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    Baseball Fever... CATCH IT!

    Who's your baseball team if you have one? Spring training's almost over and the Cubs are about to commence to arse-whoopin'!
    ...Also baby duck hat would be good for parties.

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    What's baseball?
    If you believe even a half of this post, you are severely mistaken.

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    IWilKikU, thought you were British?? What are you doing talking about baseball?? Aren't ya supposed to be watching cricket or something?
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    Mike is an American..rigghttt???!!!

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    Mike is American, but he's studying in Bracknell, which is the skidmark in the underpants of England. And most English don't actually like cricket, much less Americans who are stuck here. The English like football. But Mike likes American Football, Baseball, Basketball, and refering to himself in the third person. Sooooooo.... Does anyone else have the intellectual prowess to appreciate the sophistication of baseball?
    ...Also baby duck hat would be good for parties.

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    Oh yeah, Chicago has a baseball team too.

    Only joking of course. I have a very warm spot in my heart for the Cubbies. When I around 6 or 7 my Grandfather took me to my first ever Pro Baseball game at Wrigley Field. We watched the Cubs slay the Mets. He got us seats right behind home plate and I sat there for nine innings with my glove over my head waiting for a stray pop fly.

    Great memory.

    But hey, lets talk about a real ball team...the Braves.

    Oh yes, Grand-pappy was fond of saying, "In baseball, good pitching defeats good batting every time,... and visa versa."
    Uhhhh...

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    When I was small I always used to play baseball with my best friend (we called it "baseball" but it was actually partly invented by us and there were only two people involved). It usually finished up in a broken window I tried watching baseball on tv once or twice but the rules are too complicated for me. Like counting points. Or the way the guy (how is he called? a tosser? ) tosses the ball.
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    The first baseball game I saw was the Blue Jays against the Texas Rangers in July 1992. At that point the Skydome/Rogers Centre was packed and I was up in the nosebleeds. I enjoyed it thoroughly, and since moving out to Canada in 2001, I have attempted to get to around 15 games a season. I am however currently very disillusioned with baseball as a whole - mainly due to the steroid use & vast amount of money the players get paid. Also because I know the Blue Jays will never make the playoffs in the current format against the Yankees & Red Sox.

    Anyway...........GO JAYS!
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    Kik, I hate to tell you this:

    Prior's out indefinitely.

    Kerry Wood's currently riding the wood as well. I think both of them are expected to be ready by opening day, but it's not a good sign to have your two aces complaining of pain and inflammation in Spring Training.

    But yeah, I'm with Sancho--the Cubs are my SECOND favorite team in the NL. How cool would it be if the Sox and the Cubs won the World Series back to back?
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    Wait are there no AL fans here??? I guess I'll be the lone reed...... The first time I was ever able to buy beer was at Tiger Stadium, so for that and many other reasons I for the Detroit Tigers, even though they kinda stink.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taliesin
    What's baseball?
    Eheh that's my question too.
    But I also have an answer: it's a sport featured in American movies where people have to do something I'll never understand no matter how many times I'm explained about it. Some hit a ball, some run... the reasons behind it are beyond me.

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    Well, if you look at it that way football (soccer for ya yanks) is even worse. One player kicks the ball and runs after it. The moment he catches up with it, he kicks it again...

    I am neither a Brit nor a yank just for the record!
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    I wasn't questioning the depth of the game cos every sport is like that if you look at it that way... I was just underlining my total ignorance about the matter. I've only ever seen baseball in American movies (or the Simpsons), I actually knew a person whose brother played it here as a kid but I've never managed to get the rules... It's very far from popular in this side of the world anyway.
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    Go Yankees!! even though they arent their best this year and having a few minor pitching problems. they will soon be fixed
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