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1. katry Says:

   
   September 8, 2013 at 1:03 pm

   Jim Bouton quote
2. The Gipper Says:

   
   September 8, 2013 at 1:22 pm

   Only in America do they play it this way and call it football.
   Every where else in the world is it called football and America calls it soccer.
   • katry Says:

     
     September 8, 2013 at 1:28 pm

     Gipper,
     I have never understood that. I did some looking and found this,”When the sport arrived on our shores in the late 19th century (the US National Team played its first game against Canada in 1885), it was called Association Football. It was not called soccer. Only after the Second World War was the sport commonly referred to as “soccer.” Perhaps due to the growing impact of the NFL (American Football), and the belief that the game was foreign. Which is strange, because in the early 20th century, there were many industrial teams and leagues throughout the country.”
3. OJ Says:

   
   September 8, 2013 at 2:00 pm

   Are you ready for some football?
   • katry Says:

     
     September 8, 2013 at 5:31 pm

     Bubba,
     I am indeed, but it was a struggle. Back and forth I went from the Sox to the Pats.
4. Hedley Says:

   
   September 8, 2013 at 7:04 pm

   Supposedly soccer was slang for Association as in Association Football to differentiate from the codes of rugby football. A 19th century English derivative.

   You say soccer, I say Tottenham Hotspur
   You say football, I say Detroit Lions
   You say Detroit Lions, I say America’s Team

   Suh to you and the KTCC Football Family.
   • katry Says:

     
     September 8, 2013 at 7:06 pm

     My Dear Hedley,
     I, of course, would agree with only your very first line as you have made me a Tottenham fan, but as for the rest. It would seem to me that America’s team is better called the Patriots.
     • Hedley Says:

       
       September 8, 2013 at 7:10 pm

       Looks like Eric had a huge game this afternoon, with the NFL highlighting his performance and saying he clearly outplayed Joekel.
     • katry Says:

       
       September 8, 2013 at 7:22 pm

       MDH,
       On Eric we agree!!
     • Hedley Says:

       
       September 8, 2013 at 7:44 pm

       I heard that the Chiefs had Lennie cranked up on the Team plane home tonight
5. katry Says:

   
   September 8, 2013 at 10:25 pm

   MDH,
   Poor Lennie. Savagely attacked bu you!

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