Singh apologizes to Sorenstam
 

I know little about the sport, though in law school the practices for my intramural soccer team would end right as the college women's field hockey team took the same field.

Though a number of hours were spent watching, I paid such scant attention to the game itself that I couldn't tell you the rules if my life depended on it. (I can tell you that their backs did not stoop, though.)

Singh apologizes to Sorenstam
 

Why is it different?

And the "well, it just is" answer won't suffice.

not7y(slippery slopes are very slippery)S

Singh apologizes to Sorenstam
 

The field hockey players were pretty hot at my school. But they would always do goofy nonsense like have their collars up and sleeves rolled up during games. The female softball players were the ones desparate for some lovin'.

I give him credit simply because if I joined some team, and they told me "you're too good, you can't play", I think I'd find some other way to spend my time rather than cheering for the team at the games.

I have no idea how much tail he was getting.

He wore shorts.

I think the school got away without playing him simply because of the safety issue. He was a big dude. It was only a matter of time before he steamrolled some 105 lb 11th grade girl.

I was always mystified why the goal is like eight feet high, when I've never seen a shot over 6 inches off the ground. "Top shelf" is not a term one associates with field hockey.

Singh apologizes to Sorenstam
 

Inherent physical differences . . .

although with all these motherjumpin huge kids, everything will have to become like Pop Warner football, with weight-class leagues, instead of age-class leagues.

Stop living in the past.
 

I for one don't even want to see the words "my white ass bobbing up and down."

Ewwwww.

Singh apologizes to Sorenstam
 

Um, maybe because he didn't want to play for less money?

Singh apologizes to Sorenstam
 

Interestingly, there were two columns on the subject in our local rag today.

First, the regular golf writer takes Thurgreed's position that Annika will not be able to spin, putt, or hit out of the rough well enough to even make the cut - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...5/SP119841.DTL

Second, Scott Ostler kicks sand in Thurgreed's arguments about why she shouldn't at least try - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...5/SP185193.DTL

More Fuel for the Fire
 

Anika playing on the PGA tour. Micehlle Wie playing a development tour event. Boys playing field hockey with girls. What's next, husband and wife baseball players? Yup. Check it out here .

Stop living in the past.
 

And another poster is ruined for Paigow. And y'all are in the same town; she could run into your bobbing white ass on the street. Just so long as you aren't holding an umbrella at the time...

Singh apologizes to Sorenstam
 

The physical capabilities of course. 14 to 16 years olds are bigger and stronger. It would obviously be unfair for them to beat up on 12 year olds by playing in the 12 year old league. We set up a 12 year old league specifically to develop and nurture the younger kids. Of course, we could run the leagues as a free-for-all, and have no age restrictions, but it would be pretty comical to see the 10 year olds trying to battle it out with the 16 year olds. And the 10 year olds would not enjoy the game or get better.

The justification for allowing an occasional 12 year old to play in the older kids league is that there are, on occasion, exceptional 12 year olds that deserve the opportunity to test their skills in a league that would normally be closed to them.

If we ran our world worrying about slippery slopes, there would be no rules at all. People who always worry about drawing lines are just afraid of being tested. This seems to me like a particularly easy distinction to draw. Just because someone was good enough occasionally to play "up" in another league, doesn't mean you need to open the door both ways.

Singh apologizes to Sorenstam
 

:eek: OMG! Thurgreed IS Brian Murphy! It's like they're talking out of the same ass.
I did like the statistics at the end where it shows that Vijay has made a ton more $$ this year with the same number of wins.:mad:

Stop living in the past.
 

Damn. And I was just going to send you a proposition by PM.

Singh apologizes to Sorenstam
 

:rofl: !!!

(I couldn't resist.)

Singh apologizes to Sorenstam
 

Just a question for you golf experts out there. What would Annika have had to do to qualify legitimately (your words) for the Colonial and/or the PGA? Would she have to forego qualifying for LPGA? Would she have to change her LPGA status to PGA? As it stands she's turning down a tournament that she could probably win to do the Colonial. Would she have to qualify separately under PGA rules? Seems to me that if she did, she's be passing up a lot of income in order to qualify with the boys.
Just asking because I don't know.

Matrix Reloaded
 

I read a couple of magazine articles about the film and saw at least one Carrie-Anne Moss interview. All of them mentioned her motorcycle work in the film. She said that driving the motorcycle into oncoming traffic was the scariest thing she'd ever done, but that she was happy that she overcame her fear. All of the main actors (Keanu, Lawrence, Carrie-Anne, and Hugo) were injured on set, but they all seem to have an eerily calm/motivational speaker type reaction to it. Maybe it stems from Yuen Wo-Ping and some of the other stunt coordinators. I think he was in the Peking Opera. They would start as children and get beaten daily if they didn't perform their tricks properly. After about 10 years of that, I suppose I wouldn't put up with anyone saying, "That's dangerous. I could die" on set.

Personally, I think the emphasis on having actors do more and more dangerous stunts is going to lead to another Twilight Zone: The Movie incident, but I hope I'm wrong.

The theatre I was in showed a lot of previews, including one for Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai.