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Cricket - the original American pastime - chairman - 06-22-2014
Cricket - the original American pastime - is making a comeback, finding new life among U.S. immigrant communities http://bit.ly/1yzKdZU
Re: Cricket - the original American pastime - chairman - 06-23-2014
parks are filled at the lower level but will be a long time for an international calibre team.
Re: Cricket - the original American pastime - timmyj51 - 06-24-2014
(Yawn) Same old stereotype: "Oh, cricket! That's a nice little game for the foreigners but Americans certainly aren't
going to take it seriously."
Re: Cricket - the original American pastime - ketchim - 06-24-2014
[quote author=timmyj51 link=topic=90668.msg571418#msg571418 date=1403632007]
(Yawn) Same old stereotype:
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Like Rounders and Rugby , Amricans have to reinvent it wid a New name !
that is de only way Cricket can make it : as though it was invented there
Re: Cricket - the original American pastime - ketchim - 06-24-2014
English Rounders = American Baseball
English Rugby = American Football
English Cricket = American ??????
There , y'all mericans ....dat is de only way forward !
Re: Cricket - the original American pastime - timmyj51 - 06-25-2014
English c[quote author=ketchim link=topic=90668.msg571474#msg571474 date=1403639765]
English Rounders = American Baseball
English Rugby = American Football
English Cricket = American ??????
There , y'all mericans ....dat is de only way forward !
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American cricket = non-English/Australian/Windies, cricket. I.e., no Jurassic Age cricket, no
hypocritical "gentleman's game," etc. Just rock-em-sock-em cricket.