touching a catcher's back

[BigTex]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I'm glad you have an opinion. Please respect the rights of others to have their own, ocifer.

I merely gave my opinion, and pleaded my case, I don't remember disrespecting anyone's rights or inferring anyone's differing opinion is less valid or not as important as mine. I thought we were engaged in discussion and debate, my apologies if I have shown you disrespect.

[mbyron]

I dunno - according to one source, a sport is any "activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment."

Doesn't rule much out...

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by BigTex

I merely gave my opinion, and pleaded my case, I don't remember disrespecting anyone's rights or inferring anyone's differing opinion is less valid or not as important as mine. I thought we were engaged in discussion and debate, my apologies if I have shown you disrespect.

You have not shown any disrespect, and I do appreciate where your opinion is coming from. There are many activities that you named which are not sports, but in my opinion, you listed a few that actually qualify as sports.

Your beating up on bad guys for a living is not a sport, but I think if you got to do it in a ring, with a crowd, and a referee, it would be at least "sport," if not a sport.

[3appleshigh]

Tex, where is the line, when is it a sport rather than a contest, What makes Baseball a sport but boxing a contest??

[BigTex]

Originally Posted by 3appleshigh

Tex, where is the line, when is it a sport rather than a contest, What makes Baseball a sport but boxing a contest??

I guess the line is in my own head. What i said was 85% in jest, I guess I just wanted to stir things up now that it is the off-season. It is good to know that I can get SDS riled up if I need to. (SDS-I was trying to put a bee in your bonnet, in fun, not like PWL does.) I think this is where I should put a smiley, but I don't know how to do that.