tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post8387082898600055288..comments2023-11-24T06:43:02.286+00:00Comments on Aspicientes in Jesum: Take me out at a Ball GamePastor in Montehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05949810648656544072noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-32931800325092883052008-07-13T00:35:00.000+01:002008-07-13T00:35:00.000+01:00Oh, Fr. Brown, don't take Fr. Sean too seriously a...Oh, Fr. Brown, don't take Fr. Sean too seriously as to what baseball's really like. See for yourself next time you're out here. Drive by my blog and let me know if you come out this way again and I'll make sure you get to a game.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-62716458889872318082008-07-12T09:24:00.000+01:002008-07-12T09:24:00.000+01:00I`m enjoying your account of San Diego. I spent fo...I`m enjoying your account of San Diego. I spent four days there last June before going on a coach trip round California. I was just thinking last month how nice it would be to go back. Baseball sounds dreadful.Fr Michael Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15320336535138538635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-9547283776612134822008-07-12T03:17:00.000+01:002008-07-12T03:17:00.000+01:00Are you going to be ready for Gemmie???? Karen is ...Are you going to be ready for Gemmie???? Karen is no ordinary lady. She is special.........Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-91968439708939329932008-07-11T05:47:00.000+01:002008-07-11T05:47:00.000+01:00Si, we met today and I took Father out to Sea Worl...Si, we met today and I took Father out to Sea World -- we had a really good time. I'm staying with a friend this evening and won't have a chance to post any pictures until tomorrow night<BR/><BR/>Fr. Blake, Fr. Sean is being xtremely "loose" in his take on the game -- VERY funny.<BR/><BR/>The song "take me out to the ballgame" is 100 years old this year. You can hear it with the introductory verse (almost NEVER sung) by Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGws1yR0tg8" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/>It was old when they did it.<BR/><BR/>BTW, it's called "the 7th inning stretch." It became the custom when President Taft was at a ball game once, and in the middle of the 7th inning (there are 9 total) Taft stood up to stretch .. so everyone around him got up out of respect for him, and stood too....so it's been the custom for about 100 years too.<BR/><BR/>By convention, fans rooting for the visiting team stand at the end of the 6th inning and at the "top" of the 7th inning. There are actually 3 "outs" per side per inning.<BR/><BR/>[And the pitcher may have to throw it more than 3 times before the ball is put into play.<BR/><BR/>Fr. Sean's take is hysterical. They really did have nice seats. I gather they did not push any little old ladies out of the way to get any foul balls. I have about 6 or 7 lifetime. I tne previous stadium we used to have seats behind home plate Ball doesn't come there often due to the netting and the way it has to be hit to get there...but we had seats on the aisle and in 25 or so years, you're going to come up with a few!gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-81659597182206844542008-07-10T22:52:00.000+01:002008-07-10T22:52:00.000+01:00This is amazing, Father. I have thought all my li...This is amazing, Father. I have thought all my life that baseball was the same as rounders, with perhaps a bit of stoolball flavour also. This doesn't sound like the same thing at all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-64237560954468048642008-07-10T20:13:00.000+01:002008-07-10T20:13:00.000+01:00You will meet Karen!!!You will meet Karen!!!Jackie Parkes MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07986690514568554656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807826652341078989.post-68057007562646643312008-07-10T08:38:00.000+01:002008-07-10T08:38:00.000+01:00Thank you for your letter from America, quite like...Thank you for your letter from America, quite like Alistair Cook.<BR/><BR/>Bassball does sound like the English game of "Crickette", equally incomprehensible to the unitiated. I have never understood it, but I think that is my foreign blood.<BR/>Do pass on my best wishes to Karen.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.com