A sports poll

[Broken_Hero]

I'm watching Cold Pizza right now and one of the talking heads was jumping up and down about how college basketball sucks compared to the NBA, and how the SuperBowl is the top dog in terms of a championship game.

I took umbrage at the SB stab, because I think the World Series is by far the best championship game. So, I present to you a poll.....:D What championship game, do you think is the best? Personally I think the World Series is top dog, what are your opinions?

[Critters2]

1. I try to care about football, I really do

But it doesn't hold my interest. Even the Bears.

[azmouse]

2. The World Series!

Gawd, I love baseball!! Just 2 more months til Opening Day!

[mtnester]

5. I do to...already starting to get excited about our team

every year, same thing since after October 1990 (honeymoon, world series...sigh)

Get excited, they get close, they get no cigar, cause they got no pitchers cept one young one who is doing great, and they are "done" on first base and won't dump the albatross.

Name that team! :)

[azmouse]

6. I have a feeling you follow an AL team

and I'm not very familiar with the AL. The Twins?
I'm a Dbacks fan. It's tough to keep up with all the trades and happenings on one team. I can't believe the Big Unit is back. I wonder if he has anything left?

[mtnester]

7. No no no no no

it is definitely an NL team

Matter of fact, THE original team...sittin in the toughest NL division around.

No more hints for you! :)

[azmouse]

8. The Reds.

Enjoy Thom Brennaman this year! We'll miss him here.

[mtnester]

10. Ding!

You know, we still listen to Reds games on the radio...the ambiance of radio versus TV is our preferred way.

We usually get down to Cincy for a couple games during season though.

Hubby and I are pretty nutty about baseball...and have pretty strong opinions too!

Pitchers and catcher reporting dates start February 15...all the dates are here...

http://www.springtrainingonline.com/features/reporting_dates.htm

Yay!

On Edit - and of course he wants to be where his father was...Marty is one of the best announcers out there.

[azmouse]

15. Here I am with Spring Training all around me in AZ.

In fact, the Padres and Mariners ST playing field is only about 5 mi away and do I get to any ST games?! No! :cry:

[recoveringdittohed]

46. Winter will be rounding third and heading for home

In just a few more weeks.

[BOSSHOG]

3. I got to go with the NCAA basketball championship

The tournament is awesome. Starting with 64, always have a cinderella lurking around deep in the rounds; some incredible plays and the occasional controversial bad call. Its a month of foreplay then the big game.

[bigwillq]

35. March madness is tops no doubt but

the OP asked which Championship game and I had to go with the World Series, esp. if it goes to a Game 7....there's not excitement like that, imo.

Sometimes the NCAA b-ball title game falls flat compared to the entire march madness.

[SteppingRazor]

4. I love college football, but the BCS sucks, so...

I went with the NCAA championship game. March Madness rules!

[Little Wing]

9. The SuperBowl is starting to drown in its own obnoxiousness

Besides, Madden isn't a commentator for the World Series, and that alone is a win for the WS

[Broken_Hero]

11. The commericials

that plague the NFL during the season/playoffs usually drag it down for me, although with the SB they do try and be humorous with them, and they hit some good ones during the game. But the SB is...7845787 hours of pre game stuff, where they do back stories of the whole team, plus how the towel boy got his job, and how the waterboy got into his career, and etc, etc...but the main killer for the SB with me, is the half time show...when they got Nysnc, Britany, and Aerosmith for the half time show a few years back....I

To take a line from Lewis Black "The trifecta from hell"....

on edit:spelling

[Little Wing]

16. I never watch the halftime show

The only half time show I ever watched was the Beavis and Butthead "Buttbowl"

[LSK]

12. dont make me choose

:cry:

[Broken_Hero]

14. Choose, but choose wisely...

Damn, I just qouted an Indiana Jones movie....:D

Now, choose! :D

:yoiks:

[soleft]

13. For me it's the international Curling championship

[jobycom]

20. There's a sport to go along with that calendar?!

:shrug:

[jobycom]

17. The World Series is the best when I need a nap.

But that's because I'm a Rangers fan. The World Series to a Rangers fan is like Heaven to an atheist.

[Broken_Hero]

18. Hey, I heard

that the Rangers signed Sosa to their minor league team....I think Sosa' has a few more years left in him...

[jobycom]

21. He started in our minor league system

might as well die there.

How long til we sign Rickey Henderson? We got some great players, just not while they are great players.

[Broken_Hero]

22. Speaking of old players, I think John Olerud is looking

for a job....I think Canseco and him are sending out resume's like mad...


:hide: :D

[jobycom]

24. We've had Canseco before, too. remember?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7--BKAFYEd4

[Broken_Hero]

25. How can I forget that play!....:)

I think you should write your team owner, and recruit him back....:D I just saw him on Joe's vs. Pro's last night, looks like he can still hit...:)

[jobycom]

27. To be fair, he could always hit

He was just such a ham in Texas he couldn't stay healthy. IIRC, he missed a large part of a season when he talked the manager into letting him pitch late in a game that was way out of reach. Jose injured his arm pitching, and was out a long time.

But he could hit them a long way. That wasn't his problem.

[Seabiscuit]

19. Other: The World Cup (soccer)

(ducking flying tomatoes)

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

26. No tomatoes from me.

I'm a hardcore American football fan, but the World Cup is truly a spectacle.

[Seabiscuit]

37. Ditto!

:toast:

[TheBaldyMan]

47. totally agree - real football.

lifelong Glasgow Rangers fan (and Scotland)

[taterguy]

23. It depends on who's playing

Those NBA Finals between the Celtics and the Lakers were great, far superior to a Dallas vs. Buffalo Super Bowl; but the Patriots / Panthers Super Bowl was a lot more entertaining than something like the Lakers vs. Nets in the NBA Finals.

[MrSlayer]

28. Nothing matches the intensity of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Nothing. It's not even close. Those guys kill each other out there and play through injuries that would put most people in the hospital for a month. The Cup is the hardest trophy in sports to win.

[u4ic]

38. I agree

Don't like or watch hockey any more, but the Stanley Cup playoffs are intense. It already has the advantage of being a fast, hard hitting sport, and that's exaggerated tenfold in the Cup finals.

[ghostsofgiants]

51. The fans tend to be rowdier and drunker too.

Especially the two that live with me.

[Shakespeare]

29. Other--they're comparing apples and oranges.

I love football, and I love baseball. I enjoy the superbowl and world series equally. Why does one have to be better than the other?

[Broken_Hero]

30. So, you don't have a favorite, you like them

all equally?

[SeattleGirl]

31. World Series, baby!

:bounce:

[Broken_Hero]

32. .........

I knew you were going to say that...one of these days, our team will make it (I hope). I mean, if the Hawks can make it to the SB, anything is possible.

[seemunkee]

33. Tour de France

[bigwillq]

34. You can't beat Game 7 of the World Series

:bounce:

WS is the top dog, imo....and college basketball rocks over NBA any ole day.

[Oeditpus Rex]

36. The Series, but...

it was a lot better when there were a coupla day games in there and Faux Sprots wasn't fucking it up.

[two gun sid]

39. Breeders Cup: World Thoroughbred Championship

The best horses from around the globe. Awesome.

[reyd reid reed]

40. The World Series, hands down.

Although really it's a championship series. But when it comes down to game 7...day-um.

I get goosebumps just thinking about it.

And college basketball has it all over the NBA.

[JohnLocke]

41. NBA Championship series (nt).

[chknltl]

42. I don't know it's a toss up for me:

American Idol finals or America's next Top Model finals...and you know what? Them rat bastards who scedule those shows put them up against each other!!!! Thank God for inventin' Tivo huh?

[deadparrot]

43. The Superbowl is fun for purely social purposes.

Doing the pools, having the parties, pigging out, watching the commercials, and just generally having a good time.

I like football, but if I had to pick a sport to watch for pleasure, I'd go for baseball or hockey any day.

[Blue_Tires]

44. in this order:

1. World Cup final
2. World Series (but what teams are playing can really have an effect)
3a. Super Bowl
3b. March Madness
4. 24 Hours of Le Mans
5. Monaco GP
6. Indy

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

45. Other

Wrestlemania

Just Joking!

[Awsi Dooger]

48. I agree with Cold Pizza

I bet college basketball every day for months but it's ridiculously overrated. The 3-point shot ruined the sport in terms of style. The NBA is still moving without the ball and crashing the boards, since the 3-point shot is much longer and not abused. In college basketball you've got far too many teams with 3 players standing behind that arbritary line, doing nothing else. It a farce as a sport.

The World Series basically doesn't exist and that's the way it should be, buried during football season. Very often it's not even the lead story on Sportscenter, in the middle of the event.

The best event in sports is a major fight, anticipated for months if not years. Defining careers and eras.

[TSIAS]

49. I like the NBA

Of all the sports, the NBA system does the best job of truly crowning the best team in the league. The playoffs last 2 + months and usually the best teams during the regular season wind up winning the title.

I love the Super Bowl, but it doesn't necessarily crown the best team. I still believe San Diego is the best team and they won't win the title.

Same with the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. There's so many talented teams, and any one of them can beat another. I wouldn't be surprised to see a team like Texas, led by talented Freshman Kevin Durant, beat the more talented Florida Gators. Any one game series can lead to surprising results.

[pokerfan]

50. March Madness, Baybeeee!!!

Field of 64.
Single elimination.
Every game matters.
Cinderella teams.

(If only NCAA football had a tournament instead of a two team playoff preceded by thirty-one exhibition games.)

But it's not an either-or question, as they do their best to stay out of each other's way: When football is done, college basketball takes over. Then it's on to the NHL playoffs and Lord Stanley's Cup. I'm not a big fan of the NBA, so don't pay that much attention. I'll watch the three big horse races, take in a spring football scrimmage or two, but summer is pretty devoid of watching sports for me. I'll take in the occasional minor league baseball game but that's about it.