Scout wrote:
"Wally" wrote
I've heard of the World Series as well - isn't that where one
country enters
a competition and then declares themselves champions of the
world? Totally agree that it makes no difference to an eclipse
for it to happen during a insert-obscure-sport-here game. How
the hell is someone in the UK/Oz/wherever supposed to come up
with that as being the significant aspect
of a given eclipe?


Amen. Baseball is boring and just plain sucks.
Now football, that's a different thing altogether!
Scout

WHAT?
You don't find it exciting to spend 4 1/2 hours watching pitchers spit and
scratch parts of their bodies that would be censored by the FCC if shown
on other programs?
Where else can you find 10 to 15 minutes of action sports crammed so well
into about 5 hours of playing time?