Ty Cobb had to maintain his image for the Detroit crowd.
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Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Hmmmm - been watching the ladies game again?
> My son's comment on one Australian participant in the English Premier
> League - "Absolute thug. I stood on the terraces and heard him
> threaten his own teammates with death."
>
> Of course, one should keep the violence in the crowd where it belongs
> as we were so ably reminded by St. Eric Cantona when he expertly
> dropkicked an opposing fan with a smart mouth. And in another
> arena, I believe that Ty Cobb entered the crowd to dispose of a
> similar individual, many years ago.
> I love that definition of the two kinds of Rugby -
> 'League is a game of hooligans behaving like gentlemen and Union of
> gentlemen behaving like hooligans.' Perfect.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 07/02/2008, at 2:12 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>> That's right! Soccer is played in a very polite, civilized manner.
>> It's the fans that are the problem. And what does it say for a
>> culture that keeps the sport civilized while the fans kill one
>> another? <wink>
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