Comments on: Are you a Basement Athlete?

By: basementathlete

basementathlete — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:18:06 +0000

Mike, the pool we play in the basement is crazy. I love that we play with the kids stick half the time.

Madden is a confusing one. My purest basement athletics senses would want to say no, but I can’t deny that it certainly breeds the competitiveness that Bathletes so enjoy.

By: Michael Bauman

Michael Bauman — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:47:36 +0000

Horse shoes counts only if you play it in the basement — on the pool table, and keep records for two or more seasons (and can throw equally well with either hand — or with just one if you throw overhand).

Adam is right — if Victorian women play ever played your game it means you’re a sissy, not a bathlete.

Men used to be men (It was before my time)

By: mike beyer

mike beyer — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:19:48 +0000

but i do partake in pool or in our case extreme crampage pool

By: mike beyer

mike beyer — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:18:12 +0000

does madden count we play it on the big screen in the basement?

By: SteveLaBs

SteveLaBs — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:16:09 +0000

How about Horseshoes? Seems like a basement athlete-y time of game.

By: Mat

Mat — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:54:30 +0000

Badminton a baseball sport? Why not add Pretty Pretty Princess or Twister???

Shuffleboard is a worthy basement sport (the bar kind, not the old person kind).

Would Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero be a basement sport (or any sports video game for that matter)? I have hear just as much if not more trash talk and boast about these activities than bubble hockey.

By: basementathlete

basementathlete — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:08:46 +0000

Ultimate Frisbee is being discussed at the moment. I personally love it. The only problem would be is that it’s verging on a real sport!

It’s definitely the sport being considered the most for an addition to the list!

By: Dave F

Dave F — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:04:27 +0000

Ultimate Frisbee – Basement Sport?

By: basementathlete

basementathlete — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:28:32 +0000

Bill you are a dear friend, but I have to side with Dr. Bauman on this one. Badminton is not a basement sport. It is a game that some Basement Athletes choose to play. It falls into a category with croquet. That category is lawn games that victorian women play.

I love anything competitive, but I can’t imagine myself becoming passionate about badminton.

By: Michael Bauman

Michael Bauman — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:05:01 +0000

No, no, no, no. Badminton is not a basement game. It’s a sissy game that all self-respecting bathletes reject.

I played basketball in my 7 foot tall basement and baseball on my pool table. (Don’t ask.)

The only way I can give you a pass on badminton is if you ran an entire major league schedule for at least two years with your Strat-O-Matic game set.

But then I’m not the Basement Athletics Commissioner; Adam is. See what he says.