Re: Is a tie in a major event a good thing or a bad thing?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
        David Marc Nieporent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ubiquitous Bob) wrote:
>
>>So why is a draw a good and noble thing in golf, but bad in a baseball
>>All Star game?
>
> Because it ends the event quicker.

Cram it, David.  ;-)

Halved matches only have about a 200-year precedent in golf.  There's
also a lot of precedent for international matches to have a concept of
"halving the match retains the cup and an outright win is needed to
take the cup."

Day Four of the President's Cup was some of the most riveting stuff
in sports this year (nothing like the NY/Boston playoffs series, though).
The real reason why golf has ties and baseball (typically) doesn't:
baseball stadiums are artificially lit and golf courses are not.

Doug

PS:  I'm going to be in Maryland in two days -- any chance that I
might get some golf weather?  I've only played 155 times this year . . .
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