Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/21

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Way to go, Sox !
From: daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Thu Oct 21 07:14:30 2004
References: <385ee5381d19.381d19385ee5@planet.nl> <3CED5F91-236B-11D9-B70B-000A95C5713A@sas.upenn.edu>

Yeah, but none of those pansies can play baseball :)

Daniel

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Jeffrey Lu wrote:

> Sure, the long suffering fans of Boston who have a couple other
> franchises in the area...the Pats and the Celtics and the Bruins
>
> That's like saying NY Rangers fans were long suffering prior to 1994
>
> On Oct 21, 2004, at 9:30 AM, nathan.wajsman@planet.nl wrote:
>
> > Just read a column in the Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville), where
> > the writer argues that there is no curse on the Red Sox (for my fellow
> > European LUGgers, there is a legend that the Red Sox have been cursed
> > since they sold the Pele of baseball, Babe Ruth, to the NY Yankees in
> > the 1920s). Rather, he attributes their consistent record of failure
> > in the past 80 years to the fact that they have often passed on
> > signing promising black players due to racism, and that they play in a
> > decrepid, old stadium.
> >
> > But the curse legend is admittedly more fun...Anyway, congratulations
> > to the Bostonians and condolences to the New Yorkers.
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> > Almere, Netherlands
> > http://www.nathanfoto.com
> > http://www.fotosevilla.com
> >
> > ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> > Van: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> > Datum: woensdag, oktober 20, 2004 9:16 pm
> > Onderwerp: RE: [Leica] OT:  Way to go, Sox !
> >
> >> This may be the fall of miracles!
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> >> [lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> >> Phong
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 9:19 PM
> >> To: Leica Users Group
> >> Subject: [Leica] OT: Way to go, Sox !
> >>
> >>
> >> 6-0
> >>
> >> :-)
> >>
> >> - Phong
> >>
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In reply to: Message from nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (nathan.wajsman@planet.nl) ([Leica] OT: Way to go, Sox !)
Message from jklu at sas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey Lu) ([Leica] OT: Way to go, Sox !)