Why Hockey Is Better than Baseball

From Hockey vs Baseball, by Dan Shaughnessy, published in the 1992 Flyers' Wives Fight for Lives Program

  1. Contact is allowed. Think about it. What Roger Clemens did in Game 4 of the AL Championship Series would go unnoticed in any hockey game. Give the ref a little shove. Tell him you'll find out where he lives. Tell him to have another doughnut. Nobody will say you're stressed out. It's no big deal.

  2. Hockey players don't make as much money. They're more in touch with you and me. (Ok, so this one is becoming outdated....)

  3. Hockey has Wayne Gretzky and Janet Jones. Basball has Jose and ??? Canseco (Original line was Esther Canseco, but I think we're a few wives down the line now, with little improvement.)

  4. Hockey is fast, faster, fastest. Baseball is glacier slow.

  5. Carla, the waitress on Cheers, was married to a hockey player.

  6. Hockey players don't do as many autograph shows and they come much cheaper.

  7. Baseball players live on the disabled list. Hockey players take 30 stitches to the hand, spit on the wounds, and go back on the ice for more.

  8. Hockey had the Rocket before baseball.

  9. Hockey skills are instantly visible. When Bobby Orr played, a novice viewer immediately knew that Orr was the best player on the ice. Take your son to see Will clark and the big guy might strike out four times and make you look bad.

  10. Slapshot was better than Bull Durham.

  11. Hockey has Gordie Howe. Basball had Steve Howe - again.

  12. Only hockey has gross misconduct.

  13. Hockey coaches can dress like adults.

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