> >> But anyway, today was Jackie Robinson Day, honouring the first black major league player. I have kind of mixed feelings about that -- on the one hand, I think it was an important step forward in American race relations, but I'm also somewhat disapointed that there is still enough racism in America that it needs to be remembered.
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> So....if there were no racism left in America, we should just forget about someone who had to brave it? Nah! There's no more taxation without representation anymore*, but we still remember Independence Day, don't we? :-) Besides, he was a darn good player, and I had dinner with his brother Mac once. Mac was an athelete in his own right, having won the silver medal behind Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics.

This was badly phrased; I wasn't really talking about the standards of racism at the moment, but rather the differences in racism (mostly historically) between Britain and America. One of these days, I'll put my thoughts on the subject into better words. But not today, I'm afraid.

> > I'm sure that most baseball matches are more exciting that that one, so I plan to see at least one more before I decide that I don't enjoy the sport.
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> It's not really a baseball game unless you have a hot dog & some peanuts, and get beer spilled on you before the seventh inning stretch. You *did* have a hot dog, didn't you? For true enjoyment, take a carload of ten year old boys (and their baseball gloves) with you and sit in the foul-ball section on the first base side. Believe me, you'll be singing, "Take me out to the Ballgame" all the way out to the parking lot and beyond.

I had a hotdog and some peanuts, yes. I didn't get beer spilled on me.

> koala"Dodgers on an 8 game winning streak!"mom
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> * unless you live in Puerto Rico

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