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Subject: [Leica] He could change the way Americans ignore soccer!
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Sun Jun 1 15:18:03 2008
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I had no idea!


Douglas Sharp wrote:

> Cricket is not a sport - it's culture ;-)
> 
> Douglas - "often at Headingley in his youth" Sharp
> 
> (from the home of all good cricketers - Yorkshire (e.g. "Fiery Fred 
> Truman", Brian Close, Sutcliffe, Tunnicliffe and many other historical 
> greats)
> 
> Jim Hemenway wrote:
> 
>> Adam, et al:
>>
>> I think that some have taken my comment too seriously.
>>
>> I was kidding Nathan because he, (in very good humor) objected when I 
>> wrote "He could change the way Americans ignore soccer!" soon after 
>> the announcement that said player was going to move to California to 
>> play for some LA team.
>>
>> Jim, "Cricket is really a sport?" Hemenway
>>
>>
>> Adam Bridge wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Frank Filippone 
>>> <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>> BTW, there are a lot of various types of Latinos here, that seem to 
>>>> be the
>>>> majority of soccer lovers... so as much as the US Domestics have no 
>>>> idea,
>>>> there is a large resident population that really does care.....
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lots of the younger crowd know and follow soccer here also. It's
>>> heavily played in my town and many of the others around here by kids
>>> starting at age 5. High school soccer is very intense and pulls in
>>> good crowds.
>>>
>>> Unless it's baseball I've sort of given up on pro team sports. I sorta
>>> follow American-style football. Don't do the other pro sports at all
>>> -- mostly I follow college and that locally. Probably I should get a
>>> rivalry going with Frank since UC Davis is in the same conference as
>>> Long Beach now....<grin>
>>>
>>> Curiously I'm quite detached about the Olympics this year. I'd like to
>>> care, even about the swimming in which I was heavily involved in the
>>> past as an official, but the money and the corruption and the politics
>>> make me wretch. I wouldn't pay a dime to go to an Olympic event at
>>> this point even if they were around the corner...
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
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In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] A lot of DMR attention)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] A lot of DMR attention)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] A lot of DMR attention)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan) ([Leica] A lot of DMR attention)
Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] A lot of DMR attention)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] A lot of DMR attention)
Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] A lot of DMR attention)
Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] He could change the way Americans ignore soccer!)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] He could change the way Americans ignore soccer!)