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Old 08-02-2012, 01:13 AM
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I thought that it would be common knowledge by know that I'm Indonesian.

I don't give a shit about either baseball or cricket either. I thought that the only 2 countries who cared about baseball were the U.S. and Japan.
The Americas in general seem to be really big on it, but it is centered on the U.S.

The dropped it from the Olympics because the Olympics took place in the middle of the baseball season and most players would rather stick to the MLB than do the Olympics.
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Old 08-02-2012, 03:05 AM
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I probably get more amused than I really should every time I see British airways "Olympic" commercial, "London calling" is possibly the least appropriate song you could have for an ad campaign celebrating the city.
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Old 08-02-2012, 03:51 AM
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I probably get more amused than I really should every time I see British airways "Olympic" commercial, "London calling" is possibly the least appropriate song you could have for an ad campaign celebrating the city.
Let's not forget the whole driving a plane through the streets of London thing as well. I can't help but feel that the whole advert is one terrorist attack/plane accident away from being the world's most unintentionally innapropriate advert ever...

(Don't worry about plane based attacks, we have anti aircraft guns.)
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Old 08-02-2012, 07:52 AM
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The Americas in general seem to be really big on it, but it is centered on the U.S.

The dropped it from the Olympics because the Olympics took place in the middle of the baseball season and most players would rather stick to the MLB than do the Olympics.
Baseball is hugely popular in Japan and South Korea, but that's due to the extremely heavy American influence on both of them over the past 60 years.

Basically, it's popular in the United States and countries heavily affected by the United States (Meaning most of North America as well as a few nations in East Asia.)

This is ironic because Baseball was invented in Britain.
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The Americas in general seem to be really big on it, but it is centered on the U.S.

The dropped it from the Olympics because the Olympics took place in the middle of the baseball season and most players would rather stick to the MLB than do the Olympics.
And in the same way, Englishman(most) love cricket and football. Why is it that England's national sport (yes,contrary to what some ignorant people say, cricket, and not football, is England's national sport) has no place in the Olympics, yet, the US's national sport was in the Olympics in 2008?

And Fojar, Rounders was invented in Britain. Baseball was copied from it.
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Baseball is hugely popular in Japan and South Korea, but that's due to the extremely heavy American influence on both of them over the past 60 years.

Basically, it's popular in the United States and countries heavily affected by the United States (Meaning most of North America as well as a few nations in East Asia.)

This is ironic because Baseball was invented in Britain.
I like baseball (from Slovenia myself). It's a really cool tactical game - no idea why the rest of the world didn't embrace it.
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Old 08-02-2012, 08:03 AM
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And Fojar, Rounders was invented in Britain. Baseball was copied from it.
The "American invention of Baseball" is largely a manufactured myth.
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The "American invention of Baseball" is largely a manufactured myth.
I am not trying to defend what the Yanks say. All I am saying that Baseball is a copy of an older, but virtually unknown game, known as rounders.

Rounders is supposed to be a game for kids.
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The tennis women single is tomorrow, Sharapova made into the final but Serena Williams is simply horrible. I am afraid there is no chance...
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Old 08-07-2012, 09:19 PM
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So where is Olympic bowling, huh?

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The tennis women single is tomorrow, Sharapova made into the final but Serena Williams is simply horrible. I am afraid there is no chance...
I'm also quoting this so Slow can eat his words
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So where is Olympic bowling, huh?
Everyone knows Bowling isn't a sport.
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The tennis women single is tomorrow, Sharapova made into the final but Serena Williams is simply horrible. I am afraid there is no chance...
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Old 08-07-2012, 10:22 PM
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Horse Archery as an Olympic Sport, pl0x.
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She plays like a ATP player.
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Old 08-07-2012, 10:59 PM
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Baseball is hugely popular in Japan and South Korea, but that's due to the extremely heavy American influence on both of them over the past 60 years.

Basically, it's popular in the United States and countries heavily affected by the United States (Meaning most of North America as well as a few nations in East Asia.)

This is ironic because Baseball was invented in Britain.
It's actually relatively more popular in Japan, SK and Latin America than the US, honestly. Baseball can't even come close to saying it's America's favorite sport anymore (that's football by a mile).
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It's actually relatively more popular in Japan, SK and Latin America than the US, honestly. Baseball can't even come close to saying it's America's favorite sport anymore (that's football by a mile).
Tons of teenagers play soccer but US doesn't have a world level soccer league like NFL, MLB or NBA.
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Old 08-09-2012, 01:56 PM
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Old 08-09-2012, 02:20 PM
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US Women's Soccer Team! The gold medalists!
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Old 08-10-2012, 08:11 AM
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My favorite parts of the Olympics by far
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Baseball is hugely popular in Japan and South Korea, but that's due to the extremely heavy American influence on both of them over the past 60 years.

Basically, it's popular in the United States and countries heavily affected by the United States (Meaning most of North America as well as a few nations in East Asia.)

This is ironic because Baseball was invented in Britain.
How could you discount Latin America and the Caribbean?

Do you even watch baseball? Major League rosters are full of players from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Mexico... The only place in the world it's NOT popular is Europe and Africa.
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Old 08-11-2012, 02:04 PM
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OK, the swimming team is amazing this time, the track/field is better than 2004 and 2008. The women soccer team avenged Japan and won the gold. Basketball still dominates, but what's wrong with volleyball? The men lost 0-3 to Italy and the women team played a horrible match in the final.
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Old 08-12-2012, 10:39 AM
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