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Yet another example of American selfindulgence. Joe please can we have a 'vomit' smilie?

History maker

Bonds slugs No. 756 to pass Aaron as home run king

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By John Donovan, SI.com
SAN FRANCISCO -- With a mighty swing of his black maple bat, in front of a raucous and all-forgiving home crowd at AT&T Park, San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds became baseball's home run king Tuesday night, crushing career homer No. 756 deep into the stands in right field to wrest the most hallowed record in sports from Hank Aaron.
 
Pommiegranite said:
Yet another example of American selfindulgence. Joe please can we have a 'vomit' smilie
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you've never played baseball pommie-g?
play that for a bit - and then try hitting a golf ball - lol
it's a piece of piss, - 300m is a snack !
i mean the bludy ball is stationary for a start ;)

and let's face it,
a) the cricketers enjoy their milestones, and
b) one of the reasons the Aussies are such good cricketers is that they also play baseball - at least used to in the Allan Border days :2twocents

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Border
Allan Robert Border AO (born July 27, 1955 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricket captain. His playing nickname was "A.B.". He played 156 Tests in his career, a record until it was passed by fellow Australian Steve Waugh. Border still retains the world record for the number of consecutive Test appearances of 153 and the number of Tests as captain. He was a primarily a left hand batsman but also achieved sporadic success as a part time left arm orthodox spinner. Border amassed 11,174 runs (a world record until it was surpassed by Brian Lara in 2005). He hit 27 centuries in his Test career. He retired as Australia's most capped player and leading run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs.
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Throughout his early years, he had always played in cricket teams two or three years above his age group. He also played for Mosman Baseball Club, where he developed his fielding and horizontal bat shots. Border initially made his debut for Mosman in Sydney Grade Cricket aged 16 against Petersham as a left arm orthodox spinner, listed to bat at No. 9. He was also selected for the 1972-73 Combined High Schools in the intrastate carnival
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and chops - the pitcher is probably on the same drugs as the batter ;)

PS I concede that there's no US equivalent to the old pommie comment " that isn't cricket , old chap!"
I mean, you say
"that isn't baseball!!" to a yank, he'll laugh at you! :2twocents

PS most games played !!! - lol - who gives a shinbone ;)
http://cricket-records.com/pages/test_records.htm
 

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2020hindsight said:
you've never played baseball pommie-g?
play that for a bit - and then try hitting a golf ball - lol
it's a piece of piss, - 300m is a snack !
i mean the bludy ball is stationary for a start

and let's face it,
a) the cricketers enjoy their milestones, and
b) one of the reasons the Aussies are such good cricketers is that they also play baseball - at least used to in the Allan Border days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Border

and chops - the pitcher is probably on the same drugs as the batter ;)

PS I concede that there's no US equivalent to the old pommie comment " that isn't cricket , old chap!"
I mean, you say
"that isn't baseball!!" to a yank, he'll laugh at you! :2twocents

PS most games played !!! - lol - who gives a shinbone ;)
http://cricket-records.com/pages/test_records.htm
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2020, Yes I have infact played baseball, and I do really enjoy the sport. I've been to see the Toronto Blue Jays a few times. I do love it...and you're right..a baseball is damn hard to hit!!:D

My post was a swipe the comment in the report : "The 'most hallowed' record in sport broken" (Insinuating 'World Sport')

More apt would have been : "The 'most hallowed' record in American sport broken".


Baseball is no less statistically analyzed than Cricket. Here's the 1901 hitting stats for the Boston Red Sox for your perusal :millhouse:

http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/historical...timeFrame=1&teamPosCode=BOS&timeSubFrame=1901
 
Pommiegranite said:
2020, Yes I have infact played baseball, and I do really enjoy the sport. I've been to see the Toronto Blue Jays a few times. I do love it...and you're right..a baseball is damn hard to hit!!:D

My post was a swipe the comment in the report : "The 'most hallowed' record in sport broken" (Insinuating 'World Sport')

More apt would have been : "The 'most hallowed' record in American sport broken".
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ok - lol - i hear ya
like the "world series" played between USA and maybe a team from Mexico lol.
m8, I once got a grand slam home run
well to be honest it was an error that I got home lol
and it was the F (G?) team ;)

I went to see Cuba play Aus in 2000 olympics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics
we went down 1-0 (according to google - lol I'd forgotten)
size of those bugas though sheesh.
Not bad that we held em to 1-0 when they (Cuba) went on to get silver ;)

Cuba beat USA 5-1 in the heats, but went down to them 4-0 in finals.

Another anecdote - was listening to an Aussie olympian - he volunteered to tell the kids a few tips
" so it's important to throw correctly see,
like , the other day, I threw the wrong way,
and I broke my arm ..."
(serious ! lol)

PS where's the smart money for the Rugby world cup? - AllBlacks then Sth Africa then France then Aus etc (more research req'd) - Sth Africa rested recently for tour of Aus and NZ - mistake? lack of match fitness?
http://www.oddschecker.com/rugby-union/world-cup/rugby-world-cup-2007/win-market

Kiwisi 2 to 1 on (ridiculous surely)
Aus 10 to 1
USA 3000 to 1 lol

Fiji 1000 to 1 - mmm
 
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