Hockey/Soccer vs. Other "Sports"

In my opinion, Hockey and Soccer are the apex of all team sports. No other sports can touch them when it comes to poetry in motion and physical talent.

First off, Hockey and Soccer are unique compared to the other big 3 (baseball, football and basketball). The game action does not stop unless there is a foul/icing/offsides or a TV timeout. Hockey has 1 timeout per GAME, and soccer has no timeouts.

Football has a stoppage in play after each whistle, the teams re-group are told what play to run by their coach because they cannot think for themselves. The dumbest part is that it may be 11 on 11, but the defense never plays offense and likewise. Plus there are special teams involved in this whole equation! Even during a 7 minute drive by one team, the clock is running while the teams gather in their huddles and figure out what they're going to do next. The only reason this sport is popular is because it is a weekend sport. If it were played on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and there was more than one game a week, people would have a much tougher time following this sport.

Basketball used to be a good sport. The only good form of it left is in the NCAA tourny in March/April. The professional level has become such a "Me First" sport I don't know how people watch it. The athletes don't know how to talk during interviews, they all have a minimum of 17 tatoos (the "real" playas have them on their necks!) and no one knows how to play defense. When someone gets touched on the arm, the game has to stop for a player to have some free shots while everyone else sits around and watches. If you want to watch a game, just watch the final 3 minutes, they last an hour anyway and that's all of the game you need to watch.

Baseball has to be the epitomy of American laziness. Like a comment said earlier it's the only sport that when you're on the offense - you don't have control of the ball! The pitchers are extremely fat, at least the good ones are. The batters are not in any better shape. How can you play 5 out of 7 days a week? The answer is play baseball, it's mostly standing around and doing nothing anyway. If the does happen to get hit to you, try your best to catch it (with the help of a glove!) and if you cannot, throw it to a base that everyone else on the field including your coaches are yelling at you to throw it to. This sport is just retarded and that's why it's America's past time. It just shows how lazy America is.

Soccer is the world's sport, if we go by a democratic vote, it's the best sport in the world! America could learn some lessons from the rest of the world, it's a simple sport that requires everyone on the team/field to be on the same page. It takes an extreme amount of coordination because you cannot use any part of your arms.

Hockey has to be the hardest of all sports. It's extremely exhausting and you can substitute while play is taking place. Most people find it hard just to ice skate, then throw in a puck and other people trying to take your head off and you have the greatest sport on earth. I'll be blogging about other great aspects of this game (fighting, hitting and trying to tip a puck) later on.

Stay tuned!