ex-khobar Andy wrote:Mind you I'm beginning to like your team: Trump was booed with "Lock him up!" when he arrived at the game. Shame. I think he'd been enjoying the day so far.
From the article:
Trump was introduced to the crowd shortly after the third inning during the salute to veterans. At that point, the booing and chanting began.
D'ya think? Introducing Trump during a salute to veterans is about as appropriate as introducing the Grand Dragon of the KKK during an NAACP meeting. -"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
England against the Saffers in the final then. I will not hesitate to support England in that case.
Wales played dismally, didn't deserve a better result.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
I'll be cheering for England, wearing the cap and waving the scarf. Survival is not high on my list evidently. Now I need to get an invite to watch with some early Saturday morning drinkers rather than stay home where Margaretta is determined to cheer for the Bokkies ("well, we live here").
Is the baseball thing still going then?
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
England have been fined £2,000 for crossing the halfway line as they lined up in a V formation to face the haka before their Rugby World Cup semi-final match against New Zealand.
World Rugby rules stipulate teams must remain within their own half of the pitch to receive the challenge.
Referee Nigel Owens and his team had to usher several England players back as they strayed over halfway.
England won the game 19-7 and will play South Africa in Saturday's final.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Message delivered; game won; cheap at twice the price!
Is the rounders thing still going?
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
MajGenl.Meade wrote:
Is the rounders thing still going?
Yes it is apparently. The biggest thing from last night's game is that one of the chaps strayed from the line when he was running to first base and bumped into the baseperson causing him to drop the ball. This is not to be confused with the sort of ball dropping which happens at New Year in NYC. One of the fat chaps in dark blue said that he was out and then they had to go to the TV monitors in NYC who were as confused as I was and eventually confirmed that he was out. Thus the manager of the 'in' team lost his rag with another of the blue-clad fat chaps who told him that he was no longer welcome to attend the game and was indeed persona non grata.
They will do it all again tomorrow night. It will probably be in the papers.
My understanding is that this is the first time, not just in the history of MLB, but in the history of the four major pro sports (MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL) that the visiting team has won the first six games of a seven game series...(I guess this really wouldn't apply to the NFL)
ex-khobar Andy wrote:... Yes it is apparently. The biggest thing from last night's game is that one of the chaps strayed from the line when he was running to first base and bumped into the baseperson causing him to drop the ball. This is not to be confused with the sort of ball dropping which happens at New Year in NYC. One of the fat chaps in dark blue said that he was out and then they had to go to the TV monitors in NYC who were as confused as I was and eventually confirmed that he was out. Thus the manager of the 'in' team lost his rag with another of the blue-clad fat chaps who told him that he was no longer welcome to attend the game and was indeed persona non grata.
They will do it all again tomorrow night. It will probably be in the papers.
Exactly, and in language Meade will certainly identify.
“In a world whose absurdity appears to be so impenetrable, we simply must reach a greater degree of understanding among us, a greater sincerity.”
Lord Jim wrote:My understanding is that this is the first time, not just in the history of MLB, but in the history of the four major pro sports (MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL) that the visiting team has won the first six games of a seven game series...(I guess this really wouldn't apply to the NFL)
Here's hoping a new record is set tonight
Well, considering that the NFL plays only a "one-and-done" single elimination bracket leading up to the climactic game, and there's at most only three steps (wild-card playoff; division semi-finals; division championship) leading up to the big enchilada, they can't POSSIBLY ever have a 'seven-game series'.
However, the Green Bay Packers won all three games and the Super Bowl itself as the visiting team in 2010. Playing as the 'wild card'/#6 seed on what some fans later referred to as "the ultimate road trip", they beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Phillie in the opening round 21-16; then knocked off the top-seeded Falcons in Atlanta 48-21; then bested the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field 21-14 to take the title of NFC champion and earn the right to face the AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. Even though it was played on "neutral ground" at Arlington Stadium in Texas, the Steelers were considered the 'home team' by virtue of their better seeding at the start of the playoffs; it was, however, to no avail as Green Bay topped them 31-25 to become the only #6-seeded team to win a Super Bowl in its history and only the second NFC team ever to win three road playoff games (the 2007 New York Giants won three straight road playoff games as the #5 seed that year before beating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII). -"BB"-
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
Good for the Nats and their fans. Game 7 highlighted my two pet peeves about MLB. 1) Use an electronic eye rather than the arbitrary and capricious and very fallible eye of the umpire to call balls and strikes. 2) Managers have very little to do, except when it comes to managing their pitchers, and they often over-manage their pitchers. The Astros were in control with a superb pitcher, Grenke, in full control of his stuff. The umpire decided to change the strike zone on him, and there went a home run; then a walk that was mostly strikes according to the rectangle on the screen. With a consistent strike zone, maybe there is no home run, but there is almost certainly no walk. But the manager over manages his staff and rather than staying with his best pitcher who is having a great game and has not thrown that many pitches, he goes to his reliever. Said reliever does not have his stuff (which is often the case since there is a razor thin margin between having it and not) and promptly gives up three runs, and the game is over. It may not have made a difference in the end since the Nationals had better relief pitching, and what's not to like about a once every 95 years winner.
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Congrats to the Nats (Expos/Senators), that was some good baseballery. A well-deserved cap to an extraordinary season. (The NLCS with St. Louis was great, too.)
And yes, we got Bryce Harper here in Philly, for all the good it did us. But if another NL East team had to go all the way, I'm glad it's the Nationals. They are a class act.
Aren't the two old Senators teams the Twins and the Rangers. I think the older of the two may have been called the Nationals, at least I recall some of my friends fathers calling them that (but then the called the LA Dodgers Brooklyn for years).
But I agree, I was pulling for them as well--I would have supported them or the Dodgers, and wnet with them when they won that series.
All I can find at 5AM is a Spanish language channel. My Spanish is nowadays non-existent (it was pretty good when I was 5 or 6 and we lived in Mexico for a couple of years) but I can tell you that the Spanish for 'knock-on' is 'knock-on.' Not many people know that.
Inglaterra 6 RSA 12 at half time. All penalties so far. It's been very much a forwards' game with the ball rarely coming out to the backs who are the speedy guys who run with it. As an ex-second row (if you don't know rugby positions all you need to know about second row is that thinking was not something we were required to do) I suppose I should be pleased and there was a great goal line effort by both teams for several minutes there.
