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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Any Hurricane fans out there?
From: John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 14:17:27 -0300
there was a piece on Canadian tv some months ago mentioning that the first
international cricket match was between Canada and the US some years before
the first OM came off the prouction line [OM centent]. The US team endured a
thrashing and to bury the team's embarrassment it reshaped the bat and
wimped off wanting to wear gloves instead of catching the ball bare handed
like real men :-)

jh


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 01:18 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Any Hurricane fans out there?


>
> Yes - according to the Ken Burns doco - murkins invented baseball so
> that they wouldn't have to play cricket. Prolly lack the patience for
> a 30 hour, 5 day game. What's to understand? It's just like baseball
> only more subtle and more dangerous.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>
>
> On 31/05/2006, at 2:03 PM, ALI wrote:
>
> >
> > No fights! 8-))
> >
> > Yeah Rugby is a good sport no doubt. My cousin plays for a local
> > league around
> > here...its a popular sport with college going guys.
> >
> >
> > Do you follow Cricket? I will never understand that game.
> >
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