Texas Teach
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| Quote (Dr.GH @ June 28 2010,01:42) | | Quote (Texas Teach @ June 27 2010,15:01) | | We Americans must endure nearly a month until we cleanse our national palate as armored rugby/handegg training camps begin. We can then enjoy 6 months or so of glorious dreams until the Cowboys choke in the playoffs. |
We Americans have had little notice of this minor distraction from baseball. It is merely the intellectually impaired unable to recognize a "hit and run" until well after the out, or extra base scored, that agonize for the obvious play of foot the ball. |
I'm actually a baseball fan too, having watched the Cardinals while trapped in the frozen tundra that is a Missouri summer during grad school. I even enjoy hockey, though no one down here even recognizes the word. Football, though, is what I watched as a kid with my family, so it benefits from an entirely emotional bias.
I do suspect that the lack of distinct plays is a factor in why soccer hasn't caught on here.
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"Creationists think everything Genesis says is true. I don't even think Phil Collins is a good drummer." --J. Carr
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