What is best game in the world

[lalantha]

There are so many games in the world. As an example Baseball, Soccer, Golf, Cricket
Etc...
With all these games it is really difficult to find what is the best game in the world, because for all these games there so many fans.

In my case I think that soccer is the best game in the world, because it has a huge amount of fans and it is a world recognized game. That doesn’t mean that other games are not so famous their famous but not than Soccer.

So please if you guys could give me your opinion about the best game in the world it will be a great support in this manner.

Thank you.

[WMR]

Naked Twister followed closely by NASCAR. :redface:

[Razor Shines]

Naked Twister followed closely by NASCAR. :redface:



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I wish Wilymo would stop sending me pics of him and his friends playing twister.

[Kingspoint]

Didn't we do this already and Lingerie Football was the answer?

Seriously, though. NFL Football.

[reds1869]

Baseball is the only proper answer on this board. Anything else is blasphemy.

[bucksfan2]

Any of the major sports played at the highest level is very exciting to watch. On average I bet I watch < an hour or hockey in a year but I was glued to the TV for the Olympics. The same can be said about soccer, I can't watch any match, but when it comes to World Cup or even Euro Cup it is great TV.

[Redsfan320]

Baseball is the only proper answer on this board.

I was thinking the same thing. :thumbup:

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[westofyou]

Baseball is life, all the rest are games.

[Boston Red]

Monopoly

[bucksfan2]

Monopoly

Risk is better!

[Jack Burton]

Baseball. Followed by Table Tennis in a distant 2nd place.

J/K, but not about baseball.

[Scrap Irony]

Baseball is, to borrow a quote from WP Kinasella, America.

But the siren call of March Madness and college basketball turns my head every year for three weeks. It's the most exciting time in the year, certainly. And almost anything can happen.

[MWM]

Baseball and golf in a tie for me. Nothing else is close.

[texasdave]

I am more of a homer than a sports fan so, for me, local teams/favorites come first. As an example, if the 7th game of the World Series was on one channel and the UC Bearcats' football game was on the other, I am going to watch the Bearcats every time.

[Redsfan320]

For me:

MLB the definite favorite, but then:

NFL
NCAAF

Then a BIG drop-off then:

NBA
NCAAB
NHL
NASCAR
PGA

The top 3 (in the entire post) are the only ones I actually follow at all.

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[Redhook]

I'm biased, but golf is the best game. It's the most challenging, by far, most fun to play, and has longevity on it's side.

As far as watching the games, I like to watch the NFL the most followed by MLB and the PGA Tour.

Also, just to be a bit controversial, soccer is the most popular sport only because it's the cheapest. Such a boring sport to watch.

[WMR]

I'm biased, but golf is the best game. It's the most challenging, by far, most fun to play, and has longevity on it's side.

As far as watching the games, I like to watch the NFL the most followed by MLB and the PGA Tour.

Also, just to be a bit controversial, soccer is the most popular sport only because it's the cheapest. Such a boring sport to watch.

Soccer is boring but golf is not? :eek::eek::eek:

:D

[texasdave]

I'm biased, but golf is the best game. It's the most challenging, by far, most fun to play, and has longevity on it's side.

And golf being the most challenging sport is kinda laughable too, IMO.

[Redhook]

Soccer is boring but golf is not? :eek::eek::eek:

:D

Lol. Is Tiger boring? Nuff said.

[MWM]

And golf being the most challenging sport is kinda laughable too, IMO.

I played 3 varsity sports when I was younger at a very big high school with good sports. I played a year of college soccer as well. I played on a state champ baseball program to boot.

I might not agree that golf is the most challenging sport only because I still think hitting a baseball against good pitching is the most difficult athletic endeavor of everything I've ever done (and I've played most major sports, except hockey, at a pretty high level at one point in my life). I think playing QB in football is also up there (although I never did play it myself).

But over the past 10 years, golf has been my passion and I've worked very hard at trying to master the sport (including some lessons from Redhook :D ). I don't think there's any question that it's one of the most challenging sports out there. I think a case could be made that it IS the most challenging. Athletic ability can carry you fairly far in most other sports. In golf, natural ability can make you competent, but golf can make fools of some of the best athletes in the world.

The precision it takes to hit a ball consistently is unmatched in any sport, except maybe hitting a baseball. On top of that, you have to manage distances and be able to hit out of differing lies, chip, putt, etc... It's not a sport for someone not willing to put in hours and hours while getting better at a snails pace.

I'm no world class athlete, but I did play many sports at a high enough level to compare the difficulty of each. And golf is as hard as any of them. It might not be the hardest to play, but I think it probably is the hardest to be good at. I can't imagine anyone who seriously plays golf would disagree that it's one of the hardest sports to play well.

[WMR]

Lol. Is Tiger boring? Nuff said.

So without Tiger it IS boring?

[texasdave]

I am not saying that golf is a walk in the park. I guess I took issue with it being stated that golf was the most challenging, by far. I will leave it at that.

[Degenerate39]

Baseball and real wrestling

[MWM]

Baseball and real wrestling

It's rare that I find another wrestling fan. I love watching high school and college wrestling and follow both of them fairly closely (Ohio for high school). Definitely one of the more difficult sports and one that's not always easy to watch.

College nationals are coming up and I record all the rounds and watch every match. I'm just happy Brent Metcalfe lost in the B10 to Lance Palmer. He deserved the win. I loathe Tom Brands (no class at all, IMO) and wish there was any chance in hell that they weren't going to win it all.

[Raisor]

baseball but watching hockey in person is a close second.

[Kingspoint]

I am more of a homer than a sports fan so, for me, local teams/favorites come first. As an example, if the 7th game of the World Series was on one channel and the UC Bearcats' football game was on the other, I am going to watch the Bearcats every time.

That's me exactly.

[OnBaseMachine]

Baseball is life, all the rest are games.

Agreed.

For me, its:

1. Baseball






2. Bowling

and then football and basketball.

[Kingspoint]

Is everybody 50 and over in this thread?

Where are all of the "extreme" sports? The outdoor sports? Rock-Climbing, River-Rafting, Fly-Fishing, Bow-Hunting, Marlin-Fishing, Wilderness-Survival, etc.

For the record, I don't fall into the above category.

I'm of the 50 and over group that stuck to the "common" sports, though common where I came from would have included Hunting and Fishing and River-Rafting, so I was uncommon, I guess.

[reds1869]

Is everybody 50 and over in this thread?

Where are all of the "extreme" sports? The outdoor sports? Rock-Climbing, River-Rafting, Fly-Fishing, Bow-Hunting, Marlin-Fishing, Wilderness-Survival, etc.

For the record, I don't fall into the above category.

I'm of the 50 and over group that stuck to the "common" sports, though common where I came from would have included Hunting and Fishing and River-Rafting, so I was uncommon, I guess.

I'm 31 and have no use for extreme sports or outdoorsman activities. I don't begrudge people the opportunity to participate, but they are not my cup of tea. For watching, reading, listening and playing (not very well anymore), baseball is my game. In the spirit of 320, I'll make my list.

1. Baseball. Nothing else comes close to my lifelong obsession. I've played it, watched it, lived it, breathed it. I even sleep it. No sport offers the endless possibilities for analysis.



2. College hoops. This vaulted to number two when I did my grad work at Xavier and fell in love with the Musketeers. Marshall's resurgence has helped, too.
3. College football. I'm a diehard Marshall fan and my passion for the Herd raises this sport to top three status.

The rest are all bunched together in differing degrees of interest. I love sports so I have diverse interests.
4. NFL
5. Rugby
6. Soccer (Especially EPL)
7. Tennis (I used to play at a very high level)
8. Just about anything competitive.

[Redhook]

I am not saying that golf is a walk in the park. I guess I took issue with it being stated that golf was the most challenging, by far. I will leave it at that.

I stand by my comment. I've played most other sports and golf, IMO, is the most challenging. It's not the most physically challenging, but with the added mental aspect of the game it pushes it to the top.

I just want to say I'm not talking about a Sunday stroll on the course. Shooting a 90 while drinking a few beers is not tough. It's fun and relaxing to play golf casually. However, golf at the highest level, is completely different.

[Redhook]

So without Tiger it IS boring?

Less exciting. :D

[Redsfan320]

I enjoy playing tennis (not very well), but as for watching it-- :sleep:.

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[BRM]

I just want to say I'm not talking about a Sunday stroll on the course. Shooting a 90 while drinking a few beers is not tough. It's fun and relaxing to play golf casually. However, golf at the highest level, is completely different.

The same could be said of nearly every sport. Playing rec league baseball on the weekend is fun. Playing it at the highest level is completely different. Same for football, basketball, hockey, etc.

[redhawkfish]

Baseball
bass fishing(not a game, but favorite activity by far)
Miami hockey

[SunDeck]

It seems impossible to say whether professional golf is more challenging than, say, pitching. Both require pinpoint accuracy, strategy and tremendous concentration. But as a person who took up golf in his forties, I can say it was not necessarily challenging to get my game to the mid eighties. Beyond that, however, one cannot go unless they have lots amounts of time to dedicate to the game. So, I see Redhook's point; it's not terribly challenging to shoot 90 on a Sunday, but to play four competitive rounds on the hardest courses in the world, and still be 10-12 shots under par? That's got to be crazy hard, and those guys make it look pretty easy. Maybe too easy.

For my money, World Cup downhill skiing is probably more challenging than any sport. Physically demanding, requiring tremendous strength, immense concentration to remember turns, visualize the course, reacting to sudden irregularities in terrain at 75mph. Not to mention, there is the possibility of a life threatening injury on every run. At least in NASCAR the driver is surrounded by 3000 pounds of engineering.

But the best sport is still baseball. Built in beer breaks, could there be a more perfect union of sport and leisure?

[texasdave]

I stand by my comment. I've played most other sports and golf, IMO, is the most challenging. It's not the most physically challenging, but with the added mental aspect of the game it pushes it to the top.

I just want to say I'm not talking about a Sunday stroll on the course. Shooting a 90 while drinking a few beers is not tough. It's fun and relaxing to play golf casually. However, golf at the highest level, is completely different.

You can't really say 'well aside from the physical part' golf is the most challenging. That is part and parcel of the entire discussion. Mastering the 'physical part' of a sport is a huge component of mastering a sport.

[Scrap Irony]

Golf is easy to play adequately. All it takes is practice, money, and time. That's why all those middle-aged men (and many women) are (or want to be) out on the links every chance they get.

To play better than adequately, however, takes great skill.

But to say it's the hardest thing to do in sports?

Laughable.

Hit a baseball.

Throw a 45-yard laser against the grain while a 300+ lb. behemoth is tracking your every move with intent for bodily harm.

Throw a pitch at Little League speeds to professional hitters who can hit it 500+ feet, depending only on air friction and raised stitching. 120 times a game for 36 games a year. Without flinching.

Skate down the ice, with sticks swinging, and a puck at your feet, while six others try to take said puck away. Backwards. At a high rate of speed.

Catch.

Run a marathon, then, in the last minute, find the courage, will, and determination to make a last-ditch effort around, through, and over the opposing team while not using your hands, so that you may have a chance to kick a ball through a goal that another man (who can use his hands) is protecting. Did I mention the spikes, kicking, and gouging?

[Kingspoint]

It seems impossible to say whether professional golf is more challenging than, say, pitching.

My Grandpa said "pitching" is the hardest game he ever played. To try to repeat a "perfect pitch" is the goal every time, and not even the best there ever was could do it.

Horseshoe "pitching", of course.
:thumbup:

[oneupper]

Life

[KronoRed]

Life
Agreed.
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[Redhook]

You can't really say 'well aside from the physical part' golf is the most challenging. That is part and parcel of the entire discussion. Mastering the 'physical part' of a sport is a huge component of mastering a sport.

I love how your bending my words. No, it's not the most physically challenging sport. I would rate all contact, speed, and endurance sports ahead of golf. As for skill, I'd put golf near the top with baseball and some other sports. Mentally, though, it stands alone at the top. It's so difficult to stay mentally sharp for a round, let alone a full tournament at the top level. And once again, there's no teammates to help you out when you're down or off your game. Plus, you have to all your foul balls. :p:

[Redhook]

Golf is easy to play adequately. All it takes is practice, money, and time. That's why all those middle-aged men (and many women) are (or want to be) out on the links every chance they get.

To play better than adequately, however, takes great skill.

But to say it's the hardest thing to do in sports?

Laughable.

Hit a baseball.

Throw a 45-yard laser against the grain while a 300+ lb. behemoth is tracking your every move with intent for bodily harm.

Throw a pitch at Little League speeds to professional hitters who can hit it 500+ feet, depending only on air friction and raised stitching. 120 times a game for 36 games a year. Without flinching.

Skate down the ice, with sticks swinging, and a puck at your feet, while six others try to take said puck away. Backwards. At a high rate of speed.

Catch.

Run a marathon, then, in the last minute, find the courage, will, and determination to make a last-ditch effort around, through, and over the opposing team while not using your hands, so that you may have a chance to kick a ball through a goal that another man (who can use his hands) is protecting. Did I mention the spikes, kicking, and gouging?

Good points and I agree all of them are very difficult in their own rights. It's very difficult to compare golf to them. There's physically demanding sports and there's sports that require more skill like baseball and golf.

I just believe that golf is the most challenging due the skill involved, the endless changing conditions for every shot, and the mental grind. I see how this seems to get under the skin of others, but I truly believe it. It's the best game in the world. :D

[Betterread]

One of the martial arts has to be the best game. As an American male, I'll say boxing. In martial arts, if you don't compete well, you may be killed by your opponent, literally.

[Yachtzee]

I'd say every sport has it's challenges, but my feeling is that the best games in the world are those that are not only challenging, but include a certain style and grace that can turn a simple game into poetry in motion. In my own opinion, baseball and soccer fit that description. There's just something about watching a skilled double play tandem at work or a well-timed bicycle kick on a beautiful cross that sends the ball just beyond the goalie's outstretched hands. It's as much art as it is sport.

[reds1869]

I'd say every sport has it's challenges, but my feeling is that the best games in the world are those that are not only challenging, but include a certain style and grace that can turn a simple game into poetry in motion. In my own opinion, baseball and soccer fit that description. There's just something about watching a skilled double play tandem at work or a well-timed bicycle kick on a beautiful cross that sends the ball just beyond the goalie's outstretched hands. It's as much art as it is sport.
:beerme:

[Redsfan320]

I'd say every sport has it's challenges, but my feeling is that the best games in the world are those that are not only challenging, but include a certain style and grace that can turn a simple game into poetry in motion. In my own opinion, baseball and soccer fit that description. There's just something about watching a skilled double play tandem at work or a well-timed bicycle kick on a beautiful cross that sends the ball just beyond the goalie's outstretched hands. It's as much art as it is sport.

Very well put. I don't catch that vibe from soccer, but I get the idea. Nice post. :thumbup: :beerme:

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[Yachtzee]

Very well put. I don't catch that vibe from soccer, but I get the idea. Nice post. :thumbup: :beerme:

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I think baseball and soccer also are similar in that they both may seem boring to the uninitiated. Often, the excitement in the game comes from not scoring (a great play on defense in baseball or a goalkeeper playing out of his mind in soccer).

[westofyou]

I think baseball and soccer also are similar in that they both may seem boring to the uninitiated. Often, the excitement in the game comes from not scoring (a great play on defense in baseball or a goalkeeper playing out of his mind in soccer).

The beautiful thing about soccer and hockey is what the player can do when he doesn't have the ball/puck. They both are are dependent on quality play off focus of the main focus (the ball/puck)

[Degenerate39]

It's rare that I find another wrestling fan. I love watching high school and college wrestling and follow both of them fairly closely (Ohio for high school). Definitely one of the more difficult sports and one that's not always easy to watch.

College nationals are coming up and I record all the rounds and watch every match. I'm just happy Brent Metcalfe lost in the B10 to Lance Palmer. He deserved the win. I loathe Tom Brands (no class at all, IMO) and wish there was any chance in hell that they weren't going to win it all.

Ohio is def. a great state to see some wrestling. College and High School levels are both tough.

I can't believe Brands has 5 guys in the finals tonight

[MWM]

Ohio is def. a great state to see some wrestling. College and High School levels are both tough.

I can't believe Brands has 5 guys in the finals tonight

I loathe the Brands style of wrestling..... so boring.

Palmer's younger brother is redshirting this year and should be tough in a couple of years. I only wish the spectacular David Taylor would have stayed in state instead of following Cael Sanderson to Penn State. He's redshirting this year too, but he's one of the best high school wrestlers Ohio has ever seen. I'm looking forward to watching him next year.

[Degenerate39]

I loathe the Brands style of wrestling..... so boring.

Palmer's younger brother is redshirting this year and should be tough in a couple of years. I only wish the spectacular David Taylor would have stayed in state instead of following Cael Sanderson to Penn State. He's redshirting this year too, but he's one of the best high school wrestlers Ohio has ever seen. I'm looking forward to watching him next year.

Cornell really came out of no where this tournament. I never expected them to get Runner up

[MWM]

Cornell really came out of no where this tournament. I never expected them to get Runner up

That Dake kid is a special talent. The last time I've seen a true freshman that good was Dustin Schlatter (who I have NO clue what happened to after that season). He might not lose the rest of his career.

[Degenerate39]

That Dake kid is a special talent. The last time I've seen a true freshman that good was Dustin Schlatter (who I have NO clue what happened to after that season). He might not lose the rest of his career.

That's what they said about Gable :P

[MWM]

That's what they said about Gable :P

I think it was just a given with Schlatter as well and he never won another national championship. He's the biggest mystery I've ever seen in that sport. He looked unbeatable as a true freshman and a few years later he's barely above average. It makes no sense.

[improbus]

I'd say every sport has it's challenges, but my feeling is that the best games in the world are those that are not only challenging, but include a certain style and grace that can turn a simple game into poetry in motion. In my own opinion, baseball and soccer fit that description. There's just something about watching a skilled double play tandem at work or a well-timed bicycle kick on a beautiful cross that sends the ball just beyond the goalie's outstretched hands. It's as much art as it is sport.

I think that basketball can accomplish the same thing. See "Kobe Bryant".