#46466
11/23/2001 10:55 PM
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George Will thinks that baseball is entertaining.
That's because, despite certain failings, he has a streak of good taste.
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#46467
11/24/2001 12:31 AM
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Speaking of Z's, whuddabout Zzzzgolf and Zzzzsports Zzzzfishing?
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#46468
11/25/2001 4:54 AM
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zzzzzfishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!???? Ain't no zzzzz's in landing a 20 pound striper while standing hip deep in a brisk November surf! They grow 'em big here in New Jersey...20 to 40 lbs is not uncommon! But the limits are shorter further down the coast so, from Delaware south, 12 pounders are more the rule. Ain't no zzzz's in wading and casting a quick flowing trout stream, either, for that matter! You just keep those zzz's away from fishing, you hear?! Utter nonsense! 
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#46469
11/25/2001 10:01 AM
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Sorry, Whitty... Didn't mean to step on your toezzzzzz
Fly by night, or: fishin' only in your dreams
DubDub
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#46470
11/25/2001 3:54 PM
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Dearest Whitman,
I'm sure that no boredom is associated with the actual doing. It's the TV coverage that is a big yawn, but then I'm not apt to watch a lot of sports on TV that I might enjoy in person.
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#46471
11/25/2001 11:15 PM
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enthusiast
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It's the TV coverage that is a big yawnThey actually have TV coverage of fishing? 
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#46472
11/26/2001 2:39 AM
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Well, fishing shows about going to places most folks never get a chance to fish or see are as old as television itself. Gaddabout Gaddis, The Flying Fisherman, had a show on for about 30 years, starting in the 50's, where he'd fly a small plane in to remote areas for fishing adventures. A travelogue of the great outdoors that was always fascinating . Then, of course, there was the famous "American Sportsman," that aired for years in the 60's, 70's and 80's. But if you're not into fishing, you probably wouldn't be drawn to these shows anyway. Nowadays, some of these guided fishing shows are fixed so that they keep getting shots of landing the same fish on bad days...a set-up, and a joke. And if you're talking about those bass "tournaments", PUHLEEEEASE! That's not fishing, that's a circus! Catch 'em, weigh 'em! Catch 'em, weigh 'em! Catch 'em, weigh 'em!
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#46473
11/26/2001 10:01 PM
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tsuwm noted: the Joy of Football / who plays baseball anyway?converting this to a word-related thread, and extracting from George Carlin: Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game. Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.
Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park. The baseball park! Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium.
In football you wear a helmet. In baseball you wear a cap.
Football is concerned with downs - what down is it? Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?
In football you receive a penalty. In baseball you make an error.
In football the specialist comes in to kick. In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.
In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.
In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! http://www.klmj.com/sports/carlin.htm, and others, provide a more complete text
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#46474
12/01/2001 2:43 PM
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As far as I know... Baseball is the only *sport where the defense *brings the play to the offense... (well, I can think of one other  )
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#46475
12/04/2001 7:18 PM
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the defense *brings the play to the offense
I always thought it was interesting that in American football, the job of the defensive line was primarily offensive and that of the offensive line primarily defensive.
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#46476
12/04/2001 9:33 PM
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That's not the sport I was thinking of...  If ones' ability to offend must be defended, then it *follows that ones' need to defend must be offensive. So many analogies, so little time... Would it be 'safe to say' that baseball is *alone in having the *defender originate the objects' play/motion... or is the object the bat? This, of course, excludes sports (such as pool) where the "objectives" are *often different. I can't give tsuwm all my strategy up front, now can I?
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#46477
12/04/2001 10:58 PM
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#46478
12/05/2001 5:39 PM
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In what way does this description not fit the far older game mentioned in my subject header?
Is this a test? And who's to say which is older? There's references to an ancient Egyptian game at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Besides, cricket doesn't count. US'ns don't play it (well) enough.
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#46479
12/05/2001 6:43 PM
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" Besides, cricket doesn't count. US'ns don't play it (well) enough." Max - My impression (and that is all I have) is that baseball is a form of c*****t (why are we whispering? ) having four bases instead of two... ...it is clear that we don't *know it well enough either.
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#46480
12/05/2001 6:54 PM
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#46481
12/06/2001 2:30 PM
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My post was not a test
A test is an international competition, is it not?
PS I'm jus try and to have some fun, I know cricket is older and staider than base ball and that the defense originates the play. It's just that these games that seem to delight in overly large scores, like cricket, basketball and American football, seem sort of... Wait, what did I do with that shovel now? Is this hole deep enough yet, baas?
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#46482
12/06/2001 6:29 PM
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" ...that seem to delight in overly large scores...Let's not forget tennis... where the first and second scores are fifteen (where did that number come from?), the third is ten and the fourth doesn't even have a numeric value... and why is the person who hasn't *scored in "love"? That should open up a can of *worms.
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#46484
12/07/2001 12:31 AM
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Thanks. Now I know the score. I think
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#46485
12/22/2001 11:50 AM
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Michigan Temperature conversion chart 70 and above Texans turn on the heat and unpack the thermal underwear People in Michigan go swimming in the Lakes. 60 above North Carolinians try to turn on the heat People in Michigan plant gardens. 50 above Californians shiver uncontrollably. People in Michigan sunbathe. 40 above Italian & English cars won't start People in Michigan drive with the windows down 32 above Distilled water freezes. Lake Superior's water gets thicker. 20 above Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves and woolly hats. People in Michigan throw on a flannel shirt. 15 above Philadelphia landlords finally turn up the heat. People in Michigan have the last cookout before it gets cold. 0 People in Miami all die... Michiganders lick the flagpole. 20 below Californians fly away to Mexico. People in Michigan get out their winter coats. 40 below Hollywood disintegrates. The Girl Scouts in Michigan are selling cookies door to door. 60 below Polar bears begin to evacuate the Artic. Michigan Boy Scouts postpone "Winter Survival" classes until it gets cold enough. 80 below Mt. St. Helens freezes. People in Michigan rent some videos. 100 below Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Michiganders get frustrated because they can't thaw the keg. 297 below Microbial life no longer survives on dairy products Cows in Michigan complain about farmers with cold hands. 460 below ALL atomic motion stops (absolute zero in the Kelvin scale). People in Michigan start saying, "Cold 'nuff for ya?" 500 below Hell freezes over. The Lions win the Super Bowl! I received this from a Michiganian transplant in Florida. Jokes on her. I'm still driving around with my window down three days before Christmas. Kinda nice how this ties in both the Gesundheit and the football(if that's what you want to call what the Lions do for their millions  ).
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#46486
05/25/2002 11:50 AM
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Ever heard of real football? A game played in England dating back at least six hundred years between two villages usually about twenty miles apart. With no rules, no time limit and an unlimited number of players, the aim is to get the ball home to your teams local pub.
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