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213.1 | | CAM::WAY | The Lesser Bard | Thu Apr 12 1990 16:59 | 13 |
| Given ma druthers, I'd love to play
- Hockey (goalie)
- Soccer
- Grand Prix MC Racing
- NASCAR
- Golf
pretty much in that order. To me, one of the hardest things to do
in sport is make an accurate chip shot to within x distance of
the cup, and to make a long birdie putt....
'Saw
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213.2 | Yeah, I'd play for the gold... | FTMUDG::REED | OklaSt--#29 NCAA Wrestling Championship | Thu Apr 12 1990 17:09 | 26 |
| I wrestled the last 4-5 years of school and dabbled in pole vaulting,
but since my weight class wasn't heavy-weight there was no chance of
wrasslin' as a pro (if you even consider that a sport).
Back then, in Oklahoma, soccer teams were unheard of but in grade
school everyone played "kick ball". Our gym teacher was inspired
by how we enjoyed our brand of soccer that she taught us the rules
and organized a real game. Everyone was assigned a position to play
and all during the game nobody would move from that spot on the field.
We were all lined up in formation and stayed that way until the end
of the game. (It probably looked like a marching band practice).
Unless the ball came right up to a player nobody went to the ball.
Although the "real" game was a failure I never forgot how great it
was to play "kick ball". When the NASL teams were around, Tulsa was
lucky enough to get "The Roughnecks". I got field passes occasionally
and took photographs of some of the games. On our wedding night Mrs.
Cowboy and I watched Tulsa beat The Cosmos--its hard to forget that
night.
After a few years I played on adult teams and, like many athletical
has-beens, felt like I could have had a chance to play professionally
if there had been sponsored leagues when we were kids.
Cowboy
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213.3 | I wouldn't mind winning the PGA Grand Slam. | RSST6::RIGGEN | Biking with Burley | Thu Apr 12 1990 17:13 | 10 |
| I gotta agree with Mike on the Golf bit. Not real hectic great Vacation resorts
to visit. Only work in good weather. Have time for Family or a visit to each
cities best resturants and Golden Banana type establishments.
- Grand Prix MC Racing
Saw is this Motocross ? Tonight on ESPN following the Late SportsCenter is
the second leg of the Supercross series.
Jeff
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213.4 | | LEVERS::STROUT | five to one... one in five | Thu Apr 12 1990 17:15 | 1 |
| Stock Car racer. I was born to be sponsored by Bud.
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213.5 | The National Pastime | SHALOT::HUNT | A single ping please, Vasily. | Thu Apr 12 1990 17:32 | 8 |
| Baseball ...
Best overall paycheck to effort ratio, adoring fans, part of national
mystique, endorsement bonanzas, and ...
Susan Sarandon loves to read Walt Whitman to you.
Bob Hunt
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213.6 | Anything else would be a most distant second | HOTSHT::SCHNEIDER | Arizona Athlete of the Year! | Thu Apr 12 1990 17:51 | 8 |
| Without a doubt, Baseball.
Play all summer long, spend March in Florida, all winter off
to go to Australia, can afford almost anything.
And those are just the logistics. The thrill of the grass...
Dan
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213.7 | | CAM::WAY | The Lesser Bard | Thu Apr 12 1990 18:02 | 28 |
| Re MC racing:
Nope. It's, well, it's....
Okay, you get a bunch of guys like Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson
Freddie Spencer, Randy Mamola.
Now, you get a bunch of crotchrockets, made by Yamaha, Suzuki,
Honda, (Kawasaki is conspicuously absent).
Put the men on these special, high speed (so high speed in
fact that when you roll power on your eyeballs touch the
back of your haid), bikes, put the combination on a
road racing course, and let them ride.
When they come to a corner those bikes lean hard over as
the riders lean off and drag a little knee...
Gawd, I'm firm and squirmin' just thinking about it...
There's three classes: 500cc (REAL crotchrockets)
250cc (little missles)
125cc (funny to watch, but a crash will
mess up your day....)
That's grand prix mc racing....
'Saw
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213.8 | Baze-ball ben veddy good to me | MCIS1::DHAMEL | Amazon Women Moon the Men | Thu Apr 12 1990 18:03 | 21 |
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You got the essence of our National Pastime down pat, Bob.
Yes...the megabucks, the great national recognition (appearances
on "Good Morning America" the day after the series)...the megabucks...
the endorsements (remember the Reggie Candy Bar?)...the baseball
groupies...the megabucks...you don't play when the weather is lousy,
or when you don't feel like it (Lee Smith)...and besides, it is
a great game to play, too. Oh, and the money's good, too, if I
haven't mentioned that. Imagine "Homerun Hamel" on a baseball card,
this thirty-ish, forty-ish, slack-muscled guy who with his one
eyes-closed swing in the 10th inning of the seventh game of the
World Series has gained immortality by hitting a 315-foot homer
off the foul pole. Forget "YAZ Bread" , I'll be cleaning up on
"Big Dick Bread" while sellin' autographs to kids who can't afford
school lunch money.
What a game! Is this a great country or what?
-Dick
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213.9 | Women's jello wrestling. Without a doubt. | VAXWRK::NEEDLE | | Thu Apr 12 1990 18:25 | 0 |
213.10 | | UPWARD::HEISER | go BABY go!! | Thu Apr 12 1990 18:26 | 2 |
| Jeff, don't you have to be a woman for that? Is there something you
need to tell us?
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213.11 | | RIPPLE::DEVLIN_JO | Saints,Samaritans,Rangers | Thu Apr 12 1990 18:32 | 9 |
| Why baseball of course - I could grow old and get out of shape,
and still play it, and folks would adore me. I'd make zillions
of bucks, not give a damn about the fans who adore me and are totally
blind in their love for the game, grow older and more out of shape,
maybe become a coach, manager, or announcer, talk about the good
ol days, still be adored by everyone, and never have to worry about
expending too much money. Could also marry women with big buzoooms.
JD
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213.13 | | SASE::SZABO | | Thu Apr 12 1990 19:33 | 5 |
213.14 | | RIPPLE::DEVLIN_JO | Saints,Samaritans,Rangers | Thu Apr 12 1990 20:51 | 3 |
| You are right Hawk, Have to maryy wmoen with big Iris_chacons!!
JD
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213.15 | At the speed of *Lite* | RAVEN1::B_ADAMS | Bump and Grind till there is no more! | Thu Apr 12 1990 20:56 | 7 |
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NASCAR
Moto-cross
Golf
Tennis
B.A.
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213.16 | | 15436::LEFEBVRE | Having a Maalox moment | Fri Apr 13 1990 01:11 | 5 |
| Baseball
Hockey
Coed water sports
Mark.
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213.17 | N.F.L. | LUDWIG::CLAYBROOK | | Fri Apr 13 1990 07:23 | 8 |
| I guess I'll be the first to pick the N.F.L. even though the average
career I think is 3.5 years. But IMO it is the greatest sport there
is. Then second would probably be golf. Thats not a bad way to make
a living, you don't depend on anyone else jsut yourself. You get
paid on how you perform, then maybe baseball, stub a toe take a
couple weeks off, sprain an ankle and out for a month.
Dan
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213.18 | Big Dick Bread...Helps build strong bodies 12 ways... | AXIS::ROBICHAUD | AttilaTheHun,IvanTheTerrible,Rangers | Fri Apr 13 1990 10:38 | 1 |
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213.19 | NASCAR is tough... | CAM::WAY | The Lesser Bard | Fri Apr 13 1990 10:42 | 25 |
| The hardest thing about being a NASCAR driver, I think, is
remembering your sponsors.
NASCAR is the only kind of racing where I've never heard them
refer to the car. Like, in Formula I, when Nigel Mansell wins
a race he'll say: "The car handled beautifully today, tight
enough in the corners, with good speed in the straight."
Now, Dale Earnhardt, (or maybe even my main man Geoff Bodine) wins
a race. Here's what they say:
"Well, Chris, the BudLite-Valvoline-Purolator-BandAid-
ChockFullO'Nuts-Monroe-MrsFilbertsMargerine-Kodak Chevy
Lumina ran really well today. *Goodyear* tires made
the difference too, as did my pit crew of Billy Bob,
Ray Randy, Bobby Joe, Skeeter, and Gomer.....
Now, you also have to remember that Chevy is pronounce "Shivvy".
This is going to be tough for me to remember when I hit the NASCAR
circuit. I mean, I thought all I had to do was Drive, Win, Kiss the Pretty
Girl, Drink Beer, Invite the Pretty Girl back to my Trailer for a Slam
Dunk Contest, Pick up my check....(but not necessarily in that order....)
'Saw
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213.20 | Hoops! | SHALOT::MEDVID | Rita Hayworth gave good face | Fri Apr 13 1990 10:45 | 12 |
| First choice:
Pro-Hoops. If I were as good on a real court as I am at Nerf Hoop in
my living room, I'd be better than Jordan! To be on the receiving end
of an ally-oop to seal the game in front of a frenzied home
crowd...can't be nothin' better.
Second Choice:
Laker Girl masseur. Hmmmmmmmm. Make that my first choice!
--dan'l
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213.21 | drugs in their cup ? | YIPPEE::FILHOL | | Fri Apr 13 1990 10:55 | 6 |
| Don't you have to take "drugs" to be a really good players in NFL ?
Just wondering...
Bruno
ps:Tennis, Volley-ball and triathlon.
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213.22 | :-) | STAR::YANKOWSKAS | Paul Yankowskas | Fri Apr 13 1990 11:09 | 6 |
| I'd want to be a thoroughbred race horse....work for 3-4 years, then
retire and go to stud for the rest of my life...yeah, I could live with
that...
py
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213.23 | | FTMUDG::REED | OklaSt--#29 NCAA Wrestling Championship | Fri Apr 13 1990 11:23 | 12 |
| > I'd want to be a thoroughbred race horse....work for 3-4 years, then
> retire and go to stud for the rest of my life...yeah, I could live with
> that...
> py
Who wouldn't want to but that's not how it's done now. Today's stud
is a virgin--unless you call a mechanical lip'r the real thing. The
drawback is that this leads to chromium perversion
Cowboy
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213.24 | | CAM::WAY | The Lesser Bard | Fri Apr 13 1990 11:26 | 14 |
| Paul...
What a perfect idea. All those fillies running around just waiting
for you to stud them. All the oats you can eat. Those nice
trainer girls rubbing you down and massaging and exercising you.
A nice big green Kentucky pasture to romp around in...
Yeah, that would be the life alright....
If I couldnt' play a sport I'd sure want to be a photographer at them....
'Saw
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213.25 | | CAM::WAY | The Lesser Bard | Fri Apr 13 1990 11:36 | 18 |
213.27 | 8^) | CAM::WAY | The Lesser Bard | Fri Apr 13 1990 12:05 | 11 |
213.28 | | AXIS::ROBICHAUD | AttilaTheHun,IvanTheTerrible,Rangers | Fri Apr 13 1990 12:33 | 9 |
213.29 | | MCIS1::DHAMEL | Have a Good Friday | Fri Apr 13 1990 12:41 | 5 |
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A professional foreplayer...Hmmm, nice concept.
-Dick
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213.30 | It takes discipline Dick | AXIS::ROBICHAUD | Jason,FreddieKrueger,N.Y.Rangers | Fri Apr 13 1990 12:42 | 1 |
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213.31 | | MCIS1::DHAMEL | Have a Good Friday | Fri Apr 13 1990 12:42 | 4 |
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And I guess the last horse in would be the long reliever.
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213.32 | | FTMUDG::REED | OklaSt--#29 NCAA Wrestling Championship | Fri Apr 13 1990 12:44 | 11 |
| re: .28
It's a good thing for the preparer that horses *aren't* too bright.
If they realized that the mare was just the fore-play and the preparer
(with his sex aids) was who he *really* was in-love with then the stud
would be trying to mount the preparer whenever he was around. Kinda
like a big horney dog jumpin on your leg.
Hope This Helps the City-bound Noters
Cowboy
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213.33 | | CAM::WAY | Goebels,Eichmann,Hess,Mengele,Rangers | Fri Apr 13 1990 13:18 | 8 |
| re: "It takes discipline, Dick"
It also takes dick discipline.
re: the preparer handing of to the stud..
Tag Team Studding(tm), Sport, or a channel for moral filth?
Find out on the next Geraldo!
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213.35 | Golf,NBA,football | CNTROL::CHILDS | Celts & Philly in the Eastern Finals | Fri Apr 13 1990 13:54 | 4 |
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photographer for the sports illustrated swimsuit issue....
mike
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213.36 | | CAM::WAY | Tag Team Studding take discipline, Dick | Fri Apr 13 1990 13:57 | 5 |
213.37 | SI Swimsuit Issue...An American Tradition | AXIS::ROBICHAUD | Studding...It's not just a job | Fri Apr 13 1990 14:00 | 7 |
| I dunno Mike. After watching "The Making of The Sports Illustrated
Swimsuit Issue". A film I highly recommend by the way, I think
I would like to be the guy who puts makeup on the model's uh...
buttocks. But you have to start at the bottom, and some people
say it's a dead end job.
/Don
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213.38 | | CAM::WAY | Tag Team Studding takes discipline, Dick | Fri Apr 13 1990 14:03 | 1 |
| Yeah, and I'm sure you'd be the butt of all the jokes too!
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213.39 | what a bummer | MCIS1::DHAMEL | Have a Good Friday | Fri Apr 13 1990 14:37 | 1 |
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213.40 | howdaya crack into that profession? | COMET::JOHNSTON | WonFarfugIsKnotEnuf! WhoIsTooBlam?! | Fri Apr 13 1990 14:49 | 5 |
213.41 | | UPWARD::HEISER | silent anticipations | Fri Apr 13 1990 14:53 | 1 |
| do they get behind on their work?
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213.42 | | CAM::WAY | Tag Team Studding takes discipline, Dick | Fri Apr 13 1990 15:07 | 1 |
| Let's just hope they're not anal retentive...
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213.43 | | REFINE::ASHE | You better shop around... | Fri Apr 13 1990 19:03 | 9 |
| Waht about the guy who brushes the sand of their butts? That's a
tough one I bet...
Coed tonsil hockey count?
I guess if I had to, it would be baseball or tennis... except tennis
I'd have to live up to the name...
How much does pro v-ball pay? I could deal with that...
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213.44 | Don't limit your dreams | WNDMLL::SCHNEIDER | Arizona Athlete of the Year! | Fri Apr 13 1990 20:03 | 7 |
| >How much does pro v-ball pay? I could deal with that...
Walt, as long as we're fantasizing, if you don't get paid enough on the
pro tour, you can get a few million dollar promotional deals, like for
Nike Volleyball shoes, and Head Volleyball wrist bands, etc.
Dan
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213.45 | | UPWARD::HEISER | I'm schizophrenic and so am I | Fri Apr 13 1990 21:11 | 4 |
| spring training is great too. sand volleyball on the beaches of
southern california.
Mike
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213.46 | what else? | SHIRE::FINEUC1 | | Tue Apr 17 1990 09:41 | 11 |
| Snooker player, of course: fun, lots o' buckos, girls with big taataas, go
all over the world.
I've always been nuts about hockey and football, but would rather have teeth.
As for Car racing, I saw a Formula 1 car a couple of weeks ago, and I can tell
ya I wouldn't even drive one on the street let alone on a track. Scared the
s*it out of me and it wasn't even fired up - just sitting there!!
rick
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213.47 | | JULIET::MAY_BR | Wimp football rules! | Tue Apr 17 1990 20:29 | 10 |
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Pro Volleyball player. The top few make $100-200K on the circuit,
plus 2-3 times that on the side. The scenery is as good as the
SI swimsuit edition photagrapher, and much friendlier.
2nd choice would be a baseball. Anyone who has ever worked on a
golf course knows better than to put down professional golfer.
Bruce
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213.48 | Lycra is best | SHAPES::STRAGED | | Wed Apr 18 1990 09:51 | 13 |
| There us an interesting division between those who would choose team
sports and those who would "go-it-alone" (e.g. Tennis, Golf, Racing,
etc.). I'm curious to know if this is a significant factor in
choosing a preferred sport or whether it is secondary to money,
location and women with large breasts!!!
Personally, I would play soccer as a team sport and, if I were to rely
on myself, there is no doubt.....DOWNHILL RACING!!!
Puddle Jumper
P.S. With respect to SI's swimsuit issue...I'd rather be the swimsuit!!
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213.49 | :-) | SASE::SZABO | | Wed Apr 18 1990 11:09 | 5 |
| Individual or team sports is not a consideration for me at all. I'll
go wherever there are lovely American foxes with large American
breasts!
Ivan.
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213.50 | | CSC32::J_HERNANDEZ | E-ladie-ladie-ay, ha, ha,ha | Thu Apr 26 1990 17:12 | 8 |
| I'd play Centerfield for the Dodgers, Free Safety for the Rams,
Peephole operator for the Laker Girls dressing room, (Imagine the $$
you can get from all the kids) or Right Wing on Argentina's World cup
soccer team. Diego Maradona would dribble through everyone, shoot, hit
the post and I'd put the rebound in.
I agree about the guy who puts makeup on the swimsuit models 'tho.
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213.51 | See ya on the back nine! | CSC32::GL_JOHNSON | The Uplift Mofo Party Plan | Sat May 05 1990 03:54 | 7 |
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Golf. In what other sport can you be out-of-shape, overweight
and still make a lot of money? :-) Seriously, once I finally learned
how to hit the ball instead of the dirt, I found it a lot of fun. If
only this crazy Colorado weather would cooperate. :-(
Glen J.
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