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Old 06-13-2010, 06:23 PM  
CyberHustler
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Originally Posted by $5 submissions View Post
Most of the time the ball is caught via pop flies etc. Isn't that similar to the "boring" action with soccer? Still, baseball has a huge following and it was the US pastime for a long time until too many damned strikes by baseball millionaires and the rise of the Xbox/PS3 fucked its shit up a bit.

I don't think "boredom" is the real reason why football/soccer didn't take off in the US. Must be something else.
Because I get to root for my home teams... I don't even know if NY has a soccer team, lol. Only mexicans play soccer in NY.
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