Cleats by Bill Hinds for November 18, 2024

Anytime Bailey makes even the smallest sporty achievement, his family will be proud. Just goes to show how little faith they have in his athletic abilities.

I’ve always been confused by the attitude a sport (soccer) isn’t interesting because there isn’t a lot of scoring. No one finds excitement in an American football game with the score 63 to 9, but that’s a lot of scoring. I find nil to nil in the 87th minute to be riveting.

I also find scoring counts strange, basketball (1, 2, or 3 point plays), baseball (1, 2, 3, or 4 point plays), American football (1, 2, 3, and 6 point plays), and tennis is a total alien scoring system to me.

Seriously, though, once you set aside the scoring thing, soccer is a lot of fun to watch or play. You also have to be very fit in an all-around, endurance sort of way, because you run, run, run.

Basketball’s boring. There’s too much scoring. Wake me up when there’s a shutout at the end of the game. (Harlem Globetrotters need not apply.)

And so it goes at a soccer game…….hey he used his head!!

I used to play soccer until she had me arrested! (KIDDING!)

Soccer is boring:

youtube . com / watch?v=rJu2qSJ9zno

If I want to watch running I’ll tune in to a track meet.