Comments on: Baseball, Bribery, and my Brethren http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/08/17/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/ A Mormon Blog Mon, 28 May 2012 19:08:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Porteous http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/08/17/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47566 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/08/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47566 Ronan, have you seen any of the last two Ashes tests? As I’m only 28, these two tests have been far and away the best Ashes tests I have seen. Can’t wait for Trent Bridge.

]]> By: Ronan http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/08/17/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47567 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/08/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47567 Porteous,
You Commonwealth or something?
Yes, the Ashes so far have been the single best sporting event for years.

]]> By: J. Stapley http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/08/17/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47568 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/08/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47568 This Saturday the Elders’ Quorum will blow it’s budget (and more) on baby-back ribs, upon which we shall gorge free from guilt and familial associations. It should be sweet.

]]> By: Porteous http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/08/17/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47569 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/08/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47569 Macclesfield, England currently in Provo but planning on returning to England somewhere next year. So when I say I’ve seen I really mean I’ve been listening to the radio, following cricinfo, and catching highlights when I can. Despite these obvious problems I’ve still been on the edge of my seat. Maybe it’s because following English sport for years has made me a pessimist but I think a drawn series is the best england will manage.

]]> By: Ronan http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/08/17/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47570 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/08/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47570 Porteous,

Macclesfield….

If England were truly Aussie-conquerors we’d have won that last game. As it was, I hung on every word of CMJ and Aggers at TMS on the BBC online. (!!)

]]> By: jonathan http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/08/17/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47571 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/08/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47571 At risk of confusing these Americans, as a Brit living in Melbourne (Aus),it’s been wonderful to hear/read of the rennaissance of English cricket…and listening to ‘Blowers’on the radio commentary has brought back many memories (but then,I am rather old…48 to be exact).

]]> By: Ronan http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/08/17/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47572 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/08/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47572 Ah, Mr Blofeld!

LBW, C&B, Byes, googly, stumped, silly mid-on, wickie, seamer, yorker….

]]> By: Porteous http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/08/17/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47573 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/08/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47573 I’m sure this entry wasn’t intended as a place to discuss English cricket, but while we are, would you drop Giles and Jones (despite that catch) and if so who do you replace Giles with? I tend to agree with you Ronan, that if England were going to win this series they really needed to win that last test. However, I do think in the last two tests they have made Aussie batting (at least recognized batsmen) look decidedly average. And as long as they keep selecting Gillespie we’ll rack up a few runs ourselves.

]]> By: Ronan http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/08/17/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47574 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/08/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47574 No, I wouldn’t change anything. They seem a tight-knit bunch and we should probably leave it at that.

]]> By: Mark B. http://bycommonconsent.com/2005/08/17/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47575 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://centaur.nocdirect.com/~jbycommo/2005/08/baseball-bribery-and-my-brethren/#comment-47575 No wonder my great-great grandfather left England in 1853. If you fellows think you’ve heard anything worth listening to on the radio, you should instead listen to the great Vin Scully, any night from Chavez Ravine. It’s too bad you can’t take a time machine back to the glory days of the mid-60′s, when battery mates Don Drysdale and Johnny Roseboro, or Sandy Koufax and Roseboro, were at it again, leading the way to a 1-0 Dodgers victory. And don’t forget to throw in a Maury Wills steal of second, or third. That, my lads, is sport (and radio) at its best.

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