Most ppl would readily agree to that statement without much thought:

[I]"When one is faced with the challenges that life has to offer they must devise strategies and techniques that must provide them with the necessary tools to overcome them.
In addition, when life throws them a curveball and they land on their proverbial butts they need to develop the capabilities to quickly recover and move on."[/I]
But taking just a peek deeper into the psyche of a game I can't help but disagree.

I am more convinced that Sports more closely represents a metaphor for WAR:

[i]"Your sole objective is to defeat the opponent (enemy) at all cost.
To study his/her strategies identifying his/her weaknesses and taking advantage of them to achieve total victory.
No compromise. To apply all forces to bear until there is but one victor and the rest..vanquished."[/I]
That's my opinion, Whatz yours?

I believe you have a point when it's directly related to sports...the best athletes seem to work along those lines of warriors. If you are talking about life, I believe it's a different story and has much more to do with morals, faith, etc... . The warrior attitude to me seems to be much more of a ruthless way to live and not much consideration for others around you. IMHO...

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I agree... sports are indeed a mirror on life in general... and baseball represents the comatose state. Look at all the striking parallels one can draw between coma patients and baseball players and fans! Amazing.

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LMAO.....ur funny

Oh yeah....JERK!!!

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watch out... i don't usually come on in the evenings... and I'm more of a jerk now that I'm at home!

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well..I am on a few pain killers..don't think I can get to pissed off right now...LOL

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And I thought I would be safe Sumthin' made me sign on since I am not an evening ETJer either ..... Oh I know.. it was Lucifer

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Nona Manis.. finding out where I belong

O.A. I was meant 2 luv u..

Yah I'll kill you.....that's right...that's what I said. Go ahead and call the police.

huh??????????????

Yeah..Urban polluted dis thread..dats wah happened!!

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Seriously, Alex I find I agree with you there. The adversarial nature of competitive sports where you are pitted against either a single opponent or against a team is a direct parallel to war. Comparing this to simply coping in life doesn't actually hold true. Life isn't your enemy.

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BS... I made one little joke and you guys carried on. You really should have answered Alex' question in your posts, even if you were addressing my little joke... but noooooooooo...baseball is just sooooooo important you lost focus.

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psst... read di first reply mi fren!!!

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Okay...not you... the others then!

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