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Subject: [OM] Re: OT GO REDSOX!
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:04:37 +1000
It's a rather odd game invented by murkins because they can't cope with 
cricket, lacking the patience for a five day game of subtle strategy 
with near infinite variables, many beyond the control of the players 
and organisers. Ken Burns admitted in his fine documentary that it was 
deliberately invented for that reason. These are people who prefer 
games to be short, indoors, high scoring and with lots of opportunities 
for advertising breaks, a taste that isolates them from the general 
international sporting community (the one that plays real football 
rather than a regional novelty code). Heck, they don't even horse race 
on turf much anymore.
Consequently, they have trapped themselves into a series of 
irrelevancies where car races have turns all in the same direction, 
most people can't play at high level 'cos they're too short or you have 
to change the entire team every five minutes because none of them can 
run more than a few yards every period in full armour plating.
That said, baseball is about the best of the bunch apart from the 
bizarre tendency to spitting, brawls and very, very bad organ music. 
(or was that basketball?)
AndrewF

On 21/10/2004, at 10:55 PM, Terry and Tracey wrote:

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> What's baseball?
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> Foxy
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> What a series!  Some of the most intense baseball I have every seen!
> Sorry, but I had to say something.
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