It’s that time when soccer elitists come out of the woodwork, contemptfully correcting you when you say
- “soccer” instead of “futbol”
- “the game” instead of “the match”
- “the field” instead of “the pitch”
- “zero-zero” instead of “nil-nil”
Their favorite term, though, is one of endearment, not correction. They’ll see someone watching soccer on TV and go up to them and ask,
So, you like the footy, eh?
“Footy.”
Typing this from Court Square. The robins are attacking the squirrels. Claude AI says they do this because the squirrels will eat eggs in the nest or even baby birds.
It’s Backyard Sports Day at the Redbirds. The first 1500 fans get a reversible Melonheads bucket hat. Kids run the bases after the game. First pitch vs. Nashville 1:05 PM.
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