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A British Take on NLDS Game 5.

Posted on October 9, 2011 | Leave a comment

British Fife and Drum

I know, you probably think I’m being a little giddy, perhaps dwelling too much on the last Cardinal/Phillies game. But I just couldn’t resist the urge to share this post. For one thing it references a previous post with an outlandish video spoof “Too Much Money Ball” . It includes a 7th Inning stretch video “Take Me out to the Ballgame – Old Skool” as only a Brit could do.

Written by Steve Busfield for “The Guardian” in the U.K., this gives a good argument that the British are not totally limited to knowledge of soccer and cricket. Here are some excerpts from the post:

Money ball Yankees Style:

“My hilarious colleague David Lengel, who was on live blogging duty last night, is now live tweeting this game to me. This is his description of Molina’s appearance in the top of the 4th:

‘God strolls to the plate. Oh, God gets a base hit. Surprise. God steals a base. God is let down by his people. This happens.’

Did you see the squirrel interrupt play in game four? (“like a tiny streaker in a fur coat,”

Seventh inning stretch: Take Me Out To The Ballgame: old skool:

Proper.