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VolunteerHillbilly said:
I drove a Buick Enclave for 2 years. It was actually a good ride. IIRC, I got one fully loaded including AWD for about the same price as the cheapest trim level Highlander I could find.
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Toyota is expensive. And all you about toyota reliability , is something that people think because 90s toyota lasted forever.
I've known a couple that had alot of electrical problems ( sensors, computer, seats, ) was a 4runner and tundra.

To me nowadays, all trucks have so much electrical stuff, all will break.

I wish I could find a showroom new, 1987 4runner, or a 1997 2 door tahoe. I can fix the stuff thatbreaks on those .
 
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utvols88 said:
they are the best in the world at a minor league genre.
No one is expecting the same fireworks. They are expecting the fireworks they have, to be set off correctly. That's it. I can find good soccer at the highest level and be entertained just like we have find good football at the highschool level. Gender doesnt matter with fundamentals and normal play. It only matters relative to the competition not cross genres. Bad soccer is bad soccer. Soccer doesnt favor men outside of speed and power, not dribbling or control.

anyways, that's my last post on it.
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What if I say you don't know crap about soccer? You going to post again? I am not going to say that, but was wondering what would happen if I did.
 
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pismonque said:
Not even going to step into the underlying conversation but...

If all you see when you watch baseball is guys standing around waiting for someone to throw or hit the ball, I would imagine it really is very boring. But if you're watching individual pitches and swings, thinking about the pitcher's and batter's approaches on any given at-bat (even contextually from at-bat to at-bat), and how the fielders are positioning themselves for each batter, how the batter is responding to that, how the baserunners are working the pitcher and catcher, minding the pitcher's command and pitch movement, the pitch count, who's available in relief, how that plays into the batting order or if a double-switch is necessary and if so, who for who (okay, that last one only applies in the NL since the AL dumbed things down with the DH to please the masses). There's also the context of recent performance trends as they play into each at-bat, or even the lineup, as well as head-to-head trends, personal histories (between players and/or teams), injuries, etc. I'll stop there but that's just part of what going on in the times between when the ball is in play. If you're really into the sport, there's a shitload of drama happening a lot of the time.

tl/dr: It's only boring if you don't know or don't care what's going on beyond the action. Pretty much like most sports.

Last night I gave up a chunk of my nightly Dodgers game to watch a movie with my kid. When it was over I switched back to the game and the Dodgers were down 4-3 with two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the 9th, and an 0-2 count. One strike away from a loss. The Dodgers ended up getting a walkoff win without ever putting a ball in play. Five straight walks. And it was so freakin intense the whole time. I was jumping up and down and high-fiving my daughter at the end. And we didn't see a single ball put into play. Boring, my ass.
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I liked this because of your obvious love of America's greatest game and definitely not because the stupid Dodgers won again.
 
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pismonque said:
Not even going to step into the underlying conversation but...

If all you see when you watch baseball is guys standing around waiting for someone to throw or hit the ball, I would imagine it really is very boring. But if you're watching individual pitches and swings, thinking about the pitcher's and batter's approaches on any given at-bat (even contextually from at-bat to at-bat), and how the fielders are positioning themselves for each batter, how the batter is responding to that, how the baserunners are working the pitcher and catcher, minding the pitcher's command and pitch movement, the pitch count, who's available in relief, how that plays into the batting order or if a double-switch is necessary and if so, who for who (okay, that last one only applies in the NL since the AL dumbed things down with the DH to please the masses). There's also the context of recent performance trends as they play into each at-bat, or even the lineup, as well as head-to-head trends, personal histories (between players and/or teams), injuries, etc. I'll stop there but that's just part of what going on in the times between when the ball is in play. If you're really into the sport, there's a shitload of drama happening a lot of the time.

tl/dr: It's only boring if you don't know or don't care what's going on beyond the action. Pretty much like most sports.

Last night I gave up a chunk of my nightly Dodgers game to watch a movie with my kid. When it was over I switched back to the game and the Dodgers were down 4-3 with two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the 9th, and an 0-2 count. One strike away from a loss. The Dodgers ended up getting a walkoff win without ever putting a ball in play. Five straight walks. And it was so freakin intense the whole time. I was jumping up and down and high-fiving my daughter at the end. And we didn't see a single ball put into play. Boring, my ass.
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Thank goodness there were some actual sports invented worth watching. You obviously love baseball and I personally wish they would do away with it. I do not consider anything a sport if you can drink beer while playing it. Baseball is boring, boring, boring. You are entitled to your opinion and I to mine, I am not wanting to argue. Just offering a counterpoint to your view.
 
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