Re: An American View of Cricket (longish)

In rec.sport.baseball Blair P. Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ron Matthews  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >In rec.sport.baseball Blair P. Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Randy Myers  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >> But you said the team that won the last game is the best.
> >> >
> >> >The team that won the last game of the year is the best simply
> >> >because all the other teams have been eliminated.  And that team
> >> >will remain the best until opening day the following season.
> >
> >> Now, define "upset" for us
> >
> >An upset occurs when the team most people predicted would be the
> >best turned out to be the worst.

> So when the V.C. defeated the United States, to you that
> made communist Viet Nam the best nation on Earth.

No.  But it did make North Viet Nam the best country at making war
in Viet Nam.

Please do not respond.

cordially, as always,

rm