re: My 9 y/o daughter's conclusion after seeing the climax in League of Their Own

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Also, chick barehanded a fastball but couldn't hold on during a collision with an infinitely familiar opponent? Right

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This is just reaching for bull shite, the 2 are completely unrealted. That's like saying because MJ makes a 35 footer, they only way he could miss a free throw is on purpose. Try again.

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It was idiotic commentary

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Wait. . .what?

How was it idiotic? Was I wrong?

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On what basis do you make that claim?

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On the basis that you keep harping on whether he has scientific evidence to prove his point and if not, then the analogy must somehow be invalid. That is absolutely irrelevant to whether or not the analogy can still be valid or not. But I don't expect you to understand that after reading your dumb post on "disrespect to the English language" regarding the most basic of typos when the sentence structure was still perfectly legitimate and legible. You have a child-like approach. You just aren't a very intelligent or strong debater IMO.

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Wait. . .what?

How was it idiotic? Was I wrong?

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Yes. It was an obvious typo and the sentence was still structurally sound and legible in spite of it even. You blew it out of proportion to try and discredit something about the post rather than to address the pertinent subject matter. It's a really frequently used method on message boards and is quite telling.

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Whoa, let's sow down here before this turns into the Poli Board.

As wrong as your are Roaad, thank you for being respectful. Besides that, bless your heart and God help ya.

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I only have one gear, sadly.

I will drop it.

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Obviously being in the minority did not make him wrong.

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No. But the prevailing view is valid, until concrete evidence is presented to refute.

Generally speaking, if everyone is wrong, and you are right. . .you are wrong.

Anyone in their thirties who remembers themselves at 18, knows this little proverb to be true.

That being said, this is all discussion on logical consistency and semantics, discussions which I enjoy having as it is, but is getting off subject of the actual topic. Thus I will digress.

Okay I'm going to end this for all objective readers of this thread and this should end the debate once and for all, but I know it won't.

The facts are:

-Dottie came back to the series for the 7th and final game. The assumption is that she came back because she wanted to win, not make sure here little sister's ego get a boost. If you want to call that speculation, then okay. But she did come back for the 7th game.

-Dottie is facing Kit in the top of the 9th and hits in 2 go ahead runs against her little sister. Logic will tell you that if she wanted to let her sister win, she could have done it here. But she didn't.

-When Kit is up to bat, Dottie tells Ellen Sue that she can't lay off of the high ones. Again the logical conclusion here is she wants her to strike out, and isn't trying to boost her ego.

-So Kit hits the ball, ties the game, but knowing there will be a play at the plate, still advances toward home ignoring the 3rd base coach. Dottie doesn't realize this until she has already rounded third base and is heading home.

-At this point, if Dottie wanted her to win, she could let the throw home get by her or bobble the ball around a little; but instead she makes a clean catch and turns to face Kit with the intention of tagging her.

-Now, the ONLY time Dottie could have made the decision to let Kit score is at this moment. Because at no other point before this does she give any inclination that she wants Kit to win the game.

So the "Dottie did it on purpose" crowd would have us all believe that right here, with no previous inclination from the movie, and nothing afterward that would draw you to that conclusion, Dottie dropped the ball on purpose.

This is a completely speculative opinion and is not based on any facts or events that lead up to the collision.

What really happened was, Kit turned the corner against her coaches commands, bulled Dottie over, and finally beat her big sister. Dottie smiles at her because she is happy for her.

I realize that some of you will still disagree, and it makes your vag feel good to say that Dottie did it on purpose. But you are not giving any credit to Kit for doing it on her own, and you are not thinking logically.

Not bothering me.