"Five sucks" says baseball fan

Well done Five for ("Freeview auto") ending Game 1 of the World Series at
the "estimated" time instead of at the end of the game - which was somewhat
later!

And for those who don't know, the World Series is named for the defunct
"World News" newspaper (hope I got the title correct) before anyone decides
to equate this to the footie World Cup.

Paul DS.

Paul D.Smith wrote:

And for those who don't know, the World Series is named for the defunct
"World News" newspaper .

Oh no it isn't
http://www.snopes.com/business/names/worldseries.asp

"soup" wrote in message
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Paul D.Smith wrote:

And for those who don't know, the World Series is named for the defunct
"World News" newspaper .

Oh no it isn't
http://www.snopes.com/business/names/worldseries.asp

I live and learn! But sadly not the final score if I watch the World Series
recorded from Five and rely on them setting the "end recording tags"
correctly ;-).

Paul DS

"Paul D.Smith" wrote in message
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Well done Five for ("Freeview auto") ending Game 1 of the World Series at
the "estimated" time instead of at the end of the game - which was
somewhat later!

And for those who don't know, the World Series is named for the defunct
"World News" newspaper (hope I got the title correct) before anyone
decides to equate this to the footie World Cup.

The yanks do.


Paul DS.

Baseball and American Football (and to a lesser extent Rugby) are both games
that do not flow. Both require constant referee / umpire intervention and
adjudication. In baseball the game hinges around the decision of whether
each ball passes over the plate at the right height (cricket has wickets and
adjudication is only needed if the ball strikes the batsman's legs and the
other team claim). Three base umpires are required as well.

In American Football play rarely proceeds for more than a few seconds
without the whistle being blown and another set piece.]

Contrast soccer where adjudication is limited to offside, foul play and
occasionally who last touched the ball. A friendly football match often
proceed without a referee (e.g. both sides normally know and agree the next
move if the ball goes out of play).

"R. Mark Clayton" wrote in message
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:
: Contrast soccer where adjudication is limited to offside, foul play and
: occasionally who last touched the ball. A friendly football match often
: proceed without a referee (e.g. both sides normally know and agree the
next
: move if the ball goes out of play).

yes, füßball is a beautiful game... right up to the point where they decide
the championship with 11 meter kicks. and, might I add, there's the award
winning acting where a player pretends to be mortally injured in an attempt
to get a penalty kick. it's amazing how quickly they recover from writhing
in pain to sprinting after the ball

in baseball, like cricket time plays very little role.

Paul D.Smith wrote...

Well done Five for ("Freeview auto") ending Game 1 of the World Series at
the "estimated" time instead of at the end of the game - which was somewhat
later!

That makes a change, usually it overruns by 30 mins or so leavings us
Indycar/Nascar fans twiddling our thumbs and watching rounders. But;
good for Five at least they do show these "minority interest" sports.

Nearly all US motor sport broadcasts are in 4.3, don't they have
widescreen over the pond? Or are we losing something in the conversion?

--
Ken

http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/buddyduck/

"Paul D.Smith" wrote in message
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"soup" wrote in message
om...
Paul D.Smith wrote:

And for those who don't know, the World Series is named for the defunct
"World News" newspaper .

Oh no it isn't
http://www.snopes.com/business/names/worldseries.asp

I live and learn! But sadly not the final score if I watch the World
Series recorded from Five and rely on them setting the "end recording
tags" correctly ;-).




if they ever did hold a baseball competition with non american countries
participating they'd have to call it the universal cup.



--
Gareth.

that fly...... is your magic wand....

On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:38:43 +0000, The dog from that film you saw
postulated:

if they ever did hold a baseball competition with non american
countries participating they'd have to call it the universal cup.

It would appear that you are not aware that baseball is a major
sport in Japan

http://www.japanesebaseball.COM/

that there are numerous teams in Cymru

http://www.welshbaseball.co.UK/

and even teams in Liverpool

http://www.liverpooltrojansbaseball.co.UK

The Trojans were established in 1946, so this is not just
some trendy new fad.

And there are still four teams in Liverpool which play
traditional English baseball -- All Saints, Anfield,
Breckside and Townsend.

PS Is the dog from that film you saw, the dog from
A Boy and His Dog (1975)?

"UnsteadyKen" wrote in message
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Paul D.Smith wrote...

Well done Five for ("Freeview auto") ending Game 1 of the World Series at
the "estimated" time instead of at the end of the game - which was
somewhat
later!

That makes a change, usually it overruns by 30 mins or so leavings us
Indycar/Nascar fans twiddling our thumbs and watching rounders. But;
good for Five at least they do show these "minority interest" sports.

Nearly all US motor sport broadcasts are in 4.3, don't they have
widescreen over the pond? Or are we losing something in the conversion?

As with a lot of films, I think the deal is that 5 only get 4:3 and have to
fill in during various bits with their own presenters.




--
Ken

http://www.members.lycos.co.uk/buddyduck/

"Low Life #3" wrote in message
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"R. Mark Clayton" wrote in message
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:
: Contrast soccer where adjudication is limited to offside, foul play and
: occasionally who last touched the ball. A friendly football match often
: proceed without a referee (e.g. both sides normally know and agree the
next
: move if the ball goes out of play).

yes, füßball is a beautiful game... right up to the point where they
decide
the championship with 11 meter kicks.

I thin it would be better to allow a drawn afer extra time game to be
decided by kicks from anywhere in the D, with the goalie anywhere in the six
yard box. As it is, it is mostly luck whether the goalie goes the right
way.

and, might I add, there's the award
winning acting where a player pretends to be mortally injured in an
attempt
to get a penalty kick. it's amazing how quickly they recover from
writhing
in pain to sprinting after the ball

in baseball, like cricket time plays very little role.

Cricket can take up to five days, and some tests between the wars were
actually untimed. OTOH crickets laws, whilst complicated, are generally
easibly interpreted by the players. The middle stump was introduce ~150
years ago to remove doubt about when a player was out. Very obviously in
baseball, whether a ball passes over the plate is very subjective and even
MLB umpires are frquently wrong.