Baseball- It's British Actually
Sep 11th 2008 | 1:11 pm
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Baseball- It's British Actually
Local historians in Surrey have confirmed evidence that baseball was played in the UK more than 20 years before American independence.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ey/7610016.stm
What's particularly interesting is it was mostly women playing baseball too. I wonder what Americans will make of this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ey/7610016.stm
What's particularly interesting is it was mostly women playing baseball too. I wonder what Americans will make of this?
Sep 11th 2008 | 2:03 pm
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Re: Baseball- It's British Actually
Rounders.
Sep 11th 2008 | 2:40 pm
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Re: Baseball- It's British Actually
Good find.
Local historians in Surrey have confirmed evidence that baseball was played in the UK more than 20 years before American independence.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ey/7610016.stm
What's particularly interesting is it was mostly women playing baseball too. I wonder what Americans will make of this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ey/7610016.stm
What's particularly interesting is it was mostly women playing baseball too. I wonder what Americans will make of this?
Sep 11th 2008 | 2:52 pm
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Re: Baseball- It's British Actually
just another sport originally from the British Isles yet perfected overseas.
Sep 12th 2008 | 2:22 am
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Re: Baseball- It's British Actually
HARHAR wait till I tell the husband his national sport is ENGLISH.
Ok I have to go do some work now, and take my meds. Bye.
Ok I have to go do some work now, and take my meds. Bye.
Sep 12th 2008 | 2:24 am
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Re: Baseball- It's British Actually
Local historians in Surrey have confirmed evidence that baseball was played in the UK more than 20 years before American independence.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ey/7610016.stm
What's particularly interesting is it was mostly women playing baseball too. I wonder what Americans will make of this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ey/7610016.stm
What's particularly interesting is it was mostly women playing baseball too. I wonder what Americans will make of this?
Sep 12th 2008 | 12:25 pm
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Sep 13th 2008 | 10:37 pm
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Re: Baseball- It's British Actually
Local historians in Surrey have confirmed evidence that baseball was played in the UK more than 20 years before American independence.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ey/7610016.stm
What's particularly interesting is it was mostly women playing baseball too. I wonder what Americans will make of this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ey/7610016.stm
What's particularly interesting is it was mostly women playing baseball too. I wonder what Americans will make of this?
Then mild shock.
Followed by a mix of thinly veiled horror and indignation.
Then some form of irrational and brash patriotic fervour.
Then back to disbelief (intentional this time).
Finally some boring and trite comment about men in red lined up and getting shot at from behind trees.
The usual response I should imagine.
Sep 14th 2008 | 12:55 am
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Re: Baseball- It's British Actually
Cool! Read this before you posted and don't have a problem with BB originating in a country other than mine.
Just like golf came from Scotland. Two sports enjoyed by millions who gives a shite where they originated, only that they are enjoyed now.
Just like golf came from Scotland. Two sports enjoyed by millions who gives a shite where they originated, only that they are enjoyed now.
Sep 14th 2008 | 6:02 am
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Re: Baseball- It's British Actually
Local historians in Surrey have confirmed evidence that baseball was played in the UK more than 20 years before American independence.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ey/7610016.stm
What's particularly interesting is it was mostly women playing baseball too. I wonder what Americans will make of this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ey/7610016.stm
What's particularly interesting is it was mostly women playing baseball too. I wonder what Americans will make of this?
Oh to add on to importing sports, basketball was invented by a Canadian.
Sep 14th 2008 | 6:17 am
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Re: Baseball- It's British Actually
At first, disbelief.
Then mild shock.
Followed by a mix of thinly veiled horror and indignation.
Then some form of irrational and brash patriotic fervour.
Then back to disbelief (intentional this time).
Finally some boring and trite comment about men in red lined up and getting shot at from behind trees.
The usual response I should imagine.
Then mild shock.
Followed by a mix of thinly veiled horror and indignation.
Then some form of irrational and brash patriotic fervour.
Then back to disbelief (intentional this time).
Finally some boring and trite comment about men in red lined up and getting shot at from behind trees.
The usual response I should imagine.
I think the standard American response would be "who gives two shits?"
Sep 14th 2008 | 6:24 am
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Re: Baseball- It's British Actually
And gridiron was a hybrid of rugby and soccer...
Basically Harvard (which discovered rugby [union] after playing McGill... that Canadian connection) wanted to play "football" against Yale, Columbia, Princeton, and Rutgers (who basically played a game based on FA rules).
Representatives from the universities involved met at the Massasoit House in Springfield, MA (only a few blocks away from the YMCA where Naismith invented basketball and only a few miles away from another YMCA where volleyball was invented) and hashed out a compromise code.
Basically Harvard (which discovered rugby [union] after playing McGill... that Canadian connection) wanted to play "football" against Yale, Columbia, Princeton, and Rutgers (who basically played a game based on FA rules).
Representatives from the universities involved met at the Massasoit House in Springfield, MA (only a few blocks away from the YMCA where Naismith invented basketball and only a few miles away from another YMCA where volleyball was invented) and hashed out a compromise code.
Sep 14th 2008 | 6:26 am
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Re: Baseball- It's British Actually
And gridiron was a hybrid of rugby and soccer...
Basically Harvard (which discovered rugby [union] after playing McGill... that Canadian connection) wanted to play "football" against Yale, Columbia, Princeton, and Rutgers (who basically played a game based on FA rules).
Representatives from the universities involved met at the Massasoit House in Springfield, MA (only a few blocks away from the YMCA where Naismith invented basketball and only a few miles away from another YMCA where volleyball was invented) and hashed out a compromise code.
Basically Harvard (which discovered rugby [union] after playing McGill... that Canadian connection) wanted to play "football" against Yale, Columbia, Princeton, and Rutgers (who basically played a game based on FA rules).
Representatives from the universities involved met at the Massasoit House in Springfield, MA (only a few blocks away from the YMCA where Naismith invented basketball and only a few miles away from another YMCA where volleyball was invented) and hashed out a compromise code.
