[Dazarath]

I'm not a fan of sports, so I'm not exactly sure what your analogies mean, but I have a guess. You're wondering why we (as poker players) bitch about poor plays, but people don't do the same with regard to sports. Well, first of all, I do hear people occasionally say similar stuff about crappy teams winning.

But I think hitMySet has got it down. It's because it's a lot more frustrating in poker. I feel like I'm usually sportsman-like when competing. I don't act like a jackass when I beat my friend in a videogame, and I don't cry when I lose playing some sport or something. It's a completely different feeling when I lose a $2000 pot to a 2-outer calling 2-3 bets on every street. It's not just a "win" or a "loss" anymore; it's a potential laptop I could've had.