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Michael writes, excellently:I do know what it feel...

2008-01-31T01:27:00.000-05:00

Michael writes, excellently:

I do know what it feels like to fly off a bike at 100+ (not bad unless you hit something), I do know what superbike racing is, and even consider myself a fan, which, I can assure you, does entail giving sackless riders all kinds of shit as any casual look at a racing fan bulletin board will make clear.

AND: that is the stupidest fucking article I have ever read.

I don't know why I feel compelled to write this, b...

2008-01-30T21:38:00.000-05:00

I don't know why I feel compelled to write this, but I do:

I seriously don't have any idea whether Nicky Hayden is a dick. That's what I meant to imply by (3a) in that list, but then I put in that picture of him on a camel and it seemed like I was using that to say that he is, actually, clearly, a dick.

The point is, I have never met the man and was just making a joke. I'm sure he's perfectly nice, even if he "plays" a made-up "sport."

David sez:I'm really confused why Seate keeps talk...

2008-01-30T21:06:00.000-05:00

David sez:

I'm really confused why Seate keeps talking about the...Steelers:

"It is endlessly fascinating to hear football or baseball fans lamenting that "we lost" after their city's team is defeated, when the fan's contribution to the team effort involved chugging cans of Coors Light while munching on bags of Doritos."

and

"By comparison, how many Steelers or Pirates fans who rail against the team's performance have even touched a football or baseball after age 12?"

Because it sure seemed like he used a certain phrase...

"To make my case, I'd like to compare the difference between the ways fans of stick-and-ball sports -- a category that includes baseball -- approach their favorite games [...]" and "[...] it was a fine show of self-determination and grit, and not, as stick-and-ball sports fans would have it, an occasion to head for the nearest sports bar to pound beers and talk loudly about the incident until even the bartenders tire of our company."

...which prohibitively excludes football from the argument, since the act of playing football DOES NOT INVOLVE A STICK.

I also like how he stereotypes that all baseball and football fans are alcohol-abusing, junk-food-consuming fucktards.

Yes -- I like that part, too.

I just got an email from Aaron, who points me here...

2008-01-30T20:41:00.000-05:00

I just got an email from Aaron, who points me here:

http://www.bucsdugout.com/story/2008/1/29/194425/378

It's a Pirates-based blog where the author dismantles Seate's piece (even saying "I'm going to go FJM-style", for which we thank him). He and I actually had several nearly-identical observations, including that superbike racing clearly doesn't exist.

I tip my cap to Charlie, who was there first, and urge you all to hit up his blog post for that reason.