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Originally Posted by Baudelaire
Rounders for men !!
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Exactly! And whats even better, the Yanks - despite what they may think - did not even invent the game. We did. Some of you who are acquainted with the early English classic novels may well be familiar with Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey", published around 1800; if so, you will know that by the third or fourth page it is revealed that our heroine plays, amongst her hobbies, the game of
Baseball. But Like many sports, the rules were not formally codified until several decades later; in the case of baseball, they were laid down by an English vicar.
Well, like the book, the game is enough to send anyone to sleep. (Sorry, Henry). Personally, if I was to attend any American sporting event it would be that of the Rodeo or possibly alligator wrestling. As for Basketball, American "Football" or Baseball, then surely these must qualify as the most mind-dumbing activities known to mankind. (I will give away Karma points to anyone who comes up with anything worse)