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stopdiggin

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3. yes. (and thank god)

Reply to Bristlecone (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 27, 2025, 07:31 PM

Mar 27

And I probably shouldn't have used the term 'reigning example' - (as I clearly did) - because that was admittedly misleading.

But it had to get to point of ridiculous exaggeration before they finally did something about it. (and because officials, fans, and to some extent players, were all sick to death of it)

And - in all examples presented - it is in furtherance of head-games, as opposed to performance. Along with being extremely tedious.

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Anyone else bothered by how many time the joker hits his ball before he serves it??? [View all] a kennedy Mar 27 OP

headgames. commonplace in many sports. reigning example being the ridiculous amount stopdiggin Mar 27 #1

That got stopped with the pitch clock Bristlecone Mar 27 #2

yes. (and thank god) stopdiggin Mar 27 #3

It's funny, and now kinda on a side tangent, but Bristlecone Mar 28 #4

Yes, he drives me insane! I wish they would apply Quakerfriend Apr 5 #5

and it looks like he, the Joker, might be going down at Monte Carlo..... a kennedy Apr 9 #6