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From childhood until recent years I memorized baseball statistics--for seasons, careers, games, innings, what have you. These mean less to me every day because of the changes in scheduling; number of teams; opportunities for minorities; stadiums; gear; questionable means of improving individuals' abilities, etc.
I have to ask -- what part about minorities having opportunities turned you off from memorizing baseball stats?
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Turf is evil: I watched Bears receiver Wendell Davis tear both of his ACLs, simultaneously, in 1993 while running a route in Veterans Stadium, which must have had the worst turf ever. He was running a route, the ball was thrown to him, he had an Eagles defender beat, if I remember correctly, and then he just ... fell. Later I found out that a seam in the turf had caught his foot, tripping him and somehow ripping the ligaments in both his knees. His career was over.
I know this is really snobby, but I think less of teams that play their home games in turfed domes. Teams like the Rams and the Colts -- their recent championships mean less to me because they don't play in the elements the way "real" football teams do.
I know this is a baseball forum. Sorry.