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Sure. I have friends who live there, both expats and born there. I live near the border as it is.
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Who won the what? 
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Who cares?
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Please limit your future posts to things that only everyone here cares about. 
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Baseball fans around the world, countries like Japan, Central America, Canada (Toronto Blue Jays).
Ed
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In other news today, Netherlands defeated South Africa in World Cup T20 Cricket, and knocked them out of the game.
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And as of now I'm probably the only Dutchie to know (besides the cricket team, which has umpth members, as we all know in the Netherlands) 
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Professional American Baseball Championship. "American" World Series.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Now that is the post of the month
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Problem solved. 
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American Professional Baseball does not seem to relate to many in the lounge.
I know about the other worldly sports, such as soccer, cricket and admire the skills. But as Dan says, it's a frame of reference. I and many of my friends and classmates grew up listening to and watching Yankees, Dodgers, Phillies, Cardinals, Braves, Pirates, etc. 60's-70's. Sandy Koufax, Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, Stan Musial, Roberto Clemente were some of the stars then. Koufax, a favorite, was one of the best pitchers I ever seen.
We loved it when one of the teachers would occasionally play the radio on school intercom in class during the World Series. So World Series was one of the biggest sports event of the year until Super Bowl came along to join it. Yes, USA was at the center of our world. Ham-fisted or not.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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I am not much of a baseball fan but have some regret not having been a resident in my home town when the Cubs finally won the World Series. Though I was a faithful viewer when they accomplished the June Swoon back in the year w/ Ron Santo Mr. Cub Ernie Banks and the rest. Though I was resident when the Bears won the Super Bowl. That was Amazing. There is a defensive play by one of the Bears players in one of the games of that year which was imho the greatest defensive play of all time. I am always surprised it never makes the highlight reel over the years since. I am beginning to think maybe I imagined it. I also have some regret not going to a single Bulls game when Michael Jordan was playing. He was a phenom. The one game I watched on tv was when he had the flu. He still outplayed everyone on the court. Amazing. The guy is a Warrior.
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meagreProgrammer wrote: not going to a single Bulls game when Michael Jordan was playing
I may have seen him play against my Celtics.
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Saw Jordan in a Spurs game, my son and I attended (lived in SA during the peak of Spurs teams). In person, you would amazed by his skills. We had tickets above and behind the backboard.
George Gervin, Scotty Pippins were some of the others who performed live better than on TV.
Was it the 1985 Bears (played in Super Bowl XX 1986)? If it was I remember that team. Defense... Got to see Cubs here in Houston, the year they won World Series. Some said the world would come to an end if they won? They won and it didn't.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Then there is Devin Hester for the Bears 2006-2013. He was a kick return specialist. Every time he touched the ball it was electrifying as he returned for a touchdown! w/ some regularity. He somehow read the field. I often wondered if that was a solvable mathematics problem.
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Wow, Devin Hester, forgot about that guy. Mr Highlights.
I think almost everything can described mathematically. As to solvable as a mathematics I cannot say. Apparently this guy could somehow do it dynamically on a regular basis. So yes, probably some sort least restrictive path solution.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Great Idea! Why not throw AI at it. If no-one is doing so now I will be surprised it will not be done in near future.
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Coaches would take serious especially if it actually worked. Then some sort of counter AI system would kick in. AI vs AI, the fight of the century.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Awesome, way to go, far out, right on, outta sight,... Who the hell are the Astros and did the whole world compete?
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The Astros are a hell of baseball team for the city of Houston.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Since when do two national league teams play in the world series?
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It was nice to see the Astros win the world series, for sure. 
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A family member, let's call him Bob, uses Skype on a Ubuntu laptop I set up, to communicate daily with a friend, let's call her Alice, a user of small iDevices who is several timezones and a hemisphere away. This has worked pretty well for a decade or so, mostly interrupted by Alice's propensity for breaking her toys. Recently there was a hiatus of a few weeks, where Alice couldn't get into her Skype account. She set up a new one in her real name a couple of days ago and they reconnected.
Now here's the really weird bit:
In Alice's Skype chat/contacts, Bob appears as (redacted, let's call it Eve), a name neither of them has ever heard of.
In Bob's chat/contacts, Alice appears as the same Eve.
What. the. elephant? ? ?
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Where are Carol & Ted?*
*Free virtual ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) to anyone who gets the old reference.
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I get it, but I'm channeling Alice, Bob and Eve from Cryptographers Anonymous.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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