About as entertaining as watching people dive for an outfield catch over and over again...

oh wait...






Seriously, 4 of them were guys running and diving/sliding for a catch... and every Top 10 during MLB is exactly the same. These plays are "above average" at best. And they all look exactly the same.... They showed Damon smashing into to the wall and that was worth watching, but diving catches in the outfield, which happen a few times a day, should not be a top play. Granted maybe it was just a slow day in sports...but come on, find something interesting...

4/19/2006 2:05:28 AM

iatb

in after the bitching

4/19/2006 2:10:17 AM

He is missed.

4/19/2006 2:25:21 AM

this was my monthly vent... keep checking for the next!

4/19/2006 2:52:10 AM

4/19/2006 3:18:15 AM

Well I could care less about major league baseball myself, but how many incredible plays do you expect on a daily basis?

4/19/2006 4:40:37 AM

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"how many incredible plays do you expect on a daily basis?"

4/19/2006 10:46:59 AM

ah, the truly bad thing about the MLB dominated summer... no variety in the sports news...

sure there's the occasional hotdog eating contest for them to foolishly spooge over, or maybe a soccer match or two, but other than that it's just baseball baseball baseball...

so boring...

4/19/2006 10:55:19 AM

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"no variety in the sports news"

agreed, between sportscenter, baseball tonight, and pti/around the horn going to 90% baseball, makes for a long summer where any little bit of football news causes excitement

after the draft, NBA playoffs, and NHL playoffs it will only get worse!

4/19/2006 11:05:56 AM

Remember that David Wright barehanded grab in shallow left field that was over his shoulder.

That was a hell of a play...

4/19/2006 11:09:29 AM

i hate baseball

4/19/2006 11:12:13 AM

then gtfo

4/19/2006 11:13:17 AM

I said this about a month ago, cant find the post... god i hate baseball highlights

4/19/2006 11:26:23 AM

oh look, a home run

oh look, another home run

guess what folks, another home run

4/19/2006 11:55:44 AM

I love baseball, but I agree with you on the highlight angle.

I routinely made plays in HS like the ones frequently shown in the top 10.

But some of em really are just amazing....you just gotta have a proper context of baseball to realize what is a great play, and what is just common.

4/19/2006 11:58:00 AM

Now now. The sliding and jumping catches are sometimes busted up a little bit by someone eating something at a county fair.

4/19/2006 12:07:31 PM

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""how many incredible plays do you expect on a daily basis?""

I've come to expect 10


You could go to the raquetball courts at carmichael for 30mins and witness something more amazing than an outfield diving catch in MLB

Yes..raquetball...


fat people playing raquetball...

4/21/2006 4:32:34 AM

although i hate baseball too, its not much different than seeing 4 or 5 alley oops from nba or college on the top 10

4/21/2006 5:01:43 AM

alley oops >>> diving baseball catch

but really that's just a personal opinion.

4/21/2006 9:15:56 AM

This is a dumb thread. What are all of the top plays in the NBA - dunks. What about the NFL - catches and big hits. Of course you're going to see the same stuff over and over.

4/21/2006 9:30:17 AM

you're dumb.

4/25/2006 3:21:00 AM

rflong pretty much expanded what i was trying to say

4/25/2006 3:32:45 AM

also, during other seasons, there are other sports going on.

if the top 10 was like 3-4 baseball, then some other sports, then it would be fine.

but once you get into the heart of the season, at least 8-9 of the top 10 is baseball.

don't tell me that doesn't bore you a little bit.

4/25/2006 3:36:54 AM

if you think a diving catch in baseball is = to a diving catch in football

i feel for you

4/25/2006 5:24:31 AM

I think that shortstops/2B catching or stopping rocketed would-be base hits is pretty cool, especially when they have to do the leg kick/jump/throw technique to make it to first

but one of the guys said it on tv last night, some of these "diving catches" are merely guys making the catch then jumping outward onto the grass

I used to do that on the second ken griffey game for super nintendo, it always made them comment about a "great defensive play"

4/25/2006 1:37:16 PM

i totally agree with this thread, i had no idea there were others out there that felt as strongly about it as i do haha

4/25/2006 3:18:48 PM

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"About as entertaining as watching people dive for an outfield catch over and over again... oh wait..."

hahaha

4/25/2006 3:21:03 PM