Nothing to do with the OP, but does anyone anywhere discuss soccer formations? Does anything about soccer have intricacy?
I once asked an Englishman about zonal marking, which I think is what American football calls a zone defense. He hadn’t heard of either. Which was strange because he professed to be a huge fan of soccer and he was excited that England was going to be playing a big game against some other country that night. I should add that he had a Ph.D., in history, and he was definitely smart. He taught the course I took on the Mexican Revolution a few summers ago. Like the best scholars, he was full of vignettes, telling details, and wry observations, as well as being able to give, at any scale from sentence to paragraph to seminar, a rundown of his chosen subject. I never had much understood Mexico’s history or much apprehended its geography; I also hadn’t ever heard the Rurales described as a “chocolate-box police force.” Very impressive. But as I say, the guy had a most uninformed view of the sport he cherished. I guess he just liked all that running-around, which is what it has always looked like to me.
I might also add that he was a naturalized U.S. citizen, though he didn’t seem to know much about this country. I wanted to ask him, “Was Mexico full?” But I held my tongue. Anyway, back to the tedious delta streams of playoff baseball, the overlong antecedents to the Fall Classic! Maybe we’ll get to that before the snow flies!
I can't watch "the show" since I got interested in the College World Series back in the 80's. The games are time limited to an hour, and move FAST. We could catch most of a game during lunch at the pub around the corner from where I worked. I don't know if our productivity was affected for that week but it turned me into a fan of a game I hardly knew existed.
That first inning wasn’t exactly confidence-boosting.
I wonder if Yamamoto swears in English or Japanese?
The way some women must feel when they overhear men discussing the intricacies of the 4-4-2 system in soccer is how I feel about all of baseball talk.
Nothing to do with the OP, but does anyone anywhere discuss soccer formations? Does anything about soccer have intricacy?
I once asked an Englishman about zonal marking, which I think is what American football calls a zone defense. He hadn’t heard of either. Which was strange because he professed to be a huge fan of soccer and he was excited that England was going to be playing a big game against some other country that night. I should add that he had a Ph.D., in history, and he was definitely smart. He taught the course I took on the Mexican Revolution a few summers ago. Like the best scholars, he was full of vignettes, telling details, and wry observations, as well as being able to give, at any scale from sentence to paragraph to seminar, a rundown of his chosen subject. I never had much understood Mexico’s history or much apprehended its geography; I also hadn’t ever heard the Rurales described as a “chocolate-box police force.” Very impressive. But as I say, the guy had a most uninformed view of the sport he cherished. I guess he just liked all that running-around, which is what it has always looked like to me.
I might also add that he was a naturalized U.S. citizen, though he didn’t seem to know much about this country. I wanted to ask him, “Was Mexico full?” But I held my tongue. Anyway, back to the tedious delta streams of playoff baseball, the overlong antecedents to the Fall Classic! Maybe we’ll get to that before the snow flies!
Maybe your friend can get tickets and take you to a LA vs PHIL NLDS game.
Does a season ticket include any playoffs, or do they just get first dibs?
The latter, in my experience.
I can't watch "the show" since I got interested in the College World Series back in the 80's. The games are time limited to an hour, and move FAST. We could catch most of a game during lunch at the pub around the corner from where I worked. I don't know if our productivity was affected for that week but it turned me into a fan of a game I hardly knew existed.
> The games are time limited to an hour
I don't think that's a true statement