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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB <here@is.invalid> Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss Subject: Re: Hamas' top political leader is killed Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:29:15 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 26 Message-ID: <v8tj0s$1mskn$1@dont-email.me> References: <097d5c44-eaa8-f762-f98b-a3ad0555fe61@example.net> <lt2dnct7xZRaAjL7nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@giganews.com> <xn0op6h8o11xyh000@post.eweka.nl> <66b02213$4$1439842$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <xn0op7fhkub6h9003@post.eweka.nl> <v8qe15$lfpc$1@dont-email.me> <eedbb784-de79-6f03-4001-e538d8c919e1@example.net> <v8rd5u$12irt$1@dont-email.me> <8fffc9d1-1921-d46d-57e4-e3dad45f6376@example.net> <v8stnd$1hu65$1@dont-email.me> <62d8bee6-ae7d-9627-1272-d8fd45cf7563@example.net> Reply-To: JAB <here@is.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 18:29:17 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2b7ae8d61e566cb97e8026c71f3f99f7"; logging-data="1798807"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19XzwhCXv6Y4ttn6h8TZl1P" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:kmWe7XOnaL5/4gM+IocuXcotf3o= Bytes: 2424 On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 14:37:21 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote: >> In US, we have: Football >> >> a. Football >> b. Baseball >> > >Don't you have softball? And can't you play hardball? I believe the original meaning has been twisted. Being hit in the head with a "softball" today will not be a soft experience. "The earliest known softball game was played in Chicago, Illinois, on Thanksgiving Day, 1887. It took place at the Farragut Boat Club at a gathering to hear the outcome of the Yale University and Harvard University football game.[2] When the score was announced and bets were settled, a Yale alumnus threw a boxing glove at a Harvard supporter. The Harvard fan grabbed a stick and swung at the rolled up glove.[3] George Hancock, a reporter there, called out "Play ball!" and the game began, with the boxing glove tightened into a ball, a broom handle serving as a bat. This first contest ended with a score of 41-40.[4] The ball, being soft, was fielded barehanded.[5][6]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball