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Post by Action Ace on Jun 16, 2014 11:57:31 GMT -5
I wonder what the percentage of ballplayers chewing tobacco is these days. I think nearly everyone has switched to gum and sunflower seeds.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 16, 2014 12:11:22 GMT -5
I wonder what the percentage of ballplayers chewing tobacco is these days. I think nearly everyone has switched to gum and sunflower seeds. Pretty sure the League has banned chew on the playing field. So probably pretty low. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 12:19:42 GMT -5
Couldn't swear to it, but I think it was banned some years back, period, in the minors.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 16, 2014 12:21:55 GMT -5
Tony Gwynn has died. Just turned 54 last month; he was 8 months younger than me. Cancer of the salivary gland, which I assume can be traced to chewing tobacco. Damnation. Tony Gwynn was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his cheek in 2009 which was surgically removed.He did blame it on his decades of chewing tobacco.The cancer obviously returned. R.I.P. Tony Gwynn |
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Post by ironchimp on Jun 16, 2014 14:13:05 GMT -5
anyone interested in USA v Ghana or is that just the work of the devil? Should be a good game between two well organised combatative teams.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 14:22:34 GMT -5
What is a Ghana? Has this nation gone to war with yet another small, helpless country?
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 16, 2014 14:30:10 GMT -5
One thing I know about Ghana, they are the biggest producers of cocoa in the world. If we don't let them win, it could impact chocolate supplies and this can NOT be tolerated.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 14:33:05 GMT -5
One thing I know about Ghana, they are the biggest producers of cocoa in the world. If we don't let them win, it could impact chocolate supplies and this can NOT be tolerated. Agreed. The U.S. must throw this game if necessary. |
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Post by ironchimp on Jun 16, 2014 14:48:31 GMT -5
Ghana has a massive rasta population and is one of the most stoned countries possible so it's going to be a sleepy game - USA too scared to cross the halfway line for fear of a chocolate war and Ghana distracted by visions of the third eye.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 16, 2014 14:53:03 GMT -5
Ghana beat the U.S. in the World Cup last time around. It's a bit of a grudge match.
Ghana is along the Gulf of Guinea, pretty close to Nigeria in West Africa. It's a little bigger than the state of Utah.
It is one of the world's largest producers of gold and diamonds. The official language is English.
Richard Wright's book "Black Africa" from the 1950s is about his time visiting Ghana when it was working on gaining its independence from the U.K. Good book!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 14:57:18 GMT -5
Having a typically poor American grasp of geography, I'm still trying to come to grips with the fact that Ghana & Guyana are different places, & on different continents, even. Throw in Grenada & things become even more hopeless.
Not that residents of those places should take it personally; I'm pretty bad about certain aspects of American geography, too. I still can't reconcile myself to the fact that Boston is apparently north of New York. Surely the maps are lying about that.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 16, 2014 15:01:06 GMT -5
Having a typically poor American grasp of geography, I'm still trying to come to grips with the fact that Ghana & Guyana are different places, & on different continents, even. Throw in Grenada & things become even more hopeless. Not that residents of those places should take it personally; I'm pretty bad about certain aspects of American geography, too. I still can't reconcile myself to the fact that Boston is apparently north of New York. Surely the maps are lying about that. It's true. It's all true, Dan. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 15:02:43 GMT -5
Which is the strongest evidence yet that I'm being lied to.
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 16, 2014 15:07:06 GMT -5
Having a typically poor American grasp of geography, I'm still trying to come to grips with the fact that Ghana & Guyana are different places, & on different continents, even. Throw in Grenada & things become even more hopeless. Not that residents of those places should take it personally; I'm pretty bad about certain aspects of American geography, too. I still can't reconcile myself to the fact that Boston is apparently north of New York. Surely the maps are lying about that. There's a French Guyana too. Toss in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Papua New Guinea and it's even a bigger mess. |
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Post by ironchimp on Jun 16, 2014 15:12:17 GMT -5
and equatorial guinea..
(and the old curreny the guinea which is still a term used in horse racing in england)
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