BASEBALL BETTER THAN ANY SLEEPING PILL

[Intrepid]

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Rueters) -- A panel
consisting of the best sports writers in America
has unanimously determined that baseball is
The Most Boring Sport in the World.
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"Our intensive study has established conclusively
that baseball has the ability to put more people to sleep
than any other sport, even chess," said a spokesman
for the Smithsonian Institution where the testing was
conducted.
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Exhaustive research determined that, although
baseball games usually last up to three hours, a typical
game contains about 30-40 seconds of excitement,
if that.
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"In fact," the spokesman said, "our study showed that
most people in the 40-and-over age group usually fell
asleep around the fourth or fifth inning, not only while
watching it on TV at home but even when they're in
the stands."
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Abner Doubleday, a Civil War hero, is credited with
inventing baseball but anyone with half a brain knows
this is sheer fiction (or sheer bullshit, if I permitted to
be a bit profane)."
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Baseball historian John Thornas once explained that
a Colorado mining engineer actually started a myth about
Doubleday coming up with the idea for the sport of baseball
and therefore has long been heralded as "The Father of
the Game."
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However, this couldn't possibly be true since a game
known as "base ball" was regularly played on Saturdays
in 1823 on the outskirts of then-New York City in an area
that today is well-known as Greenwich Village.
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WHAT MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS
PAY TO PUT YOU IN LU-LU LAND
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_teams_by_payroll_in_2011
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http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CIUBEBYwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMajor_League_Baseball&ei=clZbUcPeJ8fjqAGa24DIBg&usg=AFQjCNHUvxhxQAJPY2Os3MhVj5O2KUNR8Q&sig2=HBtjIrJtNfIC1449OjtUsQ&bvm=bv.44697112,d.b2I
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OTHER POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS
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THAT THERE IS NO GOD
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http://www.edconrad.org
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THAT MAN ISN'T AS OLD AS COAL
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http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.ed-conrad/msg/522305f02e955b66
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http://www.edconrad.com
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Most Recent FBI File Photo of Ed Conrad
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http://www.edconrad.com/pics/Dartboard.jpg
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"We can forgive a child who is afraid
of the dark. The real tragedy of life
is when men are afraid of the light."
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[John Walsh]

They also met in extra session and voted you the most boring asshole
in any newsgroup currently read by the American public.
Congratulations!