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Spacemans Bong Sep 25 2005 05:13 PM

Guy I'm arguing with claimed that basketball is the number 1 sport in NY. I say no way, baseball is, and that the Knicks unite the town is just a function of the NBA being the only sport with just one real NY team.

Yancy Street Gang Sep 25 2005 05:14 PM

Is this the same guy who argued that New York was a football town?

Spacemans Bong Sep 25 2005 05:25 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Is this the same guy who argued that New York was a football town? Nah, another guy.

MFS62 Sep 25 2005 05:27 PM

Many have said that basketball is the "city game" (That was the title of an HBO special). And many have said that the best basketball is played on the streets of New York. Unfortunately, the one street where that hasn't been true for a while is 34th street. This message has been brought to you by your friendly neighborhood Nets fan. "Unite" is stretching it a bit, pod'nuh. Later

Edgy DC Sep 25 2005 05:31 PM

Doesn't really matter, does it?

MFS62 Sep 25 2005 05:35 PM

Nope Later

Edgy DC Sep 25 2005 05:38 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 25 2005 05:56 PM

I don't ask to belittle anybody's opinion, but what does it really establish. If all eight-point-whatever million New Yorkers name their favorite sport, and baseball loses by 3%, should baseball fans feel bad? And since that poll isn't about to be taken, it's really just an argument that airs prejudices.

MFS62 Sep 25 2005 05:45 PM

And if they include the votes/ preferences of the three million or so "other" New Yorkers (the ones who aren't officially here) soccer would probably win, anyhow. But I guess discussions like this are appropriate for a non-baseball forum. Later

Edgy DC Sep 25 2005 05:57 PM

Would the Yankee fans that aren't really baseball fans even count?

SI Metman Sep 26 2005 02:41 AM

I would guess basketball is number 1 when polling the inner-city in places like Harlem where there is poverty. Baseball/football would be the answer when polling the outer boros in places where there is money.

MFS62 Sep 26 2005 07:37 AM

The more I think about this, there is one thing that unifies all New York sports fans. No matter what team, in which sport, they root for, they have one common motivation - they root like the dickens against that baseball team from San Francisco. Nobody wants to hear that braying jackass Cris Russo brag about his team. Later

sharpie Sep 26 2005 10:33 AM

Having lived in SF for 11 years, I have a fondness for the Jints. Chris Russo, whom I virtually never hear, has no bearing on my rooting interests, nor does any other talk radio personality.

MFS62 Sep 26 2005 11:33 AM

sharpie wrote: Having lived in SF for 11 years, I have a fondness for the Jints. Chris Russo, whom I virtually never hear, has no bearing on my rooting interests, nor does any other talk radio personality. If you had ever heard him, you would root against them. Believe me. Later

Yancy Street Gang Sep 26 2005 11:46 AM

I've heard more than my share of Chris Russo, and he doesn't affect, one way or the other, how I feel about the San Francisco Giants. Letting him do that would give him a power over me that he doesn't deserve. Or something like that. Anyway, about a month ago I completely stopped listening to WFAN unless the Mets are playing. No Imus. No Sid and Joe. No Mike and the Mad Dog. No Richard Kneer. None of it. It's a nice wide radio dial. And there are better things to listen to.

ABG Sep 26 2005 03:51 PM

I assume you're referring to me (or to someone who picked up the ball over at SOSH), because I wrote that I thought the most palpable feeling in NYC sports was when the Knicks were on a playoff run. I think there's a part of the city that doesn't really get into baseball, or is driven off when their team (Mets, usually) is out of contention. I also think, with no real evidence to support this, that suburbanites make up more of the baseball crowd and actual city dwellers make up more of the bball crowd. Thus, when you're actually in the city, bball has a more tangible feel. Regionally, it may be more baseball, I don't know.

MFS62 Sep 26 2005 04:31 PM

That I can agree with - that baseball is more suburban. Later