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To: Rambi who wrote (31882)	7/14/1999 5:11:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Respond to of 71178

Elaine Bennis ("Seinfeld") ~ "Well, you better check with the third base coach, 'cause he's not waving you in."

To: Rambi who wrote (31882)	7/14/1999 5:11:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

I can't log onto your personality test, but I found another fun one. It tells you what you would have been suited for in Medieval times. I'm a Black Knight. And I thought I was such a pussycat.<g> cmi-lmi.com

To: Rambi who wrote (31882)	7/14/1999 5:17:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Three times now I have seen people write scathing insults to people criticizing their "grammer."

To: Rambi who wrote (31882)	7/14/1999 5:30:00 PM
From: DScottD	Respond to of 71178

The neat thing about baseball is you can put someone in Mr. Peabody's Way Back Machine, go back 100 years to a baseball game and basically recognize the game as being the same as it is today. A football or basketball game would look a lot different. A forward pass or a jump shot or a slam dunk or the quarterback taking the snap at the center's behind were unheard of in those days. But the basic baseball fundamentals remain the same. Sure there is more emphasis on the home run today and the equipment has been modernized, but the game itself hasn't really changed, except for the hideous DH rule. In the words of the immortal Lee Elia, the former manager of the Cubs who lashed out at the Wrigley Field faithful during a particularly bad streak in 1983 (at one point in his diatribe he said something like "Who gives a sh@t about Cub fans? The mother f-ers don't even work. How else do you think the c***suckers can come out to day baseball?"), "The name of the game is to hit the ball, catch the ball and get the f-ing job done." I love it and I'm sure glad you're married to someone who loves it.

To: Rambi who wrote (31882)	7/14/1999 6:20:00 PM
From: Thomas C. White	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I remember being on an early date with Dan and hearing about how "baseball is a metaphor for life." Now why do I find myself perfectly willing to allow the explanation of this metaphor to go blissfully undivulged? As to ego, I found myself amused to read the women's soccer coach explain that you had to coach male players and female players differently. That you could freely criticize male players because they never believe anything you tell them anyway, while female players tended to believe everything and took it too much to heart.