Comments for Wait until next year http://waituntilnextyear.net Consuming sport, and other less important stuff Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:27:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The perfect game (My Baseball Winter #2) by Steve http://waituntilnextyear.net/2009/12/15/the-perfect-game-my-baseball-winter-2/#comment-558 Steve Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:27:39 +0000 http://waituntilnextyear.net/?p=644#comment-558 Thanks for the kind comments, much appreciated. It certainly isn't easy getting across the nuances of any sport, but I will valiantly try anyway! I have to say that trying to score a game helped massively in getting across the 'little things' in baseball - I'll be writing something up very soon. Suffice to say, I really enjoyed it and can see how it can really enhance watching baseball. Thanks for the kind comments, much appreciated.

It certainly isn’t easy getting across the nuances of any sport, but I will valiantly try anyway! I have to say that trying to score a game helped massively in getting across the ‘little things’ in baseball – I’ll be writing something up very soon. Suffice to say, I really enjoyed it and can see how it can really enhance watching baseball.

]]> Comment on The perfect game (My Baseball Winter #2) by MDS http://waituntilnextyear.net/2009/12/15/the-perfect-game-my-baseball-winter-2/#comment-557 MDS Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:47:25 +0000 http://waituntilnextyear.net/?p=644#comment-557 Trying to explain how gripping and exciting a well-pitched baseball game is can be a very thankless task even when a perfect game or no-hitter is not at stake. For those who are uninitiated or uninterested it can look like very little is going on. That's far from the truth and it's as ridiculous an accusation as the common American objection to football on the grounds that it's often low scoring and therefore uneventful and boring. I particularly enjoyed how your attention to the imperfections that are part and parcel of any game including the few complete, perfect games that are pitched. There's something very suggestive in that fact. I, for one, am very eager to hear your thoughts on scoring a game for the first time as well as any other baseball reflections you care to share. Trying to explain how gripping and exciting a well-pitched baseball game is can be a very thankless task even when a perfect game or no-hitter is not at stake. For those who are uninitiated or uninterested it can look like very little is going on. That’s far from the truth and it’s as ridiculous an accusation as the common American objection to football on the grounds that it’s often low scoring and therefore uneventful and boring.

I particularly enjoyed how your attention to the imperfections that are part and parcel of any game including the few complete, perfect games that are pitched. There’s something very suggestive in that fact.

I, for one, am very eager to hear your thoughts on scoring a game for the first time as well as any other baseball reflections you care to share.

]]> Comment on Mark Buehrle pitches perfect game by The perfect game (My Baseball Winter #2) « Wait until next year http://waituntilnextyear.net/2009/07/24/mark-buehrle-pitches-perfect-game/#comment-555 The perfect game (My Baseball Winter #2) « Wait until next year Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:45:13 +0000 http://waituntilnextyear.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-555 [...] July 23 this year Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox threw only the eighteenth perfect game in Major League Baseball history, and only the sixteenth since 1900. This is perhaps the ultimate [...] [...] July 23 this year Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox threw only the eighteenth perfect game in Major League Baseball history, and only the sixteenth since 1900. This is perhaps the ultimate [...]

]]> Comment on Baseball and me (My Baseball Winter #1) by The perfect game (My Baseball Winter #2) « Wait until next year http://waituntilnextyear.net/2009/12/02/baseball-and-me-my-baseball-winter-1/#comment-554 The perfect game (My Baseball Winter #2) « Wait until next year Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:45:06 +0000 http://waituntilnextyear.net/?p=603#comment-554 [...] chicago white sox, Mark Buehrle, my baseball winter, perfect game So, following on from my intro to My Baseball Winter I thought I’d actually start chronicling my Wintertime baseball [...] [...] chicago white sox, Mark Buehrle, my baseball winter, perfect game So, following on from my intro to My Baseball Winter I thought I’d actually start chronicling my Wintertime baseball [...]

]]> Comment on Christmas shopping – tomorrow is my date with destiny by Steven Harris http://waituntilnextyear.net/2009/12/10/christmas-shopping-tomorrow-is-my-date-with-destiny/#comment-553 Steven Harris Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:26:08 +0000 http://waituntilnextyear.net/?p=642#comment-553 Glad it wasn't a real smash and grab - they might not let you blog from prison. Am with you on the angry, impatient shoppers. They wind me up so much they turn me into one of them. Glad it wasn’t a real smash and grab – they might not let you blog from prison. Am with you on the angry, impatient shoppers. They wind me up so much they turn me into one of them.

]]> Comment on Christmas shopping – tomorrow is my date with destiny by Steve http://waituntilnextyear.net/2009/12/10/christmas-shopping-tomorrow-is-my-date-with-destiny/#comment-552 Steve Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:39:08 +0000 http://waituntilnextyear.net/?p=642#comment-552 It was actually reasonably painless. A smash and grab operation in John Lewis' did the trick. Not a real smash and grab, I hasten to add. I'm no criminal. I now need to plan my second, and hopefully final mission. I think I can only manage Christmas shopping in reasonably short bursts, before my sense of Christmas spirit starts to wane. There's only so many angry and impatient shoppers I can bare to dodge. Not long to go now! It was actually reasonably painless. A smash and grab operation in John Lewis’ did the trick. Not a real smash and grab, I hasten to add. I’m no criminal. I now need to plan my second, and hopefully final mission. I think I can only manage Christmas shopping in reasonably short bursts, before my sense of Christmas spirit starts to wane. There’s only so many angry and impatient shoppers I can bare to dodge.

Not long to go now!

]]> Comment on Christmas shopping – tomorrow is my date with destiny by Steven Harris http://waituntilnextyear.net/2009/12/10/christmas-shopping-tomorrow-is-my-date-with-destiny/#comment-550 Steven Harris Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:43:21 +0000 http://waituntilnextyear.net/?p=642#comment-550 SO how did it go? SO how did it go?

]]> Comment on Man Crush Friday by Steve http://waituntilnextyear.net/2009/10/02/man-crush-friday/#comment-549 Steve Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:05:50 +0000 http://waituntilnextyear.wordpress.com/?p=331#comment-549 Hi Stephen, Thanks for stopping by! Fernando Torres appreciation, no matter what form it takes, is very welcome here! I'll be sure to stop by your blog and have a read. Thanks for the link. Hi Stephen,

Thanks for stopping by! Fernando Torres appreciation, no matter what form it takes, is very welcome here!

I’ll be sure to stop by your blog and have a read. Thanks for the link.

]]> Comment on Man Crush Friday by Stephen http://waituntilnextyear.net/2009/10/02/man-crush-friday/#comment-548 Stephen Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:46:37 +0000 http://waituntilnextyear.wordpress.com/?p=331#comment-548 My blog is littered with Fernando Torres comments and pictures - though my interest is slightly different as I'm gay! A while ago I wrote a blog entry all about man crushes that you may find interesting. http://thestateofthenationuk.blogspot.com/2009/02/only-little-bit-gay.html Great blog you have here! My blog is littered with Fernando Torres comments and pictures – though my interest is slightly different as I’m gay!

A while ago I wrote a blog entry all about man crushes that you may find interesting.

http://thestateofthenationuk.blogspot.com/2009/02/only-little-bit-gay.html

Great blog you have here!

]]> Comment on Why being in the World Cup Group of Death need not be a bad thing by Steve http://waituntilnextyear.net/2009/12/07/why-being-in-the-world-cup-group-of-death-need-not-be-a-bad-thing/#comment-547 Steve Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:27:02 +0000 http://waituntilnextyear.net/?p=628#comment-547 I doubt South Africa will be as successful, but then again, who knows! While there are no easy games, there are some poor sides in the mix. Perhaps 32 teams is too much? The Guardian recently ranked the difficulty of groups by FIFA rankings. Interesting stuff: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/dec/06/fifa-rankings-england-difficult-group I doubt South Africa will be as successful, but then again, who knows!

While there are no easy games, there are some poor sides in the mix. Perhaps 32 teams is too much?

The Guardian recently ranked the difficulty of groups by FIFA rankings. Interesting stuff: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/dec/06/fifa-rankings-england-difficult-group

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