Sunday, May 26, 2013

Ball Sports

Chelsea v Manchested City in STL 5

Lots of sports involve putting something generally round through enemy territory and into a designated place at the end of the playing surface. Basketball, hockey, rugby, U.S. football, soccer and even tennis do this. Baseball and cricket take the idea and make it geometrically more complex. They are all metaphors for war.

Soccer does it in fluid motion, as if the battle lines were wave interference patterns. At its simplest, though, all you need is is a couple of kids, a dad and some artificial turf in the middle of 7th Street. Sweet, except that it blocked my normal route to my office. (I know, humbug and so on.)

By the way, when did young people start wearing a spectrum of colors on their athletic shoes? Just got through to me when I saw the Chelsea and Man City players with orange, yellow and lime on their feet.         

Chelsea v Manchested City in STL 6

5 comments:

  1. I'm not a specialist of trainers! Better this than TV and computer games I think but boy do I hate soccer!

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  2. We're in complete agreement, cieldequimper...

    Good shots, Bob!

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  3. It happened a long time ago, you just haven't been watching enough football..well soccer for you Americans.

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  4. Your bottom photo is really funny.

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  5. Yup coloured sneakers have bern about for a while now Bob.

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