----- Original Message -----
From: "James McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 04:06 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Any Hurricane fans out there?
>
> Some friends of mine spent last St. Patty's day in an Irish pub in New
> Zealand. After several pints of brew the locals were trying to explain the
> game of cricket to them. They concluded that the Yanks were too old to
have
> enough remaining days to learn the game and all involved returned to some
> serious drinking. What is dangerous about Cricket?
Imagine standing within 15 feet of Barry Bonds and being expected to catch
the ball as it leaves his bat coming in your direction WITHOUT gloves on.
You would have to be pretty nimble on your feet and be able to dive for the
passing ball. Being able to catch the ball with one hand would be pretty
high on your coach's list of expectations.
jh
I know nothing about the
> game but it looks like I could be bored to death watching it. /jmac
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of John Hudson
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 11:17 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Any Hurricane fans out there?
>
>
>
> there was a piece on Canadian tv some months ago mentioning that the first
> international cricket match was between Canada and the US some years
before
> the first OM came off the prouction line [OM centent]. The US team endured
a
> thrashing and to bury the team's embarrassment it reshaped the bat and
> wimped off wanting to wear gloves instead of catching the ball bare handed
> like real men :-)
>
> jh
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 01:18 AM
> Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Any Hurricane fans out there?
>
>
> >
> > Yes - according to the Ken Burns doco - murkins invented baseball so
> > that they wouldn't have to play cricket. Prolly lack the patience for
> > a 30 hour, 5 day game. What's to understand? It's just like baseball
> > only more subtle and more dangerous.
> > Andrew Fildes
> > afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> > On 31/05/2006, at 2:03 PM, ALI wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > No fights! 8-))
> > >
> > > Yeah Rugby is a good sport no doubt. My cousin plays for a local
> > > league around
> > > here...its a popular sport with college going guys.
> > >
> > >
> > > Do you follow Cricket? I will never understand that game.
> > >
> > >
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