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Gattigap · 05-15-2003, 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I know nothing about the sport, but I've always wondered why the sticks have to be so short. It looks very hard on the back.

TM

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.)

SlaveNoMore · 05-15-2003, 05:44 PM

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infinitytrack
To put it differently, I know of many junior sports leagues that permit the 12 year olds, for example, to play above their age level in the 14-16 league if they are good enough. It is a quite different thing to allow a 16 year old to play in the 12 and under league though.

Why is it different?

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

not7y(slippery slopes are very slippery)S

soup sandwich · 05-15-2003, 05:45 PM

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Originally posted by ThrashersFan
Um, I give him credit only because he was smart enough to use this as a way to get laid. Maybe he thought being on the girls team would get him fucked regular? I don't know about anywhere else, but the girls field hockey team at my school had very few debutantes on it and if a guy would have joined the team (or even shown interest) he would have been sucked and fucked all season by these desperate chicks. I mean, not all of them could have been dykes, right?

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.

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Did he have to wear the skirt?

I'm surprised the school got away with not playing him.

IS the US the only country in which guys don't play field hockey?

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.

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I know nothing about the sport, but I've always wondered why the sticks have to be so short. It looks very hard on the back.

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.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 05-15-2003, 05:46 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Why is it different?

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

not7y(slippery slopes are very slippery)S

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.

robustpuppy · 05-15-2003, 05:47 PM

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Originally posted by infinitytrack
I for one don't want to see my white ass bobbing up and down. Plus, these tapes always seem to wind up in the wrong hands. That would for sure ruin my political career.

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

Ewwwww.

NotFromHere · 05-15-2003, 05:49 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Not to prolong this subject, but some 2nd tier guy was trying to play on the LPGA. He decided to right after Annika decided to play the Colonial, so that was some time ago. I cannot remember his name, but I think I posted about it way back on infirmation. I'm not sure how his quest was progressing, but he has apparently since voluntarily dropped it. Not sure why.

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

LessinSF · 05-15-2003, 06:01 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
A whole buncha stuffTM

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

Anne Elk · 05-15-2003, 06:12 PM

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 .

Oliver_Wendell_Ramone · 05-15-2003, 06:12 PM

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Originally posted by infinitytrack
I for one don't want to see my white ass bobbing up and down.

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...

05-15-2003, 06:13 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Why is it different?

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

not7y(slippery slopes are very slippery)S

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.

NotFromHere · 05-15-2003, 06:14 PM

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Originally posted by LessinSF
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/artic...15/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/artic...15/SP185193.DTL

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.

05-15-2003, 06:14 PM

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

Ewwwww.

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

robustpuppy · 05-15-2003, 06:17 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere

OMG! Thurgreed IS Brian Murphy! It's like they're talking out of the same ass.

:rofl: !!!

(I couldn't resist.)

NotFromHere · 05-15-2003, 06:20 PM

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.

Jack Manfred · 05-15-2003, 06:22 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Me too. I agree with most of what you said, although I doubt Moss was actually driving into traffic.

Did yours have previews?

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.