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Unfortunately the cricket world cup is pretty much hidden away in the UK on a pay sports channel. It has had very little effect here.
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Nand32 wrote: t's a cricket match (Please don't boo! lol) between India & New Zealand.
Ah... I watched that game from the end although I was keeping in touch throughout via espn. And I can safely say almost all Pakistanis did too. Tough luck, not getting through to the finals result without the rain would've (probably) been totally different. I really expected an Ind v Aus final.
Nand32 wrote: Is there any specific sports event that broke you really hard?
Sure, the 2010 spot fixing scandal did it for me. You probably know of it, since clearly you are a cricket fan too. Pakistan was on England's tour and 4 players were marked for spot fixing the match Slaman Butt, M. Amir, M. Asif and Kamran Akmal. Three were indicted and were banned from playing sports for a minimum of 5 years.
Spot fixing or match fixing wasn't something that was unheard of, 90's was a crazy time for it, but somehow this struck really hard and I have never been able to invest myself in cricket as I did earlier. When I used to watch entire matches including tests, every single ball, I had averages, strike rates of all the major teams batsman and bowlers at my fingertips. I could talk in detail about the lack of any specific aspect in technique of a specific batsman and bowler (a bit about bowlers too), find their flaws and suggest corrections.
This incident also hit so hard because of the timing: it was the rebuilding period where young players were just starting to come forward and take charge. In the past old/senior players had always dominated the team. I was an advocate for a young team with only a few senior players with a young captain, that was just the recipe I had proposed after the 2007 world cup debacle.
Ever since I've been a lot more distant from cricket, now I only watch some Pakistan matches and never all of it.
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Abbas A. Ali wrote: Sure, the 2010 spot fixing scandal did it for me. You probably know of it, since clearly you are a cricket fan too. Pakistan was on England's tour and 4 players were marked for spot fixing the match Slaman Butt, M. Amir, M. Asif and Kamran Akmal. Three were indicted and were banned from playing sports for a minimum of 5 years.
That was a shock for the whole cricketing world.
In particular, we pitied Amir. He's a great talent. Though there's a real hostility between India & Pak on the game, I would love to support top talents like Amir. He reminds me of Wasim Akram.
When I heard these guys have gone after the money, illegally. It did disappoint, greatly.
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As I sat in my gloom, I heard a voice: "Cheer up, things could be worse".
So, I cheered up.
Things got worse.
Watching sporting events is a black hole where you throw time.
I watch very little TV.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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When Dale Earnhardt died at Daytona in 2001. That was a huge loss (with no discernible impact on my life), not because I was ever deeply invested in NASCAR, but because he was the last truly great driver in the series, and was the man most responsible for keeping NASCAR what it was. After he died, NASCAR started a huge downward spiral, and it has never recovered. I stopped watching the races beginning with the season following Earnhardt's death. Dirty rotten shame...
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Yeah, Tony Stewart was the closest to Dale in the drivers that remained, but he retired.
We need more rubbin' in our racin' otherwise it's like formula one.
Yes, I watch for the wrecks.
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That video on the gymnast landing wrong and shattering both knees. Oh, that was sooo sad to see.
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Jeez, it's just a game! All that matters is, 'did the kids have fun?'  It still amazes me that we pay adults to play games.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Billy Buckner, 1986 MLB World Series.
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Ooh, yeah. One of the true jaw-dropping, stunned moments watching sports.
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1984 Chicago Cubs, up by 2 then losing 3 straight in the NLCS, to the Padres no less. I've not watched another inning of baseball since.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Dang it, I'd buried that memory!
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I though I did too!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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A pal of mine in Italy cried for hours (literally cried for hours; wailing and moaning) when Villeneuve popped his clogs in spectacular fashion.
Sympathy and empathy are one thing, but that was way over the top -- and perhaps a tad self-indulgent.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The end of Super Bowl 49. Why, Seahawks, why did you throw a pass there?!
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Greatest grandmother abuses violated choirmen! (13, 3)
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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Nice one! Not sure I can do tomorrow, so I'll stay mum.
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Ah, could this refer to Mitochondrial Eve by any chance?
This space for rent
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Over to you for tomorrow - good luck with the theme, these get difficult to write towards the end of the week! 
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: these get difficult to write towards the end of the week
Exactly why I was hesitant to answer. I spent 10 minutes trying to think of something and was getting nowhere fast. Thankfully Pete put me out of my misery
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Can't think of any popes with names that long...
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Bottoms up ! seems to be the last slapstick made in the modern age 
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RickZeeland wrote: seems to be the last slapstick made
Thank goodness for that. 
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