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Döbbie03 · 2015-11-04 04:46:27

expat2be wrote:

Dobbie03 wrote:
I have always been confused how it can be a World Series when only one country is involved
Minor nitpick: there are two countries - the Toronto Blue Jays won the "world series" in 1992 and 1993

Ah! You'd have to put that down to my ignorance of North America. I suppose two countries in a "World Series" is better than one

KrunchTime · 2015-11-04 04:54:09

expat2be wrote:

Dobbie03 wrote:
I have always been confused how it can be a World Series when only one country is involved
Minor nitpick: there are two countries - the Toronto Blue Jays won the "world series" in 1992 and 1993

@Dobbie03: Perhaps it's called the World Series because baseball started in America and there was no baseball in other countries at the time.

@expat2be: Also, don't forget the former Montreal Expos.

Döbbie03 · 2015-11-04 05:03:12

KrunchTime wrote:

expat2be wrote:
Dobbie03 wrote:
I have always been confused how it can be a World Series when only one country is involved
Minor nitpick: there are two countries - the Toronto Blue Jays won the "world series" in 1992 and 1993
@Dobbie03: Perhaps it's called the World Series because baseball started in America and there was no baseball in other countries at the time.

Maybe so, makes sense putting it that way.

dolly · 2015-11-04 08:45:20

^Ok, a good explanation. But is it possible for a team from another country to qualify itself to compete in the world series?

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pvsage · 2015-11-04 09:32:10

^ As with all professional athletics, there are a lot of politics involved; the World Series is between the top teams of the American League and National League, so a team would first have to become a member of one of those leagues. It's essentially a two-party system, just like all other American politics.

dolly · 2015-11-04 10:20:59

^Ok thanks. I am not sports fan so I am quite ignorant about such matters. And about politics...but think I got it.

pvsage · 2015-11-04 10:57:23

I'm not a fan of sports or politics in general either, but I keep my alarm clock set to the local NPR/PRI/APM affiliate, so I can't help but hear about both on a regular basis, including the politics of sports. Plus, college basketball is unavoidable in my state, so I suppose I have some of that in my DNA somewhere, whether I like it or not. Kinda like the baldness gene.

hhh · 2015-11-04 14:13:20

Is she saying she agrees with that Freudian analysis or she finds it amusing? Because part of me want to agree and most of me thinks that's complete horse manure. Cyber-sexual urge to penetrate, I should put it in my signature.

That has fuelled Aiken’s belief that as a society we are “sleepwalking” into the future.

Whatever is she talking about?

upload pictures online

Here's video of another of her recent presentations...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyn6jkKYRos

hhh · 2015-11-04 14:31:12

^A lot of good points in that video.

ratcheer · 2015-11-04 14:40:00

Dobbie03 wrote:

expat2be wrote:
Dobbie03 wrote:
I have always been confused how it can be a World Series when only one country is involved
Minor nitpick: there are two countries - the Toronto Blue Jays won the "world series" in 1992 and 1993
Ah! You'd have to put that down to my ignorance of North America. I suppose two countries in a "World Series" is better than one

Originally, it had nothing to do with the world, as in all countries on Earth. The World was a New York newspaper that proposed the champions of the American and National Leagues holding a championship series between them. Hence, "The World Series" pertains to a now defunct newspaper.

As they say in baseball, "You could look it up."

Tim

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hhh · 2015-11-04 15:03:16

^That's a complete myth, look it up. It does have to do with 1903 newspaper coverage. Like I said, it's 1903 marketing hyperbole.

-edit-
https://www.rose-hulman.edu/~rickert/BB/wsname.html
http://www.snopes.com/business/names/worldseries.asp

g33zr · 2015-11-04 15:39:06

^The photo is worth 1,000 words...those kids are so busy looking at their phones that they have no idea of what's going on around them. My dear old dad is no fan of social media and would likely ask in his characteristic cranky gruff way, "What the hell are they looking at?" Then he'd go on a rant about how Twitter is for twits and Facebook is for A$$holes.

Temetka · 2015-11-04 16:47:10

Good morning from CA. Off to work. I hope you all have a great day.

Horizon_Brave · 2015-11-04 17:51:29

Temetka wrote:

Good morning from CA. Off to work. I hope you all have a great day.

Greetings from the east coast, so I'm already at work... It's a light day, so I'm studying for my next certification, and playing with my bunsenlabs vm...

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-11-04 19:38:33

The BL forums have 500 topics already!

Woot!

Nili · 2015-11-04 21:24:04

^Awesome

New awesome feature from Firefox / Iceweasel 42.0

We've a chance to use mute/unmute on tabs. Super cool!

Nili · 2015-11-04 23:52:11

Guys, check this one

Clever Bird Goes Fishing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBuPiC3ArL8

Don't skip, watch till the end. (only two worth minutes) WTF! truly what the f***? HAHA!!!

Horizon_Brave · 2015-11-05 01:00:40

Nili wrote:

^Awesome
New awesome feature from Firefox / Iceweasel 42.0
http://i.imgur.com/Cdm9pe3.png
We've a chance to use mute/unmute on tabs. Super cool!

Holy crap, I used to LOVE Blind Guardian.... I had (still do..) so many of their albums.. I haven't listened to their newer stuff...

Nili · 2015-11-05 08:43:35

Horizon_Brave wrote:

Holy crap, I used to LOVE Blind Guardian.... I had (still do..) so many of their albums.. I haven't listened to their newer stuff...

I too

10 years ago i was pretty bad into power metal bands

I still have CD Battalions of Fear, Follow the Blind, Imaginations from the Other Side and a few others. I listen them occasionally on Youtube. Fantastic band.

Have a look at these two Tokyo Tales is one of their best live show.

Nili

ratcheer · 2015-11-05 13:55:57

@hhh - Ok, well, it is a myth that took hold. Wikipedia only says that "this view is disputed".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Ser … rld_Series

Tim

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