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Post by The Line on Nov 19, 2009 2:14:30 GMT -5
I'd probably put the qb sneak in there, as usually all dude's gotta do is fall forward, and barring something disastrous, getting that scrap of yardage is hardly ever in doubt. yeah, unless a team has a completely inept O-line, a QB sneak should work 99% of the time(in applicable situations)
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Nov 19, 2009 2:16:24 GMT -5
In hockey, it's gotta be any play the goalie had the all the way. You can tell player's intent when you've been around the game enough. My strongest point in hockey was reading the play, knowing what was gonna happen before it did, goalies have a flare for the dramatic, but sometimes a great glove save, which looks really pretty, wouldn't have been a decent chance anyway. You can tell, if you know what's going on. Too bad I can read the play and not make my feet react. It's why I don't enjoy playing anymore. I'm not a good enough skater, I know what I should do, I can't make it happen. Mine is the goalie is laying there and guy shoots right at him. See the Carrie Price Shootout save the other day. He made the split but any goalie could do that and the guy shanks the shot. Sam Rosen has a way to make a routine save a big one by a Ranger goalie
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Post by Red Impact on Nov 19, 2009 2:18:41 GMT -5
I agree with the Dunk, but I'd also put an catch in the outfield on top of the list. No such thing as a routine play in baseball. No two plays are the same. And unlike the slam dunk (height + leaping + hands + ball), the outfielder has to judge the trajectory, angle, curve, depth, and speed of the ball; he has to adjust to the sun, shadows, or lights; he has to know where he is in relation to the wall or foul line as well as position himself to have a good angle to throw to the infield in many cases. Yes, spray charts tell him where the batter is most likely to hit it; but it's a LOT harder than a dunk. To be honest, basketball's skill set is probably the overall easiest. It's the only sport where pure hustle/energy guys are successful. If you are tall, can grab a rebound, and run moderately fast, you can play 10 minutes a night. Few other sports have a bar as low as "Tall and Moderately Fit." To be honest, if we're breaking it down, baseball requires the least fitness of any sport. For most players, you basically have to be able to move in 3 or 4 second bursts, followed by about 10 minutes of standing around doing nothing. The major skill required is being able to track a small white ball through the air, and in terms of pop-ups, that really just requires that you have developed adequate depth perception. All those things, you play for any amount of time and you figure them out without too much effort, just by experience. No harder than learning any other sport's intricacies. In terms of overall boring presentations, the solo-shot home run. Yeah, it scores a run, but that doesn't make it interesting to watch on Sportscenter. Remove any different scenery that might come from the ballpark and they're identical.
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Post by Impact Zone's #1 DUMMY...YEAH on Nov 19, 2009 5:37:10 GMT -5
I'm a Lions fan. That should answer your question. hey, Josh Brown isn't a bad kicker. Just made stupid choices(somehow he made leaving Seattle a downgrade) Uh, Josh Brown kicks for the Rams, not the Lions. The kicker for the Lions is Jason Hanson.
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Post by Push R Truth on Nov 19, 2009 10:18:18 GMT -5
Any play that scores against the Raiders. I mean seriously, Al Davis himself could probably score on their defense.
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Post by The Line on Nov 19, 2009 15:29:09 GMT -5
hey, Josh Brown isn't a bad kicker. Just made stupid choices(somehow he made leaving Seattle a downgrade) Uh, Josh Brown kicks for the Rams, not the Lions. The kicker for the Lions is Jason Hanson. shit. Sorry. Getting my stuff confused. Brown is a former Seahawk, Hanson is a former WSU coug.
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Post by Insomniac on Nov 19, 2009 16:08:55 GMT -5
they all look the same it's boring
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2009 17:13:23 GMT -5
The double play. Sure some are better then others, but there not all that spectacular really. Most of them are pretty routine plays. Call me when you turn a triple play. And sometimes even those aren't even worth the highlight. How many of those are turned because of a baserunner being a complete idiot, and not so much good fielding? An unassisted triple play is seen as the holy grail baseball play, when really all it takes is the hit in the right spot and at least one and really usually two runners being stupid more than any real talent from an infielder. That's not to say it's the most overrated. Some of those soccer highlights on Sportscenter...nothing against the sport but I don't see what's so special about 3/4 of those.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Nov 19, 2009 17:25:29 GMT -5
slam dunks in general may be overrated, but stuff like this isn't Ignoring Dunk contest stuff, a lot of these are incredibly hard to pull off, and have either amazing height/distance or are in very heavy traffic with defenders everywhere. Hard to believe that John Starks was bagging groceries to make ends meet a couple of years before that dunk.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Nov 19, 2009 17:52:42 GMT -5
what type are you talking about? 20 yard chip shots in perfect weather with no wind, yeah, those are easy. But 50 yards against the wind, add some snow/rain in there, and yeah, you're starting to get into things that most people can't do. On top of that, who rates FG's highly anyways? No one I know of.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Nov 19, 2009 17:56:18 GMT -5
Yeah, open field catches. They're a good play. But damn if they haven't made up atleast half of all sportscenters top10. Problem with that is the hype from it doesn't just come from the fact that a guy made an open field catch, but how he got open in the first place. By juking and jiving and completely defeating the defense.
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