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lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4764
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 12:08 pm:   Edit Post

Nothing to do with Alembics, but I'm sitting here listening to the first pre-game show and following it will be the first Oakland A's spring training game of the season.

BASEBALL IS BACK!

HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL!

LIFE IS GOOD!

WHOOOOWEEEE!!

Bill, tgo
bigredbass
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Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 1616
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 1:25 pm:   Edit Post

Put me in, coach, I'm ready to play, today !

And too, the World SuperBike season begins this weekend in Phillips Island, Australia. AMA Racing and Daytona Bike Week in 2 weeks.

Little Darling, the ice IS slowly melting . . .

Joey

(Message edited by bigredbass on February 27, 2011)
billostech
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Username: billostech

Post Number: 86
Registered: 1-2011
Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 4:23 pm:   Edit Post

I am waiting for the snow to melt. Then it is Harley Davidson time!!! (the price of gas is rising....LOL)
3rd_ray
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Username: 3rd_ray

Post Number: 234
Registered: 2-2008
Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 7:51 pm:   Edit Post

NHRA - 60th season started this weekend in Pomona!!

http://www.nhra.com/story/2011/1/4/2011-will-be-a-year-to-remember-as-nhra-celebrates-its-60th-anniversary/
bsee
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Username: bsee

Post Number: 2551
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 7:55 pm:   Edit Post

No hope in Queens, Bill. If you wear royal and orange, there's much doom and gloom.
darkstar01
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Username: darkstar01

Post Number: 310
Registered: 6-2005
Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 8:07 pm:   Edit Post

yeah, the knicks are finally making my season tickets a reasonable thing to own, and the mets might as well take the next couple of years off. so I'm sticking with basketball for now.
bsee
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Username: bsee

Post Number: 2552
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 8:53 pm:   Edit Post

Billups brought it home tonight. Great finish in Miami. Maybe wearing a Knicks sweatshirt will be less embarrassing for a change.
jon_jackson
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Username: jon_jackson

Post Number: 68
Registered: 12-2008
Posted on Monday, February 28, 2011 - 5:09 pm:   Edit Post

Headed to Royals spring training in AZ on Wednesday.
-Jon
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4766
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Monday, February 28, 2011 - 7:40 pm:   Edit Post

Jon:

I'm jealous. Have a great time.

Bill, tgo
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 2869
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Tuesday, March 01, 2011 - 4:22 am:   Edit Post

Thought this was going to be a thread about how well England are doing at rugby in the 6 nations.

graeme.
pas
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Username: pas

Post Number: 261
Registered: 3-2003
Posted on Tuesday, March 01, 2011 - 6:21 am:   Edit Post

Buck Showalter - Manager of the Year. You heard it here first...
terryc
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Username: terryc

Post Number: 1513
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Tuesday, March 01, 2011 - 7:14 am:   Edit Post

jacko..yes they are and I agree with Bill, spring is here soon and I welcome it as this has been a long arduous winter.
Mind you, today is a beautiful day even though my jaw hurts after an hour's sitting in the dental chair(ouch)
jet_powers
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Username: jet_powers

Post Number: 524
Registered: 2-2003
Posted on Tuesday, March 01, 2011 - 8:47 am:   Edit Post

We don't get to see much rugby here in the states but a few weekends back I saw some rugby from NZ I had never seen before and I thought was the coolest thing-- Sevens. What a great game! If I recall right England made a fair showing but the home team took it all...

Do true rugby fans find sevens as authentic or is it a poor representation of the sport?

Oh yeah, Go Red Sox!
jacko
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Username: jacko

Post Number: 2870
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 1:20 am:   Edit Post

John. Sevens is a shortened version of the original 15-a-side rugby union that is played under the 6 nations and originated in Melrose in the Scottish Borders where an annual international tournament is still held.
I played union at school and I can tell you it's a brutal sport. The slightly more modern version is rugby league, played in teams of 13 with a limit on the number of tackles (6 I believe) before the ball is turned over to the opposition, I believe the tackles are lighter and the ball is a slighly different shape.

Graeme
tbrannon
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Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1290
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 7:07 am:   Edit Post

John,

Never underestimate a rugby fan's appreciation of an opportunity to hammer back a few pints. :-)

I lived in rugby crazy NZ from 2002-2007 and can tell you that there is huge support for both Rugby Union and Rugby League. Sevens is essentially Rugby Union with all the 'big uglies' taken off the field. It's rugby sped up with the smaller, quicker guys out on the field. I don't know if you follow cricket at all, but it's the equivalent of 20/20 cricket... a way to condense the game in order to make it more exciting, quicker and palatable for people who might find the standard version of the game to be a bit slow and lacking in pizazz.
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4767
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 7:15 am:   Edit Post

Baseball guys, baseball. I would think this would appeal to most of you considering it is baseball and not guitar ball! I mean, who the heck is the Rugby Mickey Mantle? huh? I got your rugby right here!* hehehehe

Bill, tgo

*he says with tongue firmly planted in cheek.
jacko
Senior Member
Username: jacko

Post Number: 2871
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 7:27 am:   Edit Post

"who the heck is the Rugby Mickey Mantle? "

probably Jonny Wilkinson just now in terms of being well known but my all time great would be someone like jonathon davies, barrie john or Gareth edwards, all of whom are (surprisingly for an englishman) Welsh.

edit: let's not forget the legend that is Jonah Lomu.
Graeme
p.s. in my country, we call baseball rounders and it's a kids game ;-)

(Message edited by jacko on March 02, 2011)
hifiguy
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Username: hifiguy

Post Number: 258
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 7:45 am:   Edit Post

"Pitchers and catchers report" is one of the lovelier phrases in the English language.

Now if my Twins can finally figure out how to beat those "Damn Yankees."
jet_powers
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Username: jet_powers

Post Number: 525
Registered: 2-2003
Posted on Wednesday, March 02, 2011 - 8:33 am:   Edit Post

Hey, I mentioned baseball! I just did it quietly so as to avoid raising the hackles of a native New Yorker! I just wanted to expand the horizons of my knowledge while the opportunity presented itself.

Baseball is a kids game here too. We just pay grown men obscene anounts of money to play it. Should the players ever go on strike again just watch how many would offer to pay to take their place!

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