Question 1: I recently discovered the American League and the National League in the MLB have different rules (the ‘designated hitter’ rule). Madness! Why? And which rule prevails in the World Series?

    bosstrabs home team dictates. The DH position is for pussies and the AL tirelessly working to make the NL change is disgusting.

        zackster The DH position is for pussies and the AL tirelessly working to make the NL change is disgusting.

        Tell me more. Explain to me like I’m 5.

            Question 2: Who are the most genuinely reviled team and supporters in the NFL? I’ve read, at various times, Dallas, New England, Philadelphia and Oakland (for different reasons).

              Q3: When will Americuh be good at an actual sport?

              bosstrabs you’ve got em. No one really gives a shit about the Raiders anymore tho.

                An American take on the way the CL should be drawn. City finished 18 points behind the champions last season for starters, and they’ve also been knocked out at the quarters every season under Guardiola. Fucking idiot.

                  Echo Yeah, I’m actually quite against the American idea of seeding teams in a knockout competition. I understand why they do it - there’s an argument that says people want to see the 1 and 2 team meet up in the final. But there has always been a glorious randomness to the FA Cup, and FIFA World Cups before they took seeding seriously, such that you got Argentina, Brazil and Italy in a group together in a bizarre second stage group at the 1982 World Cup (meanwhile France, Austria and Northern Ireland were in another), which could never be allowed to happen now.

                      Zackster says he’s looking forward to the soccer when he comes here.

                        I cannot wait to see the Blues from Chelsea and their fabulous manager Frank Lampard; my all time favorite player!

                          bosstrabs I understand why they do it

                          Because they’re fuckwits and have yet to grasp the basic beauty of proper sport?

                            zackster I cannot wait to see the Blues from Chelsea and their fabulous manager Frank Lampard; my all time favorite player!

                            A hot chocolate with Bry awaits!

                              bosstrabs Re: DH: the AL says that the pitcher’s spot in the batting lineup can be substituted for a replacement hitter (designated hitter: DH) due to the fact that pitchers have, historically, batted worse than I used to back in little league. The NL says that rule is basically a pile of festering dogshit and pitchers must bat for themselves, but the NL is currently at the whim of MLB pressure which will likely to force them to adopt the DH rule within the next year or so.