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Do you have an interest in professional sports?
Yes 31%  31%  [ 22 ]
No 69%  69%  [ 49 ]
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22 Nov 2007, 9:19 pm

When I was between the ages of 10 and 12, I had an all consuming intererest in baseball and the Chicago Cubs. I grew out of it at the age of 12, and never watched sports again.

I also, rather oddly, at that age also watched professional wrestling, and thought that it was real. :oops:

It is supposed to be an Aspie trait (I think) not to have an interest in professional sports.

How about you?



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22 Nov 2007, 9:35 pm

I am practically allergic to professional sports. As an exception, I don't mind watching one or two baseball games per year, but no more than that. Otherwise, I don't even like to hear the games as background noise. I don't like playing team sports either, but it's slightly better than being a spectator.



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22 Nov 2007, 10:15 pm

For some ason, I even hate the ANNOUNCERS! I just hate everything about it. And people call them HEROS, and act like they are the best of everything. Give me a break!



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22 Nov 2007, 10:37 pm

No! I'm not interested in sports. I try to watch baseball sometimes because it gives me something to talk about with people... and it's sometimes interesting to watch for a little while, but not for much longer than a half hour. Football... no.



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22 Nov 2007, 10:38 pm

pandabear wrote:
I also, rather oddly, at that age also watched professional wrestling, and thought that it was real. :oops:

Aspects of it are indeed real. Match outcomes are scripted, but what they do to each other hurts bad if not done correctly. And they're not perfect, so injuries happen all the time, some of them paralyzing.

As for me, I LOVE pro sports.

Hardcore Boston Red Sox, Phoenix Suns, Green Bay Packers, Calgary Flames fan here.

I also like the Michigan Wolverines, though they're college.


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22 Nov 2007, 10:43 pm

yes. i collect spotrscards



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22 Nov 2007, 10:59 pm

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yes. i collect spotrscards

Heh, I used to do that, and even had some hall of fame baseball players in my collection. Now I can't find them and that makes me sad :cry:


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22 Nov 2007, 11:16 pm

RED WINGS RED WINGS RED WINGS RED WINGS RED WINGS RED WINGS RED WINGS!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !

OMG OMG OMG I LOVE THE RED WINGS!! !! ! (I haven't missed a game)


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22 Nov 2007, 11:18 pm

beau99 wrote:
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yes. i collect spotrscards
Heh, I used to do that, and even had some hall of fame baseball players in my collection. Now I can't find them and that makes me sad :cry:
how terrible! the only way to resolve this situation is to start collect again :)



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22 Nov 2007, 11:20 pm

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I also like the Michigan Wolverines, though they're college.


YAY!! !! !! !! !! I LOVE MICHIGAN HOCKEY TOO!! !! !! !! !


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22 Nov 2007, 11:25 pm

All the men I've ever worked with have been OBSESSED about hockey.

It's pathetic and revolting that it's all they ever talk about... hockey, hockey, hockey... the game... the players... the teams... OY! Can't you people think about something more important for a change? Something that might make the world a better place??

(Okay... the frustration is passing... whew!) :)



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22 Nov 2007, 11:27 pm

SoccerFreak wrote:
beau99 wrote:
I also like the Michigan Wolverines, though they're college.


YAY!! !! !! !! !! I LOVE MICHIGAN HOCKEY TOO!! !! !! !! !

I'm more a fan of their football team.


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22 Nov 2007, 11:45 pm

I may be the one of the few aspies who is a big sports fan. Oftentimes the sports can end up being my obsessions. Still I have very different opinions then most people do when I discuss them. I don't really like to play sports however, just watch.



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22 Nov 2007, 11:59 pm

BlueMax wrote:
All the men I've ever worked with have been OBSESSED about hockey.

It's pathetic and revolting that it's all they ever talk about... hockey, hockey, hockey... the game... the players... the teams... OY! Can't you people think about something more important for a change? Something that might make the world a better place??

(Okay... the frustration is passing... whew!) :)


there's absolutly nothing wrong with too much hockey

*throws on her red wings sweater, red wings socks, puts on her red wings jacket and earings, gets into her car with the red wings fuzzy dice and the red wings flag*

im willing to bet that I talk about hockey more than all those guys combined (especially goalie stats), be thankful you're around them and not me LOL.


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23 Nov 2007, 12:04 am

SoccerFreak wrote:
im willing to bet that I talk about hockey more than all those guys combined (especially goalie stats), be thankful you're around them and not me LOL.


I wish I WAS a hockey fan - it'd give me some common ground with the people I need to associate with!

I must admit, I'd rather learn to like hockey than get sucked into binge-drinking and strip clubs to bond with those same people!!



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23 Nov 2007, 12:06 am

beau99 wrote:
SoccerFreak wrote:
beau99 wrote:
I also like the Michigan Wolverines, though they're college.


YAY!! !! !! !! !! I LOVE MICHIGAN HOCKEY TOO!! !! !! !! !

I'm more a fan of their football team.


*tells everyone a story as she polishes her Zetterberg and Datysuk bobble heads*

football as of late = epic fail, though I haven't existed long enough to have seen them when they were good.

Now im not by all means a fair weather fan, quite the opposite, in fact im a St. Louis Blues fan (epic fail as well) so im currantly just frusterated with both teams.

It's just that whenever I watch them they lose or something bad happens...and when I turn away they win or something, so there's a tendancy on my part to turn away.

Like one time, I was watching UM football. And everytime I was eating something, something good would happen, and bad when I stopped eating. So I ended up eating for 3 straight hours and we ended up winning, although I was very sick at the end of the game.


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