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Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

bcaie16 — Sat, 2 Jul 2011 00:09:02 GMT

Author: bcaie16

Posted: 07/02/2011 04:09

Speaking of tennis, how about Milos Raonic, a (gasp) CANADIAN!!

Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

GARY — Fri, 1 Jul 2011 23:11:54 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 07/02/2011 03:11

Bork wrote:

GARY wrote:

THE GREATEST tennis player of all time.

This is Bjorn Borg after winning his FIFTH Wimbledon Title..... IN A ROW 😲

He also won the Australian
French (6 times)
U.S. (4 times)

Borg won 101 career titles 😁

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And please do remember where he was from.

When I grew up all classes were cancelled while Borg was playing, and a lot of offices and factories temporarily shut down as well so the staff could watch him play.

O.K. Borg was from

sweeden

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Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

Bork — Fri, 1 Jul 2011 22:57:12 GMT

Author: Bork

Posted: 07/02/2011 02:57

GARY wrote:

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Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

kidamnesiac — Fri, 1 Jul 2011 02:57:29 GMT

Author: kidamnesiac

Posted: 07/01/2011 06:57

eyah my dad was on his nuts

Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

GARY — Fri, 1 Jul 2011 01:36:24 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 07/01/2011 05:36

THE GREATEST tennis player of all time.

This is Bjorn Borg after winning his FIFTH Wimbledon Title..... IN A ROW 😲

He also won the Australian
French (6 times)
U.S. (4 times)

Borg won 101 career titles 😁

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Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

GARY — Fri, 1 Jul 2011 00:33:24 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 07/01/2011 04:33

kidamnesiac wrote:

i think it was his dad that was a pro, he was possibly on his way but quit. Yes long matches in the blistering sun can make you want to quit and go sit in the shade. My parents said i could go to bollittieri's if i wanted to but i said no like the dumbfuck that i am.

Damn kidamnesiac, you should have gone to Bollittieri's 😲

What might have been 🤔

I found this from Tennis Magazine 😁

ON COURT WITH LARS ULRICH - 2002

LARS ULRICH IS KNOWN WORLDwide as the drummer and outspoken leader of the heavy-metal band Metallica. But during the 1979-'80 school year, as a 16-year-old student in the second class to attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, in Sarasota, Fla., Ulrich was just another face in the crowd.

"Jimmy Arias and Paul Annacone were the stars who got the best court," says Ulrich, whose tennis credentials included a Top 10 junior ranking in his native Denmark. "At the academy, I realized that my ability wasn't enough to be a successful professional--far from it--and the discipline necessary was not in me."

Instead, Lars cofounded Metallica in 1981. But he never gave up tennis. These days he plays once or twice a week. One of his occasional opponents is his father, Torben, the free-spirited ex-pro who remains the oldest player (48 years, 11 months, in 1978) to compete in Davis Cup.

Lars, 38, lives in San Francisco with his wife, Skylar, a doctor, and their sons Myles, 3, and Layne, 1. A day after hitting with Bay Area resident Brad Gilbert, he kicked back at his home and beat the drums for his favorite sport.

STAGE PRESENCE - "I'm the Tasmanian Devil on the court. I'm all over the place. I get very animated and emotionally involved on every level possible."

WHEREVER I MAY ROAM - "I can see where the ball is going before most people I play with do. There's some sort of inbred tennis thing going on."

OFF KEY - "My second serve is so lame! It's tentative under pressure. It goes right in the net."

FAVORITE ROADIE - "I'm fortunate to call John McEnroe a friend. Whenever he's in town, we hang out. Whenever we're in New York, we hang out. We talk about music, we talk about art, we drink a few margaritas."

FAN FARE - "You've got to love the Jennifer Capriati story It's so amazing. It should give everyone faith in what they're aspiring to."

BACKSTAGE - "If I were running the men's tour, a requirement for every player would be to have an interesting personality. I would decide which players had personalities, and for those who didn't have one, they'd be off the tour."

ALL-ACCESS PASS - "Agassi is a true personality. The last player I thought was really interesting was Marcelo Rios, around the five or ten minutes that he peaked."

THE SHOW MUST GO ON - "Watching tennis on television, I don't like seeing all those timeouts. Like 'Hey, let's get a trainer down here so I can get a massage.' It bugs me."

TENNIS MAGAZINE 2002

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Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

kidamnesiac — Fri, 1 Jul 2011 00:16:23 GMT

Author: kidamnesiac

Posted: 07/01/2011 04:16

i think it was his dad that was a pro, he was possibly on his way but quit. Yes long matches in the blistering sun can make you want to quit and go sit in the shade. My parents said i could go to bollittieri's if i wanted to but i said no like the dumbfuck that i am.

Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

GARY — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:42:16 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 07/01/2011 02:42

kidamnesiac wrote:

my dad, my mom and 4 of my uncles played major college tennis, so i played from three-thirteen, got burned out and quit and just played baseball instead of both. But anyways i had friends who barely played tennis but were still decent, its extremely hard to barely play golf and be decent. THere is alot more going on, alot more moving parts in golf. Its not easy trying to be good except for exceptions when poeple just have a natural swing.

I know what you mean. I love tennis and have been watching the French, Australian, U.S. and of course the big one played on grass in England Wimbledon 😁

I used to play a lot when I was in my teens and even at tournament level. I even prcticed tennis hopping on one leg when I broke my leg. 😲

I had it real bad for tennis for years. I had a subscription to Tennis magazine (which I still
read) and spent a great deal of money on lessons,tennis clothes, racquets, tennis balls, tennis shoes. I actually had a killer serve at one point and aced many people who were left standing there after getting aced by me with a rather shocked look on their face 🤣

Did you know that lars Ulrich of Metallica played pro tennis before he joined the band ❓

Ya, anyone who says tennis is easy and not a sport has obviously never been in a 6-7 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-7 5 set match in 90 degree heat 🙄

My all time favorite match was when John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg played in the final at Wimbledon in 1980. It went 5 sets and was awesome to watch these 2 great players battle. McEnroe was throwing fits and yelling at the judge and shaking his racquet at him and getting all in his face. While Borg, as always, played it cool the whole time methodically picking McEnroe apart at the end just barely but enough to give Borg the win.

That was the FIFTH STRAIGHT Wimbledon title for Borg 😁

Great to know that I'm not the only tennis fan on BEA 😁

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Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

kidamnesiac — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:24:03 GMT

Author: kidamnesiac

Posted: 07/01/2011 01:24

my dad, my mom and 4 of my uncles played major college tennis, so i played from three-thirteen, got burned out and quit and just played baseball instead of both. But anyways i had friends who barely played tennis but were still decent, its extremely hard to barely play golf and be decent. THere is alot more going on, alot more moving parts in golf. Its not easy trying to be good except for exceptions when poeple just have a natural swing.

Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

GARY — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:08:42 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 07/01/2011 00:08

O.K.

WHO IS THE N.Y. YANKEES FAN 🤬

SHOW YOURSELF 🫵

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Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

GARY — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:44:20 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 06/29/2011 06:44

bcaie16 wrote:

Toronto is only 8.5 back... we got this 8)

Tonight's game had to hurt.

Toronto hit 3 home runs (Bautist's 24th.) and they STILL lost 😲

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Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

bcaie16 — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:16:57 GMT

Author: bcaie16

Posted: 06/29/2011 06:16

Toronto is only 8.5 back... we got this 😎

Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

Necharsian — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:56:37 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 06/28/2011 23:56

GARY wrote:

Necharsian wrote:

kidamnesiac wrote:

golf is not easy at all, tennis is easy

I assume you are playing professional tennis then.

So who are you going with in the A.L. Necharsian, Toronto :?:

That's who I voted for, yeah. Only because that's who I want to win. But I don't really follow baseball as religiously as hockey.

Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

GARY — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:49:33 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 06/28/2011 23:49

Necharsian wrote:

kidamnesiac wrote:

golf is not easy at all, tennis is easy

I assume you are playing professional tennis then.

So who are you going with in the A.L. Necharsian, Toronto ❓

Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

Necharsian — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:46:27 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 06/28/2011 23:46

kidamnesiac wrote:

golf is not easy at all, tennis is easy

I assume you are playing professional tennis then.

Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

GARY — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:43:14 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 06/27/2011 20:43

kidamnesiac wrote:

golf is not easy at all, tennis is easy

😲

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Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

kidamnesiac — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:38:06 GMT

Author: kidamnesiac

Posted: 06/27/2011 20:38

golf is not easy at all, tennis is easy

Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

GARY — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:44:33 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 06/27/2011 18:44

If the A.L. playoffs started these 4 teams would be in

Detroit 😲
Texas
N.Y. Yankees 🙄
Boston

Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

Bork — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:44 GMT

Author: Bork

Posted: 06/27/2011 04:00

GARY wrote:

What I want to know is how GOLF is considered a "sport" :lol:

It is not. It is however a great social activity, much like boule or trivial pursuit or whatever that game is called where you hit wooden balls through little gates with a wooden mallet. Personally I think it is too time consuming but I know lots of retired people who love it. On that note though, every single golfer who is anybody will literally be 100 feet from my house in about a week.

Re: MLB Baseball American League Which team will win the A.L.

GARY — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:53:43 GMT

Author: GARY

Posted: 06/27/2011 03:53

Bork wrote:

Ok. Don't get mad now GARY. It's just an opinion and we all know what they are like.

Only...how is it that overweight, subprime men getting up off their seat to swing a wooden stick three times and miss the hurdle being thrown at them all three times, then go sit down for a half hour and chew tobacco, is considered a sport?

I guess it's all in how one perceives the game.

When I watch baseball I enjoy the strategy of the pitching for one thing. Is he going to throw a fastball low and inside or a curve ball or maybe pitch out and have the catcher pick off the runner who is very fast and may try to steal second base.

How long do you leave the starting pitcher in do you maybe want a reliever to come in the game.

Or, the guy on first is sllloow so do you send in a pinch runner for him because you are 1 run down. But, if you do, you lose your best power hitter who is on first for the rest of the game.

Do you intentionally walk the runner.

Do you bring the infield in to stop the bunt.

Do you shift the out field because the batter typically hits to the same part of the outfield.

ETC. ETC.

I love the strategy of baseball 😁

What I want to know is how GOLF is considered a "sport" 🤣

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