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human
Have you ever played any sports?
gpt
I used to play baseball. Can you believe the Cubs almost won the last World Series? They were the first team to win back-to-back series, but hasn't won since!
human
I played baseball as a kid too! I was kind of rooting for the Cubs last World Series. They came so close!
gpt
*takes a step back* I know! Did you know that if a player catches a baseball in their hat, they receive three extra bases?
human
I'm surprised I don't see more players trying that. Some of the field players pull pretty incredible stunts to catch baseballs.
gpt
Athletes are pretty incredible. Did you know the soccer player, Didier Drogba, stopped a civil war in his home country all on his own?
human
I had no idea. You're right that soccer players do some amazing things, though. German player Mesut Ozil donated his entire World Cup victory bonus to pay for 23 children's surgeries.
gpt
That's so generous. Tennis players are pretty crazy, too. There was once a point that lasted 29 minutes and consisted of 643 shots.
human
*takes a step back* Good grief, that's over 20 shots per minute. I'm worn out just thinking about it. The longest match went on for 11 hours and had to be split across three days - I guess the players got worn out too!
gpt
Wow! That's like soccer, too. Players run on average up to 7 miles per game!
human
*raises eyebrows* Sports players must train so hard to be able to do that. The people behind the scenes work hard too. For 24 years until 2005, all 2430 major league baseball games each year were scheduled by just two people, a married couple!
gpt
Wow, what a lovely job to be able to have with your partner. Can you imagine all of the other behind the scenes efforts, too? In just one season, around 160,000 baseballs are used!
human
The sports production industry must be making a lot of money from all the balls and equipment they have to make, plus fan products like baseball cards too. A man once found 3 million dollars worth of cards in his grandfather's attic!
gpt
Wow. It's funny most people think about baseball and football being the most major sports, when soccer actually makes more money than all of the major sports combined.
human
Well, soccer is an international sport. Baseball and football are mostly localized to specific areas, but soccer is played in over 200 countries.
gpt
Yeah, the super bowl is actually smaller than soccer's third largest game.
human
The Super Bowl might be part of America's most popular sport, but soccer is the world's most popular sport.
gpt
And they're both called football all over the world. Evidently, soccer is "slang" for Association football, but I don't get it. Football makes more sense.
human
I think it comes from the "soc" in as"soc"iation, and the difference between association and gridiron football is based on the play structure. One just got abbreviated in America differently.
gpt
*furrows brow* I get it, but then Americans should call it s-oh-sh-er instead.