Interestingly enough, for a long time, only Association Football allowed the forward pass.

At this point, you are likely already confused.

Chances are, you’ve never heard of Association Football. At least not in those terms. Depending on where you live, you’ve always referred to it as either football, futbol, or soccer.

The point, however, is that unlike Rugby Football and Gridiron Football (American Football), Association Football has always allowed the forward pass. Before the invention of Gridiron Football, Association Football used this as yet another way to differentiate itself from Rugby Football.

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People say that baseball is boring. People say that steroids have ruined the game. People say it is their least favorite sport. People say that the players are just awful, unlovable monsters.

Continue reading “Baseball, Pt. 3”

A lot of people don’t realize that post on The GBOAT often aren’t about things I hate. In fact, a lot of them cover things that I am not only fine with, but actually enjoy.

I’m fascinated by people who do Parkour. I’ve wasted countless hours playing Call of Duty. Daniel Woods may be a big stupid doodoohead, but we still hang out all the time.

You see, GBOAT posts aren’t expressions of hatred by any means. They’re just the way I see things. I don’t understand why we have to study King Louis VIII, so I write about that fact. I don’t understand the huge fuss over Google+ (nor do I understand rhyming), so I write about that.

But I don’t hate either of them. I’m still on Google+, and last I checked, I’m still beheading my wives so I can move on to new ones.

The same applies to baseball. Being a huge sports fan, I like baseball. But I don’t actually love baseball.

But what I do love about baseball is spreading lies about the game.

In this second essay in a three-part series on baseball, I will share with you a few lies about baseball that I try to pass off as truth. Continue reading “Baseball, Pt. 2”

There is a stretch of time during the summer where a good amount of sports fans die. This stretch is called “baseball season”, and it occurs whenever football and basketball have all ended, and the only thing television is baseball.

Continue reading “Baseball, Pt. 1”