Take me out to the ballgame - NOT!!!

The Avon Lady · 06-05-07, 08:55 AM

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Skybird · 06-05-07, 09:39 AM

I think that is baseball, right? I just can't figure what the game is about.

At school I played Volleyball (I did quite well), and I loved "Völkerball" - I was everybody's nightmare, so the others didn't like it as much.

But baseball - the team collecting the most plates wins, yes? It seems to be a solitaire game, then. But what has a ball to do with it?

Letum · 06-05-07, 09:40 AM

Baseball?
Thats some sort of rounders, but played by grown men and in silly costumes....right?

The Avon Lady · 06-05-07, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Letum

Baseball?
Thats some sort of rounders, but played by grown men and in silly costumes....right?

What's so silly about pajamas?

JSLTIGER · 06-05-07, 10:09 AM

Oh, G-d...Europeans.

LuftWolf · 06-05-07, 10:14 AM

Actually, that was minor league baseball (an affiliate of the Major League Atlanta Braves), and those kinds of things are generally part of the show, although he took it to an interesting extreme.

Within the "gentlemanly" context of baseball as a sport, managerial explosions are really quite traditional and a natural part of the game... the theory being that umpires will be less likely to start squeezing a team on close calls in the future.

I love baseball.

Cheers,
David

Oberon · 06-05-07, 10:20 AM

I like Baseball, understand about as much of it as I do cricket, but I like cricket too

Good show by the manager, obviously running low on funds and couldn't afford a mascot for the light-entertainment

Camaero · 06-05-07, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by JSLTIGER

Oh, G-d...Europeans.

I find myself saying that a lot while visiting this site! :rotfl:

Tchocky · 06-05-07, 02:16 PM

I love baseball (recently, at least). Sunday was a 24-carat Red Sox heartbreaker

Iceman · 06-05-07, 04:14 PM

Baseball

robbo180265 · 06-05-07, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

Baseball?
Thats some sort of rounders, but played by grown men and in silly costumes....right?

Or is it that one that looks a bit like Rugby with armour and helmets

I just couldn't resist sorry:rotfl:

Yahoshua · 06-05-07, 05:24 PM

I no longer consider baseball a true sport with all the body-enhancing drugs on the market nowadays. Todays' baseball players will never equal the likes of Hank Arronson or Babe Ruth.

Camaero · 06-05-07, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Yahoshua

I no longer consider baseball a true sport with all the body-enhancing drugs on the market nowadays. Todays' baseball players will never equal the likes of Hank Arronson or Babe Ruth.

I agree. Though it still beats that silly thing you Europeans like to call "football".

robbo180265 · 06-05-07, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Camaero

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yahoshua

I no longer consider baseball a true sport with all the body-enhancing drugs on the market nowadays. Todays' baseball players will never equal the likes of Hank Arronson or Babe Ruth.

I agree. Though it still beats that silly thing you Europeans like to call "football".

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Heibges · 06-05-07, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by LuftWolf

Actually, that was minor league baseball (an affiliate of the Major League Atlanta Braves), and those kinds of things are generally part of the show, although he took it to an interesting extreme.

Within the "gentlemanly" context of baseball as a sport, managerial explosions are really quite traditional and a natural part of the game... the theory being that umpires will be less likely to start squeezing a team on close calls in the future.

I love baseball.

Cheers,
David

I thought that guy was a little worked up for Bobby Cox.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I think that is baseball, right? I just can't figure what the game is about. At school I played Volleyball (I did quite well), and I loved "Völkerball" - I was everybody's nightmare, so the others didn't like it as much. But baseball - the team collecting the most plates wins, yes? It seems to be a solitaire game, then. But what has a ball to do with it? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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LuftWolf Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: Free New York Posts: 3,167 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Actually, that was minor league baseball (an affiliate of the Major League Atlanta Braves), and those kinds of things are generally part of the show, although he took it to an interesting extreme. Within the "gentlemanly" context of baseball as a sport, managerial explosions are really quite traditional and a natural part of the game... the theory being that umpires will be less likely to start squeezing a team on close calls in the future. I love baseball. Cheers, David __________________ LW

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I like Baseball, understand about as much of it as I do cricket, but I like cricket too Good show by the manager, obviously running low on funds and couldn't afford a mascot for the light-entertainment

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Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I no longer consider baseball a true sport with all the body-enhancing drugs on the market nowadays. Todays' baseball players will never equal the likes of Hank Arronson or Babe Ruth. __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua