bravo! bravo! *Deftones17 claps his hands wildly* :D

Well, as far as I define "worthwhile", I see nothing of that in sports. If you like them as entertainment, fine. But worthwhile? No. Things that are worthwhile are are medicine, science, feeding the hungry, ect. Sports are just a bunch of guys taking hitting balls WAY too seriously. I see nothing "worthwhile", as fundamentally valuable to life, in sports. (To be fair, I can say the same about the TV shows that I like, too).

Well, I don't know about you, but having seen my cousin's eyes light up meeting his favorite ballplayer, watching him get excited during a close game and realizing he would remember that great finish all his life, having my own eyes light up when I met Kirby Puckett when I was a young boy. All that to me is worthwhile. Rightly or wrongly these players are idolized by young boys and girls everywhere. Many of them would play this game even if they weren't paid and that is what I like to see. There is something worthwhile to sports for many, many people. This isn't just about a few old guys sitting around a bar reminiscing as they watch a football game, this is about growing up and having memories of special days with your dad, or your best friend. It is about learning life lessons through sports as you start playing them. About learning to work as a team and learning to love your teammates. It is about a lot of things and that is why your dismissal of it is so hurtful to someone who still remembers an act of kindness from Juan Berenger when i was in my early teens. It may just be a game, but there is nothing wrong with enjoying a game and taking time out even when you are older to enjoy some sports, reflect back on the lessons you learned and the good times you have had. My dad took me to games when I was younger, I am doing the same with my daughters and I find those experiences VERY worthwhile to life. Sorry you do not share the same experiences because it has made my life very full.

We'll have to simply agree to disagree. I'm admittedly bigoted against jocks. I've seen too many instances-- both in high school and college-- when jocks were given special treatment, when sports were given priority over academics, and when coaches were hired for teachers and thrown a couple of classes to teach with no concern for their skills as a teacher, just where they could have a larger supply of coaches. If I had ever liked sports, that would have been enough to turn me against them, and I honestly and truly think the very best thing that could be done to improve our failing public schools would be to entirely eliminate sports from them. IMHO, nothing would be lost.

Just FYI, FOX just completed the first year of a new $2.5 billion, 5 year deal to carry MLB games, including every playoff and World Series game, so you're stuck with baseball on FOX until at least 2005.

Well, what this has to do with terrorists bombing our country and forcing all programming to move back a few weeks is beyond me. "Make no mistake," 'The Simpsons' is not being shown on Halloween for the same reason 80% of the shows we normally watch were shifted around.

But, on the topic of athletics. Sure, some people get preferential treatment because they're athletic, but people also get preferential treatment because they're good looking, because they put out, because they're charming, and yes ... because they're smart. Just because some people's priorities are skewed does not condemn athletic competition. You'll find that students who participate in some form of athletic competition learn many essential skills that allow them to suceed in the real world: including teamwork, discipline, personal motivation, and setting aside personal objectives for the good of the whole, just to name a few. Sure, I was a brainiac in high school, and some jerks got preferential treatment because they could run fast or jump high, but they are the minority. Athletic competition is by and large an incredibly positive experience, and isolating a few spoiled individuals or negative personal experiences is unfair. The failing of our public schools is because people (students, teachers, and parents) refuse to take responsibility for their own actions and are always trying to blame the world's problems on someone else instead of looking in a mirror.

Back on topic, though, seeing all these anti-World Series posts is just sad. If you don't like baseball, fine. If you don't like sports, fine. If you don't like 'The Simpsons', fine (you're an idiot, but fine :)). But claims that Major League Baseball is in any way the cause of you (collective "you" ... not the quoted poster) having to watch your beloved halloween episode a week late is childish and absurd and dare I say ... idiotic. EVERYTHING got pushed back a few weeks. The Emmys got moved. 24 got moved. The West Wing was moved. Family Guy, The Tick, Alias, Philly, NYPB Blue, etc, etc ... all were moved. Baseball is not the cause of The Simpsons being moved. Focus your aggressions on the terrorists for disrupting our television schedule, not some childish hatred of our national pasttime.

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don't be decieved - sure the bbc produces the best tv in the world, but their scheduling department are morons.
every other week Buffy or Trek/Sliders/Simpsons is bumped in favor of...Snooker!!! :eek:

seriously, we've never seen a whole season of Buffy without dozens of gaps for indoor sports, and even when we do see it, they're inevitably cut versions.
the BBC has complete contempt for programming not produced by themselves.

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That's beautiful.

I for one will gladly wait a week for the premiere of my favorite show, The Simpsons, to watch that World Series. And I'm not even a huge baseball fan. But man those were awesome games.

Read an AP report today that pretty much said Fox got the best ratings it has ever had (outside of NFL games) for game 7.

OK, to try to make this back on-topic... did anyone catch the Simpsons yesterday? What are your opinions?

I saw a similar Variety report. Looks like Game 7 beat "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire" and "Temptation Island 7." Tough competition those are, too. :)