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DomFontana
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posted May 18, 2010 01:19 PM |
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Hey, how about that Yankee game last night. They're losing 9-7 to the Red Sox in the bottom of the 9th, then A-Rod hits a 2-run homer to tie it and then Thames hits a 2-run homer to win it 11-9. And it was against Boston's closer, Papelbon, to boot. Woo-Hoo! 
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posted May 18, 2010 02:07 PM |
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Never understood why Americans love this sport 
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posted May 18, 2010 02:11 PM |
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DomFontana
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posted May 18, 2010 02:57 PM |
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That's funny. Outside America, I believe that soccer is the most popular sport in the world, but it's not popular here. Yes, I know you call it football, but since we have another game called football, we call it soccer. 
Baseball is mostly an American sport. It's also popular in Japan and the Dominican Republic. Cuba too, but the Cubans can't come here, unless they escape by raft, which a few of them did.
I've been a Yankee fan since I was a little boy, so it's ingrained in me. I love it.
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Lure_of_Lilith
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posted May 18, 2010 03:00 PM |
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...but it's not popular here. Yes, I know you call it football, but since we have another game called football, we call it soccer.
So do they have the American Football over at the other parts of the world?
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DomFontana
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posted May 18, 2010 03:09 PM |
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Not that I know of, LOL. Football really seems to be uniquely American.
They have Rugby in Europe and they think American football is for sissies because they don't wear protection (helmets, shoulder pads, etc.) when playing Rugby, but they do in football.
Cricket is also popular outside America, but not here. Here, it's basically Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Hockey.
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Lure_of_Lilith
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posted May 18, 2010 03:14 PM |
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Not that I know of, LOL. Football really seems to be uniquely American.
They have Rugby in Europe and they think American football is for sissies because they don't wear protection (helmets, shoulder pads, etc.) when playing Rugby, but they do in football.
Cricket is also popular outside America, but not here. Here, it's basically Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Hockey.
Ah, I see. Talk about irony...
But as far as respect is concerned though, I have high regards for different cultures as I believe we're uniquely different from each other but are equally great.
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bixie
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posted May 18, 2010 03:18 PM |
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american football= for people who think rudgy is too violent and needs a s**t-load of protection to play.
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DomFontana
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posted May 18, 2010 03:19 PM |
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Would you say that some cultures are better at some things than other cultures, LOL?
For instance, why do Kenyans always win the Marathon now. haha 
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DomFontana
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posted May 18, 2010 03:21 PM |
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There you go, LOL. See what Bixie just said. You gotta love it.
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Lure_of_Lilith
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posted May 18, 2010 03:34 PM |
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Would you say that some cultures are better at some things than other cultures, LOL?
For instance, why do Kenyans always win the Marathon now. haha
Definitely, but that doesn't make them any more superior than other cultures, I guess, generally. It's like saying "Everyone's good at something but no one's good at everything."
Well it's just an opinion.
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There you go, LOL. See what Bixie just said. You gotta love it.
As I've said before, things can get pretty vicious here at the OSM. Yeah, but I'm used to it. Comes at no surprise at all.
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posted May 19, 2010 01:43 AM |
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I remember I liked Tampa Bay when I was a kid.
Seriously, which kid wouldn't.
My old man and grandpa sometimes watch it, it airs occasionally here.
I never really got into it or understood all the fascination, though.
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posted May 19, 2010 01:47 AM |
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The irony about my area... is that we live smack dab between boston and nyc.
as a result people in my area tend to be either diehard sox fans or diehard yanks.
Whose idea was it to place the rivals near each other anyway?
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posted May 19, 2010 01:49 AM |
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I remember I liked Tampa Bay when I was a kid.
Wrong sport, dude.
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DomFontana
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posted May 19, 2010 03:27 AM |
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I thought you were good at everything, LOL. I mean, you know about Miley Cyrus and all.
@mamgaeater: They became rivals because they're so close to one another. There wasn't such a big rivalry when they both first started. The whole thing really started with the "Curse of the Bambino" when the Red Sox traded Babe Rurh to the Yankees in 1919. At that time the Red Sox had won the most World Series and the Yankees hadn't won any. After they traded Ruth, the Yankees won 26 World Series and the Red Sox won none over the next 86 years.
There was a rain delay, so tonight's game started an hour late. They're playing the Red Sox again.
Are there any other Yankee fans here?
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posted May 19, 2010 11:25 AM |
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Wrong sport, dude.
What, I can troll once in a while too.
*pretends to have been trolling*
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Lure_of_Lilith
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posted May 19, 2010 03:37 PM |
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Wrong sport, dude.
What, I can troll once in a while too.
*pretends to have been trolling*
Haha, those responses seriously made me day, haha!
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I thought you were good at everything, LOL. I mean, you know about Miley Cyrus and all.
I probably should get a life, haha. I made that thread to confirm whether there were as much Miley-haters as I thought there were; suspicions confirmed. I pretty much dislike her as well.
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DomFontana
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posted May 19, 2010 03:38 PM |
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I answered in your Miley thread, LOL.
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Lure_of_Lilith
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posted May 19, 2010 04:10 PM |
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I answered in your Miley thread, LOL.
Check this out, seems like you're getting famous around here.
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posted May 19, 2010 11:08 PM |
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Edited by william at 23:09, 19 May 2010.
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Most popular sport down here in Australia is a sport called AFL otherwise known as Aussie Rules or Australian Football League. Interestingly, it is 4th in the world for average attendances in a game.
I don't mind NFL but I love how Americans feel the need to call other games for pussies and all that considering that most other sports such as Rugby Union, Rugby League and AFL (both League and AFL are in Australia) don't wear any protection and AFL, out of all of them, is the most physically demanding and people get hurt A LOT because it's a more physical sport. For those who like NFL, should youtube some AFL.
A few aussies are doing well in the NFL such as Ben Graham and Saverio Rocca. Sav's brother, Anthony, who played for my favourite team in the AFL, is thinking about following in his brothers footsteps and stepping up to NFL, and yes, he's a massive kick of the ball as well.
P.S GO COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES!!!
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