Help settle dispute on athleticism...

[LippCJ7]

I'm going to take some heat for this too... Oh well...

Ol' Number 99... He's not "the great one"...

He's what you would call, a player beyond his time..

When he set all his records, goaltending and defense was NOTHING like it is now...

If you sent a Crosby, Ovechkin, Duchane, Landeskog, Stamkos, or a Marchand back to ol' Wayne's time... They would blow his records out of the water...

If you sent a Luango, Niemi, Crawford, Rask, Thomas, or Miller back to Wayne's time... You'd have guys with stupid stats...


Just an observation....

OH NO YOU DIDN'T!!

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Hockey...there is a reason why there is a line change every 45-60 seconds. Hockey is one of the few sports where every player (except the goalie) must have a combination of explosiveness and endurance as well as hand to eye coordination and reaction time like no other sport not to mention be tough as hell. An NHL goalie is just a freak of nature.

Baseball...any sport that a player can play from beginning to end without breaking a sweat is pretty weak. It certainly takes skill to play the game, but it is not very physically demanding (reason they can play 162 games in a season). The most challenging part of the game is standing idle for long periods of time and sprinting without pulling a muscle.

Michael Cuddyer is an example of someone who plays the game right... He could be out at first by a mile and he STILL hauls ass down the line. EVERYONE should play like him.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

OH NO YOU DIDN'T!!

I did.

[MED]

Baseball is a game, not a sport...

It is definitely a sport. It takes something special to throw a 100mph fast ball and some serious hand to eye coordination to hit it. The players need to run, catch, and throw. It is just not a very physically demanding sport like some of the other sports.

[Monky]

I vote mma. Haha

I'm pretty sure any of the hockey players here wouldn't last 3 rounds of 'fight gone bad' for a workout

[JM Ver. 2.0]

Speaking of ol' Wayne...

I have this exact same jersey... But mine is dirty as fuck and has some seams coming unsewn. If you want it, $10 buys it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NWT-CCM-SEWN...item20d391591c

[Ronin13]

Besides, the worst part of rollerblading?
Telling your parents your gay.......

That's awesome!

Hockey...there is a reason why there is a line change every 45-60 seconds. Hockey is one of the few sports where every player (except the goalie) must have a combination of explosiveness and endurance as well as hand to eye coordination and reaction time like no other sport not to mention be tough as hell. An NHL goalie is just a freak of nature.

Baseball...any sport that a player can play from beginning to end without breaking a sweat is pretty weak. It certainly takes skill to play the game, but it is not very physically demanding (reason they can play 162 games in a season). The most challenging part of the game is standing idle for long periods of time and not falling asleep.

FTFY. Seriously, I love baseball, love going to the games, but dammit all, when I played it was about the slowest game ever... At 12 you need something to keep your ADD riddled self occupied other than standing at center field dreaming of when you're next going to get to put a firecracker in an ant hill.
Yeah, my cousin's son wants to be a goalie, I just said "No, you won't be one, you give up too easily and you're a wimp (he's 8 and been playing for 3 years), stick to being a forward."

[HoneyBadger]

I admire the point that Bert made about Hockey Players being better people outside the sport, but it's not relavent to this debate at all.

Just ask the person "Which sport sees more fights break out (and quasi-sanctions them at that)?"

Again, what does that have to do with athleticism?

[HoneyBadger]

Baseball...any sport that a player can play from beginning to end without breaking a sweat is pretty weak. It certainly takes skill to play the game, but it is not very physically demanding (reason they can play 162 games in a season). The most challenging part of the game is standing idle for long periods of time and sprinting without pulling a muscle.

Disregard my earlier comment... I read it as "basketball" not "baseball". You are absolutely right! lol I love how so many baseball players have big beer guts...

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I admire the point that Bert made about Hockey Players being better people outside the sport, but it's not relavent to this debate at all.


Again, what does that have to do with athleticism?

First you're shooting a puck at a net and then BLAM! you're fighting for the king of the douche bag awards... Well, that's how it is in beer league anyway....