Debate, Wednesday, October 26, 2016

[imafuturist]

Today Steve was in front of the class wearing a baseball cap with a huge blue B on it, and a jersey that scrawled "Brooklyn" across his chest in script. "So, last night was the first game that the Chicago Cubs have played in the World Series since 1945." He smiled a little wryly. "Trust me when I say it's been a while since 1945."

And Tony was wearing a hat with an N and a Y stacked on top of each other because he was sticking with New York pride here, okay? "The last time they won was back in 1908. Which not even our resident old man was old enough to have witnessed."

Deal with it, Steve and Chicago.

Steve grinned sheepishly. "True enough. Other things that didn't exist in 1908: integrated baseball teams. Bras. Zippers. Sliced bread."

Tony gave a duly impressed look for all those things. How did people survive without them? "This'll be another easy day if you're a baseball fan. If not... there's still the wonder of research to help you. In honor of the Chicago Cubs, we'll be discussing who is the worst baseball team of all time."

"It's up to you to decide how you measure worst," Steve said. "Losses over the years? Scandals? Cheating, drug use, inappropriate mascot choices? Obnoxiousness of their fans? Their general...Yankee-ness?"

Sorry not sorry, Tony.

"Aren't the Dodgers in California?" Tony asked archly. Because bring it, Brooklyn. Bring it.

"They are," Steve grumbled. He secretly thought his patriotic puppy eyes could have stopped that from happening if he'd been awake for it. "Where they made it to division championships this year, unlike certain other teams who remain nameless but rhyme with Spankies."

Tony rolled his eyes. "Ignore Captain Rogers' bad taste and decide for yourselves, class."

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Sign In

[imafuturist]

Cheering your favorite team!

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[boneyard_girl]

Ada Miller

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[good_for_six]

Isabela

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[yogurtvore]

Blue Sargent

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[omgnochecksyet]

Eric Bittle

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[notamascot]

Kaylin Neya

Pick a Team

[imafuturist]

And defend them. Because if Sox of any variety is chosen, so help me...

Re: Pick a Team

[boneyard_girl]

"...Baseball got, like, professional teams like basketball or football?" Ada checked, clearly surprised. "I thought it was just a fun-game, like seek an' hide."

Look, girl only really had access to television December-February for her entire life, since they were on the road the rest of the year. Not exactly baseball season.

It was...frustrating. To still have so many gaps between what everyone else knew and took for granted about, well, everything, and her extremely limited exposure to anything outside the world of the carnival.

Re: Pick a Team

[imafuturist]

"For some years now, yes," Tony replied. "Not exactly the favorite sport of everyone, so don't worry about it too much."

It was, sometimes, a tedious game to watch.

Re: Pick a Team

[good_for_six]

"What's baseball?"

Guess what was one of the many things they did not have in Thedas.

Re: Pick a Team

[imafuturist]

"A sport where you hit a small ball with a wooden club and run around before you're caught," Tony said with a grin. Because that was... accurate in a way.

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[good_for_six]

"Well that sounds boring," Isabela decided. "There are much more interesting games involving balls and sticks. Some of them even have hitting."

Re: Pick a Team

[imafuturist]

"Lacrosse?"

Re: Pick a Team

[yogurtvore]

"I don't speak sports," Blue said, "but if Chicago hasn't been to the championship thing in over a hundred years, I would have to assume they're the worst, right?" Sorry, Chicago.

Re: Pick a Team

[imafuturist]

"A good point!" And, you know, the possibility of choking now was there. "The team is apparently cursed. Because of a goat."

Re: Pick a Team

[yogurtvore]

"Did the goat do something baaaaaad?"

She was not sorry.

Re: Pick a Team

[imafuturist]

"That was terrible. But you goat me there." Tony, no.

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[notamascot]

Kaylin was just side-eyeing both of them. "Baseball?"

Talk to the Teachers

[imafuturist]

Who were possibly still bickering about their teams.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[imafuturist]

Tony was just, you know, rooting for the superior team who didn't leave for California ages ago.

And enjoying his coffee. Smugly.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[heroic_jawline]

"They'll walk it off," Steve was saying stoutly, drinking his own cup of coffee.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[imafuturist]

"From California?" Tony, don't engage this. This way lay madness.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[heroic_jawline]

"They might," Steve said. "They sent me the vintage hat, after all."

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[imafuturist]

"Did you give them those puppy eyes?" That Tony had never been susceptible to. Never.

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