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I'm in favor of throwing the ball back . . . if you're at Wrigley Field. My pet peeve is team traditions that get picked up by other teams.

Posted by pmb (aka pmb) Oct 12 '09, 13:35

Does everything cool or fun have to be watered down by everyone doing it? Everyone should get their own schtick.

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I think I'd give the ball to the kid next to me only if it beaned him before I caught it -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 14:02
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- Bitch please, Wags was using that *long* before Mariano was. - musubi Oct 12, 13:58 10
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    - Yes, he was. (link) - musubi Oct 12, 14:00 8
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        Yeah, "By all accounts, Wagner was the first to use the song" is pretty open ended. - musubi Oct 12, 14:11 1
        
        Which is to say, Frankie Rodriguez could come out to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", if he would just stop sucking. (nm) - musubi Oct 12, 14:14
        
        *awards you one unicorn-horn encrusted 'can't admint wrongness despite linked fact' point* -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 14:09 4
        
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        thus far, he's outlinked you. -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 14:15 2
        
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This happens in soccer too. Did you ever hear the song "the fields of Athenry"? Well, for generations it was sung at Irish internationals by the fans. - Loyola Oct 12, 13:41 4
- A lot of the Australian football anthems are just new words to inspiring songs - It's a Grand Old Flag for example - Roger More Oct 12, 13:54
- it's like the Braves stealing the Seminoles stuff. Unoriginal stealing bastards -- nm - CQ Oct 12, 13:43 2
  - I heard that at the World Cup and was embarassed by proxy. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 13:49
  - I *hate* when they do it. Proper bastards. -- nm - Loyola Oct 12, 13:44
*throws a rat on the ice* -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 13:37 1
- when I was in college, our football team would travel to the Montana schools and they'd throw potatoes on the field - crash davis Oct 12, 13:40

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I'm in favor of throwing the ball back . . . if you're at Wrigley Field. My pet peeve is team traditions that get picked up by other teams.

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