Quote:

Besides, don't get my OL started on this baseball thing, she says it is a girls game, called rounders. Her being a brit and all....



Well it's not like we play a game on this side of the pond that takes breaks for lunch and afternoon tea. Cricket, now there's a sport that's made for the girls. If you think baseball players wear too much armor when they step up to the plate, you ought to get a look at what Cricket players wear when they bat. They're dressed like a hockey goalie. And speaking of hockey...I'm surfing the channels the other day and come across the Commonwealth games. I didn't realize that the men play field hockey in countries that still bow to the Queen. At least they had the decency not to wear skirts.

And even being a soccer fan myself, I still find it distasteful that the divers in that sport go unpunished...which is a hot topic in the press these days. And even if somebody does touch them, they roll around on the pitch in pseudo agony like they've just been shot by a sniper in the stands, then 2 minutes later they're running up and down the pitch in the fittest form of health. Oh sure we have the Colorado Dive-Alanche in the NHL, but they don't act like they're auditioning for a part in Saving Private Ryan.

I noticed in today's news that the NFL owners are attempting to curb TD celebrations by penalizing teams 15 yards on the ensuing kickoff. If they had the same kind of celebrations after a home run in baseball, they'd get one in the ear next time they came up to bat.