Re: After years of the Baseball 'World-Series' being nothing of the sort ...
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Re: After years of the Baseball 'World-Series' being nothing of the sort ...
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Oi, stop spamming this serious thread.:O
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Oi, stop spamming this serious thread.:O
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Re: After years of the Baseball 'World-Series' being nothing of the sort ...
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Oi, stop spamming this serious thread.:O
Listen to the man, he's a genious.
Re: After years of the Baseball 'World-Series' being nothing of the sort ...
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I'm tempted to move this thread to Sportsworld because it rather quickly became a serious debate.
As far as this mony>pride thing goes, I've got to agree it's bullshit.
Chest beating is part of American culture. Fact.
Oh gawd.
Do you bother to read? ...
I have read what you say, and I think it's bullshit to say that all American professional sportsmen/women hold the dollar in higher esteem than they do national pride.
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edit: Oh this has been a serious sports debate since page 1. I don't see the confusion. :dabs:
OK, moved to Sports Club.
Re: After years of the Baseball 'World-Series' being nothing of the sort ...
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That's a bit harsh.
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... the merkins get a tatering by Mexico, Canada and the might of South Korea.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/othe...ll/4816000.stm
Rumblings have now started coming from the American camp that they didn't take the inaugural World Baseball Classic seriously anyhow.
Maybe they had mandatory drug tests there or something :huh:
Nothing like the excitement of pre-season baseball, in which nothing was at stake anyway.
As a baseball fan, I can't say I watched a single pitch.
This exhibition is just a way to drum up excitement for the wee countries about baseball and a good way for American scouts to find fresh meat.
The best players are largely from impoverished Latin American countries who see baseball as a way out. They grow up in a culture motivated by the American dream (money) and exhibit great pride when they can finally give their meager homelands some big ups' on a global scale.
American baseball is already an international game, just like hockey. Albert Pujols is my favorite player as he is a St. Louis Cardinal, but he is playing for the Dominican Republic. I don't care that he is from the D.R., but he sure does.
When this thing is over, all the good players will return to America and begin Spring Training.
Re: After years of the Baseball 'World-Series' being nothing of the sort ...
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Nothing like the excitement of pre-season baseball, in which nothing was at stake anyway.
What would be at stake?
I also still think that the players should STFU about not taking it seriously because they lost. It just doesn't sound right.
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On a side note, anyone notice how this thread got personal when it was supposed to be about baseball?:unsure:
Re: After years of the Baseball 'World-Series' being nothing of the sort ...
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On a side note, anyone notice how this thread got personal when it was supposed to be about baseball?:unsure:
Yeah, I wondered why you did that.
