geez, just kill it already

[JPinAZ]

Try doing everything that's done in football, except that you're standing 6 inches off the ground on a piece of metal 10 inches long and 1/8 of an inch wide. And instead of running you're travelling around 20 miles an hour. And instead of a big ball you play with a piece of frozen rubber the size of an english muffin.

[tdarko]

i am on hockey's side when it comes to toughness and difficulty dont get me wrong. now i have played baseball with dozens of canadians (some that played professional hockey--never NHL though) and EVERY SINGLE one of them says hitting a baseball is the hardest thing to do in sports.
i respect hockey players because they are obviously super-talented but you are talking about skating being difficult in your post? they grow up skating, it is like walking or running to them. nobody grows up with hitting a baseball as coming second hand or natural. tony gwynn had to take 3000+ swings a day to stay refined because it is a such a difficult thing to do and goes away so quickly.
i will be back later to reply, i gotta go throw a bullpen--i am not skilled enough to hit [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[istewart]

Hockey, while not close to my favorite sport, is still fun to watch. It's screwed itself so hard here though, it might as well pack its bags in America.

And baseball > hockey. It's not close.

[meep_42]

How many chances do you get to hit a baseball in a game?
How much prep time do you have between those chances?

-d

[phage]

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And baseball > hockey. It's not close.

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Damn that is wrong...a game played at a snail's pace by steroid freaks is just not much of a sport (IMHO . [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img])

[Voltron87]

That's because its going 85-100 mph, spinning, and dipping. Hockey is a tough sport to play, I hope they get the season back but all the "baseball is wack" talk is bs.

[meep_42]

Hockey pucks travel this fast and the point of origin isn't fixed. And the players are moving. On ice. With other players that can hit them.

-d

[wonderwes]

ESPN NHL 2k5 > EA NHL 2005

[istewart]

Are we supposed to be impressed by this? Hitting a baseball is harder than anything a hockey player has to do on a regular basis.

[JoeC]

I agree, used to love going to Pens games when they were good... now the only sport I can watch is college basketball.