http://philipschaefer.com/2009/10/13/candyland-and-baseball/ Theories, observations, and articles Fri, 18 May 2012 17:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://philipschaefer.com/2009/10/13/candyland-and-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-3052 Mary Jane Schaefer Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:10:15 +0000 http://philipschaefer.com/?p=3141#comment-3052 I don't know what "-ist" this makes me, but I would really like baseball games and also basketball games (esp. Bulls games) to be accurately referried. In such games of skill, chance plays a big enough role as it is. (If someone twists an ankle at a crucial moment, etc.) Why should the adjudicating presence create a feeling that, for all the skill and wisdom of the players, coaches, and managers, the game may still be decided whimsically, randomly? I don’t know what “-ist” this makes me, but I would really like baseball games and also basketball games (esp. Bulls games) to be accurately referried. In such games of skill, chance plays a big enough role as it is. (If someone twists an ankle at a crucial moment, etc.) Why should the adjudicating presence create a feeling that, for all the skill and wisdom of the players, coaches, and managers, the game may still be decided whimsically, randomly?

]]> http://philipschaefer.com/2009/10/13/candyland-and-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-3045 Nick Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:21:41 +0000 http://philipschaefer.com/?p=3141#comment-3045 I always said that Candyland is the preferred game of Calvinists, as the results of the game have already been predetermined when the game begins. I always said that Candyland is the preferred game of Calvinists, as the results of the game have already been predetermined when the game begins.

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