Some people believe it was named after the New York World newspaper. I dunno. I watched one game, and all I remember is the hotdog and the beer.
Hang on - I see a name change on the horizon..."The Leicester Blue Jays". Or possibly The Leicester Expos". Hopefully the former for the good of the game.
I wasn't sure, which is why I worded it that way. But I wish it were true. As it is, it's embarrassing, to say the least!
Yeah 16 years... our playoff drought is now old enough to drive. I was over there in December for the Texans game, they're such a great set of fans, the tailgate party was tremendous fun. Highlight of the trip was seeing this maniac doing his pre game 'ketchup ceremony'
I forgot how much they love baseball over in Japan. Although I imagine that's comparable to the Super League winners beating the NRL winners in the world club series, entirely possible but in no way an indication that the two leagues are even close to the same standard.
I used to work with a member of the "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP" Tiddleywinks team. He was from Edinburgh. No kidding. He used to mutter something like "Gotta get into the Super Bowl". WTF. Similar sports if you ask me ! The game of tiddlywinks has a rich lexicon. Here is a selection.[5] [6] [7] Blitz: an attempt to pot all six winks of a player's colour early in the game Bomb: to send a wink at a pile, usually from distance, in the hope of significantly disturbing it Boondock: to free a squopped wink by sending it a long way away, leaving the squopping wink free in the battle area Bristol: a shot which moves a pile of two or more winks as a single unit; the shot is played by holding the squidger at a right angle to its normal plane Carnovsky (US)/Penhaligon (UK): potting a wink from the baseline (i.e., from 3 feet away) Cracker (UK): a simultaneous knock-off and squop, i.e. a shot which knocks one wink off the top of another while simultaneously squopping it Crud (UK): a forceful shot whose purpose is to destroy a pile completely Good shot: named after John Good. The shot consists of playing a flat wink (one not involved in a pile) through a nearby pile with the intent of destroying the pile Gromp: an attempt to jump a pile onto another wink (usually with the squidger held in a conventional rather than Bristol fashion) John Lennon memorial shot: a simultaneous boondock and squop Lunch: to pot a squopped wink (usually belonging to an opponent) Scrunge (UK): to bounce out of the pot Squidger: the disc used to shoot a wink[8] Squop: to play a wink so that it comes to rest above another wink[9] Sub: to play a wink so that it ends up (unintentionally) under another wink Tiddlies: points calculated when determining the finishing placement of winkers in a tiddlywinks game
An excuse to get snockered and eat food you wouldn't normally allow yourself to eat while watching a bunch of huge fellows knock each other around and scantilly clad girls dance. Can you think of a better way to spend an autumn afternoon?
Depends on the crowd one runs with, I suppose. MLB attendance is still quite high, minor league attendance remains on the ascendancy, and college baseball is gaining in popularity. Also, baseball is not considered to be cool among the hipster crowd. Even those who like it often won't admit it. Finally, fans of American football also say that soccer is boring, so take that into consideration when they tell you their opinions about baseball.
Most of my American friends and relations (by marriage) thought 'soccer' was boring, until they'd watched a few games and started to understand it. The American 'sports' press does its best to perpetuate the 'boring' myth.
Agreed. I used to think soccer was boring until a) I started watching it and b) I developed a rooting interest. I think any sport is generally more interesting to watch when one has an interest in who wins. The only time I was interested in soccer prior to about 2009 was when the USMNT played in competition. When I started following English football I began following Hull City and my interest in the game increased as my understanding of the game increased. I think there are similarities with baseball. If one understands the rules and underlying strategies it is much more enjoyable to watch.
Try understanding cricket ... if you have a few thousand hours to spare, that is! Here's a summary: You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game
In other words, multiply it by 9/2 and you get baseball. Except that the home team always gets to come in last in a baseball game. And you get a 7th innings stretch (not an outing) instead of lunch & tea. And of course, 5 X 5 bloody days in the big jobs, rather than 7 X 4 'effing hours (approx) in the big-un baseball equivalent. Don't forget the rain. Should probably say "Don't mention the rain ".
What have they done to it? It keeps fallin' on my 'ead. So now explain to our foreign readers how many ways a batsman can be given 'out'. Go on, you've got a few hours before the Home Guard arrives. Don't forget the 'out of crease' option! And if you can find a way to include the word 'Tigers', it should keep the ankle-yappers off your back.
That's a famously funny sketch ... the first few times you see it. Ever seen Morecambe and Wise and their series of "This book What I Wrote" sketches?
