Ann Coulter Is Right to Fear the World Cup

[The Brain]

Is there a way to straighten curlers?

[Eddie Teach]

Baseball or softball?

Same thing, really.

[Barrister]

By most played sport I meant by kids and teenagers.  I dont know what the most played sport for adults might be in Canada.  It is probably hockey as a lot of mens leagues have limited hitting rules and so it is a low impact sport compared to say basketball which remains hard on the joints (all that running and jumping).  As a result kids that played hockey continue to do so well into their adult years.  Not so much for basketball.  I also suspect curling is up there in terms of adult participation (as much as it pains me to say).

Apparently the #1 sport in Canada for participation is golf, followed by hockey, then swimming.

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/81-595-m/2008060/t-c-g/c-g9-eng.htm

One problem though is that this is adult participation, so adding kids might sway things.

Curling doesn't even hit the top ten.

[crazy canuck]

Apparently the #1 sport in Canada for participation is golf

I would never have guessed that.  I wonder if that captures all the people who dont actually play but feel obliged to show up to charity/company/industry golf events.  I have to do that but I am by no means a golfer.

[OttoVonBismarck]

Baseball or softball?

In my experience there's about a 75/25 split in terms of softball/baseball and adult leagues. The big hangup for adult baseball leagues is finding people that know how to pitch a baseball well enough to play regular games, with softball basically anyone can pitch. I was on an adult baseball league for ages but eventually gravitated toward softball just due to the leagues being much more popular, a lot of games get cancelled in the local adult baseball league due to no-shows.

[Admiral Yi]

I don't think I've ever heard of an adult playing hardball, whereas you can't turn around without bumping into an office softball league.

[Valmy]

Softball is much better for non-athletic types which is why it annoys me that hard core jock women have to play it seriously.  Um if baseball worked for the women of the 40s surely this generation can do it.

[Admiral Yi]

Women can't pitch overhand because their boobs get in the way.

[OttoVonBismarck]

I don't think I've ever heard of an adult playing hardball, whereas you can't turn around without bumping into an office softball league.

Around here they exist, they've had hardball leagues everywhere I've lived, but like I said games often get canceled due to low turnout. When I still played there was a 19+ league and a 30+ league, in general the 19+ league was mostly really good HS or college players who were done w/school and still wanted to play in their spare time (but obviously weren't good enough for pro or anything), the 30+ league had a lot of geezers who couldn't move so well. I always advocated we combine the two leagues and have tryouts, as you could have had a lot of actual games if you did that instead of all the cancellations. But older guys didn't want to get embarrassed due to their inability to move.

[The Brain]

The old Slave Leagues were best.

[Ideologue]

Women can't pitch overhand because their boobs get in the way.

Fat people aren't usually good at sports regardless.

[derspiess]

By most played sport I meant by kids and teenagers.  I dont know what the most played sport for adults might be in Canada.  It is probably hockey as a lot of mens leagues have limited hitting rules and so it is a low impact sport compared to say basketball which remains hard on the joints (all that running and jumping).  As a result kids that played hockey continue to do so well into their adult years.  Not so much for basketball.  I also suspect curling is up there in terms of adult participation (as much as it pains me to say).

According to curling.ca there are 653,000 curlers in Canada, or 2.2% of the entire population.

I don't think it's #1 in terms of participation, but it's right up there.

It's really catching on in Mexico.

http://youtu.be/p7w_S5zme5Y

[sbr]

Some good friends of mine play in an old man baseball league.  They actually won a "national championship" a couple of years ago.  They also play against Jose Canseco the next year in the same tournament.

[Valmy]

Women can't pitch overhand because their boobs get in the way.

Are you pulling my leg here?

[Admiral Yi]

Mostly.

I know there are at least a few women who can throw because I've watched Lingerie League football.