Reply With QuoteBelieve it or not I have never seen a professional baseball game. Must go back to my childhood in little league and getting hit in the nuts by a line drive. Have never played or watch anyone play it since.
The Philadelphia Phillies have just won the World Series - a big deal for them and their first since 1980. When I lived outside Philly for some years in the 1980s I became surprisingly fond of baseball. As a day out a visit to the old Veterans Stadium was great fun - even my wife and children (my son still watches baseball on 5 as I do) enjoyed it. From the vilest Philadelphia Cheesesteaks served anywhere in Pennsylvania, to the fabled seventh innings stretch I enjoyed it all. What still amazes me is that visiting friends who could cheerfully sit through a five day cricket test match often observed that the ball game was too long. As I got to know the game better I began to appreciate the enormous amount of skill and subtlety involved - not quite cricket of course but still :)
Believe it or not I have never seen a professional baseball game. Must go back to my childhood in little league and getting hit in the nuts by a line drive. Have never played or watch anyone play it since.
I love cricket, but cannot get into baseball. Have seen the NY Mets a couple of times when I've visited NYC, but more for the atmosphere than the game. Although I'm not a fan, I'll not deny that there's a lot of skill involved (just like any other sport).
/vince ..
Its only the title that irks me somewhat :lol:
Respect the past, live the present, protect the future
Which countries take part in The World Series?
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Where I come from that game is played by girls, only they call it rounders and they make it harder by using a smaller bat, a smaller ball and there's no artificial wall so they can be caught any distance they care to try to hit it. :twisted:
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
The US and Canada.Originally Posted by swanbourne
Ooer - some of you are very cruel :lol: I don't care - I think a ball game is a great day out and a lot of fun.
When I was in Philly back in the Summer I went to my first and only ballgame. Watched the Phillies get flogged by the Marlins. I couldn't get over how good the food was compared to the crap you get served at Premiership football games. Quite enjoyed the baseball too - but its better on TV.
Paul
To most in the US, that is the world.The US and Canada.
Of course nothing in sporting universe can compare to the; guile, artistry and technical gifts of Sheffield 2's red and white wizards.
That said I stayed up to watch the World Series, and always try to take in a game or two when I'm in the USA.
My advice would be to get a good seat and catch sight of a perfectly timed and executed "double play" before you judge the game.
I'm rather shocked to hear that some of you like baseball. I always thought it was a game you had to grow up watching to appreciate. I think it's a great game and I go to as many Detroit Tigers games as I can. I went to six games this past season and I'd go to more if I could. It isn't the most popular sport here any more and today's youth aren't as interested as previous generations. It's not a fast paced game and I don't think kids have the attention span for it any more.
thought it was called "world series" after the paper that sponsored the original competition way back when...
Unfortunately, that is not true. I think "World Series" was chosen because of how huge it sounded. The AL NL Championship Series just doesn't sound as grand as The World Series of Baseball. It is almost fitting now that we have players from US, Canada, Venezuela, The Dominican Republic, Cuba, Japan, Korea, etc.
The first World Series, as we know it today, was played in 1903. At the time, it may have truly been a World Series as I don't know if any other countries played professional baseball.
I'm currently holding discussions to hold the Nipsy World Series in Sheffield next year.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
OK. Pardon another dumb question from a "Yank", but "Nipsy"?
"Nipsy is an old South Yorkshire game similar to Peggy and Billet, children's games played all over the North of England, BUT and a very big but! in the Barnsley area it was and is a man's game."
It looks like a cross between golf and baseball, where you lift the ball into the air before you whack it.
It looks like John Belushi and Earl play it.
Phillies vs Yanks tonight in game one - should be fun :)
Go Phillies.... (Red Sox fan :D )
When i used tolive in Toronto, i had Blue jays season tickets, and absolutly loved the game,
I have noidea why as im not a fan of cricket or any other sport other than rugby league but i used to get to as many home games as possible, (which is about 80!)
I think its more of an experience with all the breaksand the more sedate pace of the game allows a lot more interaction between people.
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That's two of us :-)
Rick
Ditto, obviously. And my cat Ted (as in Williams) is already sleeping in preparation for a session of hard staring at the TV in an attempt to influence the outcome. :lol:That's two of us :-)
Rick
Didn't work against the Angels mind you :roll:
This certainly makes it more interesting :wink:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8331117.stm
"I looked with pity not untinged with scorn upon these trivial-minded passers-by"
Four of us now :)Ditto, obviously. And my cat Ted (as in Williams) is already sleeping in preparation for a session of hard staring at the TV in an attempt to influence the outcome. :lol:That's two of us :-)
Rick
Didn't work against the Angels mind you :roll:
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Four of us now :)[/quote]
Four of us who I assume are big fans of Cliff Lee at the mo. Haha Cliff the Yankee killer. :D
Cliff Lee was dominant. Pedro pitching tonight should be interesting as well.
Rick
Don't forget Howard, Victorino, Ibanez, and Utley whose form in the last few months has been excellent.
Hardly possible that the Phillies won the world series, Games 3 through 7 haven't been played yet, and it is a best-of-seven series.The Philadelphia Phillies have just won the World Series
It is the World Series because, at the time it was introduced, in 1884 as the World's Championship Series, it was the championship series between the only two major baseball leagues in the world, the American Association of Baseball (which died out, the Western League, later the American League, would eventually grow to be the "other" league to play in the series) and the National Baseball League.
We can't help it if other countries decided to take up the game.
Re-read the post and look at the date it was posted :)
:D Doen't matter - they'll win this one as well : hammered the Yankees in Game 1 (and games 2 through 7 have not been played yet)Re-read the post and look at the date it was posted :)
I love it when Yankee-haters count their eggs as chickens!
You definitely have a point :) Frankly, I have to admit I fully expect them to pull it off...which means I have to enjoy the moment :)
They'll be pulling each other off before they pull the series off :D - watch 'em hose those Yankees tonight - 23.30 on ESPN.
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[quote="Rinaldo1711"]They'll be pulling each other off before they pull the series off/quote]
A-Rod and Teixeira? Naturally! :lol:
Yes, we do love to do that. It's part of the fun.
Rick
Na not into north american rounders :wink:
I prefer a bit more contact like NFL and NHL
1-1 now. I've a feeling its going to go right down to the last game of the series. Its too close to call it.
I suppose I should congratulate the Yankees for beating my team - scraping home with some very dubious umpiring decisions and a drug fuelled line up - well done chaps :)
A very accurate summary and congratulations nonetheless. From mid-season the Yanks were the best team in baseball.
Now all the scallys shopping in JD sports will have a good reason to buy the terrible yankees hoodies :lol:
Does that number include me? :)Four of us now :)Ditto, obviously. And my cat Ted (as in Williams) is already sleeping in preparation for a session of hard staring at the TV in an attempt to influence the outcome. :lol:That's two of us :-)
Rick
Didn't work against the Angels mind you :roll:
brilliant - they do look like JB and Earl ... I really like My Name is Earl , I think it is the funniest US show on our tv at the mo..."Nipsy is an old South Yorkshire game similar to Peggy and Billet, children's games played all over the North of England, BUT and a very big but! in the Barnsley area it was and is a man's game."
It looks like a cross between golf and baseball, where you lift the ball into the air before you whack it.
It looks like John Belushi and Earl play it.
I like to watch a bit of baseball when it is on tv..though it seems a bit slow and too much in favour of the pitching side - why do they allow the fielders to wear those big gloves that make catching the ball a lot easier ?
never heard of Nipsy before - you learn something new on here every day :)
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