are the americans just missing the point..?

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Who gets to run around like an airplane and skid on their knees when the other team puts the ball in their own goal... hmmmm? Do they all pull their shirts off?

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Mourinho rules.

YouTube

Originally posted by Red Night
The Sox were better off when they were a never-ending hard-luck story. Now there just another team that won one like the marlins and the diamondbacks.

And the Blue Jays.

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Who gets to run around like an airplane and skid on their knees when the other team puts the ball in their own goal... hmmmm? Do they all pull their shirts off?

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They dance around like crazy if the other teams fumbles it out the back of their own end-zone.

Originally posted by Red Night
In 1972, we could barely play the game at all. Now we produce some of the best players in the world.

I didn't feel that in this years world cup that any team really stood out. Italy won, but they hardly dominated. Portugal was exciting. France seemed like the best team most of the way. Brazil looked out-of-synch for most of the tournament.

Name one team that was clearly better than average.

Don't push your luck.

Most teams did better than the US in this tournament and if you're going for longer term form then the US are above-average worldwide but below average at the level of World Cup finals.

Edit - I mean, don't start comparing the US with teams like Italy, France, Brazil or even Portugal and England. Those are the among the top 10 national teams, the US isn't comparable to them yet.

Originally posted by darvlay
And the Blue Jays.

Joltin' Joe Carter, Lloyd Moseby, Paul Molitor, Dave Stieb, Damaso Garcia,...that was a great team. A veritable dynasty at the time.

I loved that team.

Jimmy Key, Ernie Whitt, Tom Henke,...

Who else played for those guys?

Originally posted by Palynka
Don't push your luck.

Most teams did better than the US in this tournament and if you're going for longer term form then the US are above-average worldwide but below average at the level of World Cup finals.

Name one team that was clearly better than average.

Originally posted by Red Night
Name one team that was clearly better than average.

Better than 'their' average or better than average? Big difference.

Originally posted by Red Night
The Sox were better off when they were a never-ending hard-luck story. Now there just another team that won one like the marlins and the diamondbacks.

You spelled 7 wrong.

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Originally posted by Palynka
Mourinho rules.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNzWB-CP0Lk

I used to do 'power slides'. BMX is cool.

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
You spelled 7 wrong.

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1918! 1918! 1918! 1918!

I used to love chanting that at THE Stadium.

Smokey Joe Wood was a great pitcher until he fell off of that horse drawn street car!

Originally posted by Palynka
Better than 'their' average or better than average? Big difference.

Name one team that was clearly better than THE average.

Originally posted by Red Night
Joltin' Joe Carter, Lloyd Moseby, Paul Molitor, Dave Stieb, Damaso Garcia,...that was a great team. A veritable dynasty at the time.

I loved that team.

Jimmy Key, Ernie Whitt, Tom Henke,...

Who else played for those guys?

Actually, by that time, Garcia, Moseby and Whitt were gone.

In '92 we had Olerud, Alomar, Gruber, Devon White (an incredible CF), Carter and Dave Winfield with Jack Morris, Key, Stieb, Hentgen, Guzman, Stottlemyre, Cone, Leiter, Ward, Henke et al.

The next year we picked up Molitor and Ricky Henderson.

Man those were great years.

Originally posted by Red Night
1918! 1918! 1918! 1918!

I used to love chanting that at THE Stadium.

Smokey Joe Wood was a great pitcher until he fell off of that horse drawn street car!

It only made us stronger...

😞

Originally posted by darvlay
That's a low blow to a Sox fan, Turkey-Man.

I'm a Red Sox fan too, Darv. So I can say that to Phlab because he's family.

Originally posted by Natural Science
I'm a Red Sox fan too, Darv. So I can say that to Phlab because he's family.

Fair enough. 😉