Banter TRTT Part 14: 2022 Goodbye (To 2023)

[JimmyBC]

The big MLB teams have a payroll of close to $400 million AUD. The BBL salary cap is $1.9 million AUD lol.

Cricket is a big sport but only because of India. Without India it's only marginally less pissant than AFL.

So what's Baseball without the USA? the Japanese and a few Cubans?

 

[TeeKray]

So what's Baseball without the USA? the Japanese and a few Cubans?

Yes.

 

[Del165198]

This is like something out of National Lampoon's Vacation

What the ****? They poured more than 200L on their own feet more or less? Didn't notice the splashing sound and the overwhelming petrol smell? Didn't notice the puddle they were standing in?

 

[chiwigi]

Don’t reckon there’ll be 54000 at the Claxton shield decider this arvo.

Don’t reckon there’ll be 2k .

 

[chiwigi]

Aren't the Bite owned by the crows?

**** no!

 

[backtozero]

Stickball vs. Stickball shit fight

They're both boring.

 

[Papa G]

IPL teams have a salary cap of close to $25 million USD. Excluding finals each team plays 14 games. In MLB each team plays 162 games. The highest 0layer pay roll in MLB last year was the Yankees with nearly $252 million (lowest was Baltimore with $43 million). So even the Yankees are paying out just over $1.5 million per game, compared to an IPL Franchise paying out $1.7 million per game.

 

[Pappagallo]

This is like something out of National Lampoon's Vacation

I worked at a servo when I was 17 and something similar happened. I didn’t see it in action but this woman comes in and explains that the nozzle “wasn’t in properly” and sure enough she’s dumped 40 litres on the ground. Then she asks if she still has to pay for it lol. Yes, yes you do.

 

[chiwigi]

I love how defensive Aussies get about cricket . It’s the one thing they’re consistently good at I guess.

The defensiveness shows they ‘know’.

 

[NoddyHolder]

What the *? They poured more than 200L on their own feet more or less? Didn't notice the splashing sound and the overwhelming petrol smell? Didn't notice the puddle they were standing in?

Should have lit up a durry. Would have noticed then

 

[TazD]

 

[edgie]

I think most aussies would rather us suck at cricket sometimes as the personalities involved don't deserve to be constantly winning, but eh.

There's nothing worse than the faux superiority one feels when following a big American sport, but one that's only big in America. It isn't worldwide, it's just the perveance of their media machine in the last hundred years. Gridiron and Baseball are not a lot without the base in the states, Basketball and Ice Hockey are bigger internationally. Rugby is bigger all over the world, and the best Rugby country is New Zealand. Most places in the world have cities bigger than their whole country.

 

[Papa G]

I've been to a baseball game in New York. It was boring as **** and they shut the beer off at the 6th innings. Shit sport.

 

[backtozero]

I've been to a baseball game in New York. It was boring as * and they shut the beer off at the 6th innings. s**t sport.

How were the hotdogs?

 

[dirty2]

I've been to a baseball game in New York. It was boring as * and they shut the beer off at the 6th innings. s**t sport.

Just need to down the beers quicker

 

[Doctor Feel]

half time swill except its the 1-2-3-4-5 innings swills

 

[raman]

This is like something out of National Lampoon's Vacation

Wait, don’t boats with outboard motors generally have fuel tanks, like, close to the outboard motor? How does this even happen.

 

[Doctor Feel]

im more confused as to how it cost $600

 

[raman]

im more confused as to how it cost $600

It took them $600 worth to notice something was wrong?

 

[Pappagallo]

If I grew up watching American Cricket I’d probably be into it.

 

[edgie]

'Aussies are struggling'

Meanwhile old mate with his six figure car and I don't know how much boats cost boat, nonchalantly spills half a grand of petrol on his feet before realising something is wrong.

 

[chiwigi]

I think most aussies would rather us suck at cricket sometimes as the personalities involved don't deserve to be constantly winning, but eh.

There's nothing worse than the faux superiority one feels when following a big American sport, but one that's only big in America. It isn't worldwide, it's just the perveance of their media machine in the last hundred years. Gridiron and Baseball are not a lot without the base in the states, Basketball and Ice Hockey are bigger internationally. Rugby is bigger all over the world, and the best Rugby country is New Zealand. Most places in the world have cities bigger than their whole country.

See.

 

[JimmyBC]

If I grew up watching American Cricket I’d probably be into it.

I pretended to like it for awhile when I went through the obligatory american sports are cool phase, I think it passed when I realised most of the big hitters were juicers.

 

[Papa G]

I pretended to like it for awhile when I went through the obligatory american sports are cool phase, I think it passed when I realised most of the big hitters were juicers.

That was the only interesting part of the game I went to. Mets v Giants. Barry Bonds was playing for the Giants and the Mets crowd gave it to him every time he batted.

 

[Del165198]

im more confused as to how it cost $600

Not uncommon for a 7-8m ish boat with a couple of outboards to have 2x 300L tanks, which it'll chew through quick.

Boats are stupidly expensive for recreation and boaties are mostly knobs up there with jetskiers