Well, now. In all fairness.

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Well, now. In all fairness.

Bowser. — 10/31/2004 4:09:46 PM (archived)

While I will agree regarding US chauvinism, the narcissistic, self-referenced world in which we live, on our limited behalf I'd say that when the "World Series" was started that was really a valid name.

No one else really played baseball on the level it was played in the US.

I'll agree that now that term is a bit over the top.

And basketball is no longer an American monopoly.

Interestingly enough, some of us grew up after WWII, and came to believe in an inherent American superiority in athletics. The US dominated the Olympics, for instance.

And then I read an analysis. The US was about the only country in the world where kids coming of athletic age had had proper nutrition during childhood. Much of the ROW was in dire straits.

It took a while for another generation which was well-fed to come along and challenge the US.

Anyway, that's more than anyone will read.

Arf

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Cheapest World Series ticket for todays game is $955. In the bleachers. - Bowser - 10/24/2004 7:31:56 PM
- I for one, would pay good money to see this match: - Daniel - 11/1/2004 5:34:20 AM
- Of which "world" is this the series? - Nick Hoffman - 10/31/2004 2:33:10 PM
  - Most of the world's best baseball players play here - Larry J - 11/1/2004 1:39:40 AM
    - re: Most of the world's best baseball players play here - John - 11/24/2004 8:41:02 PM
  - Well, now. In all fairness. - Bowser. - 10/31/2004 4:09:46 PM
    - By the way, basketball is Canadian (n/t) - LJ - 10/31/2004 8:07:58 PM
      - Naismith was Canadian, and basketball was invented IN the US. I think. Maybe. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/1/2004 9:26:31 PM
        
        You're right. But that makes the telephone... - LJ - 11/1/2004 11:51:03 PM
    - World Series - Nick Hoffman - 10/31/2004 4:30:50 PM
    - re: Well, now. In all fairness. - Nick Hoffman - 10/31/2004 4:24:43 PM
      - Again, in some fairness. It isn't just designer drugs. - Bowser - 10/31/2004 7:28:09 PM
- WHO CARES? - R.L. - 10/25/2004 1:46:21 AM
  - What business is it of yours whether someone cares or not? - Larry J - 10/25/2004 5:27:14 PM
    - if *Your* house was on fire... - Nick Hoffman - 10/31/2004 3:22:47 PM
      - re: if *Your* house was on fire... - Larry J - 10/31/2004 6:01:34 PM
  - We should care - FrankC - 10/25/2004 3:52:03 PM
  - I do. - Mary Anne - 10/25/2004 1:35:46 PM
    - and when one player's salary could pay a few hundred teachers- how do you feel? - R.L. - 10/25/2004 2:17:01 PM
      - re: If you could demand such a salary, more power to you. - Scott Evil - 10/25/2004 10:13:51 PM
      - Not as bad as I feel when I look at CEO salaries. - Mary Anne - 10/25/2004 5:25:20 PM
        
        Not a rabbit punch, but Cancer - Nick Socialist - 10/31/2004 2:37:53 PM
      - What does it matter how I feel about it? - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 4:40:04 PM
        
        No, it *wouldn't* be fair. - Mary Anne - 10/25/2004 6:07:29 PM
        
        re: fair. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 8:23:17 PM
        
        Children's futures = cell phones and cars: got it. - Mary Anne - 10/27/2004 1:26:54 PM
        
        Yes. Believe it or not, I do mean it that way. - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2004 6:41:15 PM
        
        When you're working at the shelter or the soup kitchen this holiday season -- - Mary Anne - 10/27/2004 9:43:47 PM
        
        Sorry. I guess I can't get past the knee-jerk. - Tom Brosz - 10/28/2004 6:36:44 AM
        
        The primary motivation of the NEA is to support its members. - Mary Anne - 10/28/2004 11:09:54 AM
        
        Go Unions! - Daniel - 10/29/2004 2:58:31 PM
        
        The primary motivation of the NEA is political power. - Tom Brosz - 10/29/2004 1:35:10 AM
        
        You want me to read about the NEA through the filter of the Eagle Forum? - Mary Anne - 10/30/2004 3:14:04 AM
        
        Where the hell did "attacking the messenger" get off to? - Tom Brosz - 10/31/2004 12:53:26 AM
        
        2003 - Tony - 11/2/2004 3:32:56 PM
        
        Thanks! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/2/2004 5:21:04 PM
        
        First: There is absolutely no reference to any document that a person can trace in the Eagle Forum's "press release". - Mary Anne - 11/1/2004 2:38:42 AM
        
        Referenced documents - Tom Brosz - 11/1/2004 3:21:16 AM
        
        re: Referenced documents: I meant by Eagle Forum, not you. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/1/2004 9:37:03 PM
  - What is baseball? - David F Mayer - 10/25/2004 5:01:02 AM
    - Three years after 9/11, we can still relax and have fun with the World Series. That says something important, too. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 5:18:29 AM
  - It's "Habitablezone". - Bowser - 10/25/2004 4:47:09 AM
    - re: It's "Habitablezone". - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/25/2004 5:31:01 AM
      - I posted from home - R.L. - 10/25/2004 2:12:17 PM
        
        so what????? - Nick Hoffman - 10/31/2004 3:17:31 PM
  - "I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over." - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 4:07:18 AM

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