Slog - Comments on Basketball Diaries http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries I don't want to harsh out anybody's hoop time, but in the spirit of this classic book (Chris Ballard's 1998 survey checks out and rates regular pickup basketball games nationwide), I'd love to hear about Seattle's courts. Where are the best regular games in the city? And is there anything like Greenwich Village's West 4th Street game in New York, where average players and fans can just show up and watch some bona fide players run the court? I know it's risky to call attention to your regular game (you probably don't want a lot of new people showing up... Copyright 2008 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:39:39 -0800 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:06:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by muckfetro I hear there is a really good game on the corner of Who Gives a Shit Avenue and Basketball Sucks My Ass street.

]]> muckfetro http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785410 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785410 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:55:00 -0800 Comment by Shirts Vs. Skins Tolucan basketball games down in Georgetown.

]]> Shirts Vs. Skins http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785412 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785412 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:57:47 -0800 Comment by Andrew What a pretensious bunch of drivel.

You are such an ass, Feit.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785414 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785414 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:00:20 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit I was just noticing lately how the weird venom on Slog seemed to be on the decline lately. But good lord. What's up @ #1?

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785416 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785416 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:02:04 -0800 Comment by Viet Not sure if this would be the best one in Seattle, but I should at least do a shout out for the pick up game I’ve been going to this summer.

BF Day Playfield in Fremont

It’s just a concrete square with two of the shakiest and unforgiving rims ever, but the crew of dudes that’s showed up this summer makes the games fun. There’s usually 10-20 guys there after work and people make sure everyone gets in a decent number of runs.

The skill level is varied from crappy (me) to some pretty good players. It’s a good mix of folks agewise; from twenty something’s to guys pushing into the 40’s.

Best of all, its never too serious.

]]> Viet http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785418 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785418 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:05:12 -0800 Comment by Garrett Basket ball Diaries remixed dvd is in prenogosheAtion for my latest Voxlink upload.

SCCC soccer-field court has good games. When's tipoff Feit? You be powerfull pretense forward and I'll be bombs away guard.

]]> Garrett http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785421 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785421 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:05:57 -0800 Comment by SP Courts on Othello

]]> SP http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785422 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785422 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:06:00 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger @ Josh, much of the comments on slog sound like something off of Rush Limbaugh's website anymore.
I think I am just going to stop posting anything else. It really is arguing with the mentally retarded.

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785429 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785429 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:13:08 -0800 Comment by homage to me I really have no idea where these games would be. But I like that you asked this question.

]]> homage to me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785434 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785434 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:21:39 -0800 Comment by rubyred Cato @8 - are you a NW native?

You used this odd colloquialism in your post I only hear from Seattle born and raised. You use the word "anymore" in an affirmative way, rather than negative. In my mind, "anymore" is what you say when the sentiment is negative or something has ceased to be a certain way. "we don't do that anymore." Your sentance above sounds strange to me, I would have used the word "nowadays".

Everytime I hear "anymore" used this way, it always stops me in my tracks. The only people I have heard say it are natives, like my friend and his mom, both of which are from Seattle.

Just curious....

]]> rubyred http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785441 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785441 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:28:48 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe @1

Aaaahahahaha!

@3

Huh?

@4

Meh.

@8

Boo.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785442 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785442 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:30:51 -0800 Comment by Poster Girl The thing is, CtYY @8, is to enjoy the great posts and respond to those folks and ingnore the fools/trolls. That's life at a popular blog.

]]> Poster Girl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785446 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785446 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:33:29 -0800 Comment by Cato the YY Mr Poe did not say ALL of the comments just a hell of a lot of them lately have a real right wing tone. Kinda like lunch with Tony Snow or worse.

And yeah, I am a NW Native (Seattle specifically) and there are 5 of us left in Seattle at last count.

]]> Cato the YY http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785447 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785447 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:34:14 -0800 Comment by mongo @1- LMAO right now!

]]> mongo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785452 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:36:55 -0800 Comment by pox rubyred@10: I didn't know that construction was odd. I say it and I'm local, back to my grandparents. One more data point in favor of your hypothesis.

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785462 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:46:53 -0800 Comment by rubyred Cato - thank you for furthering my education in this linguistic anthropologic matter.

The isogloss must ring Seattle.

Fascinating!

]]> rubyred http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785470 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785470 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:51:12 -0800 Comment by rubyred And thank you Pox!

]]> rubyred http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785473 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785473 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:52:07 -0800 Comment by Seth FYI--West 4th Street courts have gone downhill, waaaay downhill. Mostly for poseurs who've heard about them on TV. The good courts are up in the Bronx or in Brooklyn, you will get your ass HANDED to you there, boy.

I'm told that the best pickup games in Seattle are actually at the Redmond Athletic Club.

]]> Seth http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785521 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785521 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:24:18 -0800 Comment by Josh Feit Oscar Robertson thanks you all.

And duh on me, the outdoor courts by the Cal Anderson Park ball fields are right outside my office window. Those do look like good games.

]]> Josh Feit http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785526 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785526 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:31:21 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger I fell in love (well lust) with a BB Player at Cal Anderson Park. *sigh* Tall, blue eyed, red hair.......time for a shower.

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785556 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785556 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:02:17 -0800 Comment by Shaniqua Jackson @18, the best pickup games I play in are at the Pro Club Bellevue. It's great because it's members and their guests, so you don't have to play with a lot of troublemakers.

]]> Shaniqua Jackson http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785600 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/basketball_diaries#c785600 Sports Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:06:41 -0800