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Re: Sports
by black bart on Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:00 am
Chelsea (keep your eyes on John Terry if your wife's in the crowd) 1 Barcelona (let's pass the ball around until everyone gets bored) 0
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Re: Sports
by Almighty Doer of Stuff on Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:48 am
black bart wrote:(let's pass the ball around until everyone gets bored)
Isn't that the entire point of the game?
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Re: Sports
by black bart on Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:14 am
Almighty Doer of Stuff wrote:black bart wrote:(let's pass the ball around until everyone gets bored)
Isn't that the entire point of the game?
Not in England...'No prisoners' is the maxim here...Barcelona are a bunch of (very skillful) Ballet Dancers.
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Re: Sports
by PKMKII on Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:36 pm
black bart wrote:Almighty Doer of Stuff wrote:black bart wrote:(let's pass the ball around until everyone gets bored)
Isn't that the entire point of the game?
Not in England...'crash and burn in the knock-out round' is the maxim here...
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Re: Sports
by black bart on Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:25 am
Yes that's about right. I did get bored with all the passing though...at least in the US you'd have had adverts after every six passes.
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Re: Sports
by PKMKII on Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:10 pm
File under "Can't teach an old dog new tricks": Aubrey Huff, 35, gets assigned to play 2nd base for the first time in his career in the bottom of the 9th of a tied game. Let's watch what happens.
For the baseball illiterate: Huff should have been covering second base, which as you can see was open. He instead broke for first base, the base he normally plays at.
For the baseball illiterate: Huff should have been covering second base, which as you can see was open. He instead broke for first base, the base he normally plays at.
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Re: Sports
by PKMKII on Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:32 pm
Phil Humber has thrown MLB's 21st perfect game (Well, it should be the 22nd, because we all know Armando Galarraga threw a perfect game and was robbed). Humber threw 9 strike-outs, game time of 2 hours, 17 minutes, he threw 96 pitches total (which is rather impressive; most complete games take more than a hundred, and only 6 other perfect games had a lower pitch count).
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Re: Sports
by black bart on Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:48 pm
Would you believe it Chelsea finished the job on Barcelona last night...Chelsea 3 Barcelona 2 on agg. One of the greatest football games I have ever watched. There is a video of Torres's goal on You Tube with Gary Neville having an orgasm over it, v funny.
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Re: Sports
by Roy Hunter on Wed Apr 25, 2012 3:42 pm
John Terry is in the stand for the final after being sent off. Keep an eye on your girlfriend, and don't say anything on Twitter about it.black bart wrote:Would you believe it Chelsea finished the job on Barcelona last night...Chelsea 3 Barcelona 2 on agg. One of the greatest football games I have ever watched. There is a video of Torres's goal on You Tube with Gary Neville having an orgasm over it, v funny.
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Re: Sports
by PKMKII on Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:36 pm
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Re: Sports
by PKMKII on Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:13 pm
Watched Man City beat Man U, 1-0.
I don't know if it was fatigue, or a concentration issue, or plain laziness, but United just played like they didn't care. They let City control the ball, and even when they did have opportunities, they executed them half-heartedly.
I don't know if it was fatigue, or a concentration issue, or plain laziness, but United just played like they didn't care. They let City control the ball, and even when they did have opportunities, they executed them half-heartedly.
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Re: Sports
by PKMKII on Wed May 02, 2012 6:26 pm
Jonathan Vilma gets suspended for entire 2012-13 season for his role in the Bounty Scandal. First player to receive punishment in the scandal. Three other players received lesser punishments.
Also: Mr. Met is America's most popular sport mascot! Suck on that, Philly Phanatic.
Also: Mr. Met is America's most popular sport mascot! Suck on that, Philly Phanatic.
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Re: Sports
by black bart on Fri May 04, 2012 7:36 am
PKMKII wrote:Watched Man City beat Man U, 1-0.
I don't know if it was fatigue, or a concentration issue, or plain laziness, but United just played like they didn't care. They let City control the ball, and even when they did have opportunities, they executed them half-heartedly.
Sorry to be only interested because you mentioned our own silly little league but yes, it was a poor performance by Manchester United. I think United have been poor throughout this year, especially their performances in Europe which have been dire. They are lacking defenders and quality midfielders and I hope Man City go on to win the Premiership.
Also Manchester United are playing a certain Swansea City this weekend so they're in for another lesson in football.
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Re: Sports
by PKMKII on Fri May 04, 2012 12:34 pm
Veteran Yankee closer, all-time leader in saves, and inevitable first-ballot hall of famer Mariano Rivera tore his ACL during batting practice. He is out for the season, and at 42 years of age and in the last year of his contract, might not play again.
Most bizarre injury for a baseball player, let alone a relief pitcher who almost never has an at-bat or has to go running to catch a ball, to get. That's something you see a lot more in football.
Most bizarre injury for a baseball player, let alone a relief pitcher who almost never has an at-bat or has to go running to catch a ball, to get. That's something you see a lot more in football.
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Re: Sports
by ET, the Extra Terrestrial on Mon May 07, 2012 12:30 am
PKMKII wrote:Veteran Yankee closer, all-time leader in saves, and inevitable first-ballot hall of famer Mariano Rivera tore his ACL during batting practice. He is out for the season, and at 42 years of age and in the last year of his contract, might not play again.
Most bizarre injury for a baseball player, let alone a relief pitcher who almost never has an at-bat or has to go running to catch a ball, to get. That's something you see a lot more in football.
I hate the Yankees. I grew up in Boston, but I'm not really a Red Sox fan - I don't like baseball all that much (no slamming the other guy into the boards - how is that fun?). But I hate the Yankees to the point of obsession. I look at the scores to see if they lost, ignoring everything else about the sport. If they lost all 162 games every year for ten years straight, it wouldn't be enough.
But I respect a player like Rivera. There is no way I want his career to end like this. He needs to come back so someone can pound game-ending home runs off him and drive him from the stadium in humiliation. To go out on a freak accident not even game-related is just wrong.
Oh, and the Red Sox officially suck.
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