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Posted on 10/18/2003 7:00:57 PM PDT by Don W
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2 posts about the NY/Marlins game in breaking news?
This is supposed to be a news board, not the latest on a pastime played by millionaires.
When these guys do good with their lives, or mess up their lives, that's (sort of) news. When they're doing what they're paid for, it's NOT.
While many FReepers are fascinated and enthralled with baseball, there are also many of us who have NO interest in watching a bunch of overpaid fat men standing around, scratching their balls and spitting, while two guys in the middle of the field play catch. Every once in a while somebody does something, and the crowd goes wild.
It's the only game tedious enough that when the spectators get restless, they get up, stretch and start singing to themselves. Imagine that: paying BIG BUCKS to entertain yourself when the (WELL-paid)professionals have bored you to tears.
It's less entertaining than watching the Pro Bowler's Tour on TV, but lasts up to 10 times longer. Yay?
Seriously folks, many of us are on slow dialups, and the bandwidth used to load even an article's title could make a difference to some.
(I know there are gonna be some flames, but [heh heh] think of the children)
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:00:58 PM PDT
by
Don W
To: Don W
Sports is NOT "Breaking NewsWell, neither are rant vanities, on a normal day... :~D
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:03:27 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Listening for returning feet and voices at the door)
To: Don W
... have NO interest in watching a bunch of overpaid fat men standing around...
You're cruel - he's just "big boned"!
To: Don W
Man have you been watching football (eurpean or us) again, now those are some over rated players.
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:03:56 PM PDT
by
dts32041
(Is it time to practice decimation with our representatives?)
To: Don W
Sports is NOT "Breaking News" Sez who?
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:04:08 PM PDT
by
okie01
(www.ArmorforCongress.com...because Congress isn't for the morally halt and the mentally lame.)
To: Don W
The World Serious IS Breaking News!
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:04:20 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.)
To: Admin Moderator
Please move to breaking news.
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:04:44 PM PDT
by
Pete
To: Don W
You a Red Sox fan?
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:04:53 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Don W
Neither is a lesson on breaking news breaking nooooze. Practice what ya preach preacher !
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:05:25 PM PDT
by
Squantos
("Ubi non accusator, ibi non judex.")
To: Don W
Sure thing Mr. Bartman.
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:06:24 PM PDT
by
South40
(My vote helped defeat bustamante. Did yours?)
To: Don W
Lemme guess - thick glasses, pasty skin, got passed over by all the girls and don't like sports?
Spaz.
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:06:25 PM PDT
by
Chancellor Palpatine
(...it's now the "Pedro is a punk" curse and it was levied by the gods of the baseball universe...)
To: dubyaismypresident
ping
To: RedBloodedAmerican
ping
To: Chancellor Palpatine
Maybe his NY Times crossword puzzle is breaking news.
To: Don W
toady?
To: Squantos
Point taken. Mea culpa.
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:24:08 PM PDT
by
Don W
(Lead, follow, or get outta the way!)
To: okie01
Me, and anyone who realizes that sports are a pastime, a diversion, a time-waster.
How, and when, has the world been changed by the results of a sporting engagement?
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:26:02 PM PDT
by
Don W
(Lead, follow, or get outta the way!)
To: Senator Pardek
LOL
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:26:17 PM PDT
by
Don W
(Lead, follow, or get outta the way!)
To: Mr. Mojo
No, I like pick-up, beer league and kids' baseball.
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:27:24 PM PDT
by
Don W
(Lead, follow, or get outta the way!)
To: Chancellor Palpatine
Yeah, sure, whatever you say. Wanna go practice rugby? I was a hooker on my HS team, btw. < BG >
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posted on
10/18/2003 7:30:10 PM PDT
by
Don W
(Lead, follow, or get outta the way!)
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