me when the PGA allowed a special exemption for Casey Martin to use a golf cart to ride to his ball on the PGA Tour. True he has a debilitating muscle disease that that causes his legs muscles to cramp, fatigue and cause serious pain but allowing him to ride when others are walking is an advantage.
 
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