Titanium on ebay

[TussAgee11]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Well, heck, as long as we're thanking people: if it weren't for the Spartans, we'd all be speaking Farsi!

Ummmm... might want to read up on your history on this one. Spartans were defeated by the Persians, 480BC at Thermopylae.

And while you're at Google, type in "French military victories" and click the "I'm feeling lucky" button

[jwwashburn]

Soccer is their number one sport.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Ummmm... might want to read up on your history on this one. Spartans were defeated by the Persians, 480BC at Thermopylae.

You do realize that the Persians lost the Second Greek / Persian War and were driven out of Europe, correct?

[TussAgee11]

Originally Posted by Welpe

You do realize that the Persians lost the Second Greek / Persian War and were driven out of Europe, correct?

Not that this is even close to mattering, but I do realize that this happened. All I previously pointed out was that Spartans had little to do with it... feel free to PM me

Tangentially, in an ironic twist of Ken Burns stories, the Civil War was a catalyst for baseball's initiation into the lives of Americans.

A very early ruleset: Town Ball : The Rules of the Massachusetts Game

[SAump]

Air Force buddy who grew up playing baseball in South Carolina and went to the Citadel a long time ago passed along the following story.

Whenever the British invited the Americans to a Cricket match they would take the field just as we would in Yankee Stadium. We were good sports and they knew Americans would hit the ball between the foul lines. The best British cricket clubs would clobber the American clubs every time because they utilized the entire field.

Check out the field and the fielding positions: Cricket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[UmpJM]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Ummmm... might want to read up on your history on this one. Spartans were defeated by the Persians, 480BC at Thermopylae.

Tuss,

A Pyrrhic victory, at best.

JM

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by TussAgee11

Ummmm... might want to read up on your history on this one. Spartans were defeated by the Persians, 480BC at Thermopylae.

And while you're at Google, type in "French military victories" and click the "I'm feeling lucky" button

And you might like to look up the details. 300 Spartans held up a Persian army of 10s of thousands at the "hot gates" for a few days while the Greeks massed to do battle. A weakened Persian force could not conquer Greece on that visit, and they were soundly defeated 10 years later when they returned.

Had it not been for the Spartans, who fought to the last man, the Persians would have rolled over Greece, Italy, and west.

Probably wouldn't have had any trouble in Gaul, either.

[biggravy]

Well not to distract from the exciting French bashing, but I grabbed the mask on Ebay. Thanks to the OP for pointing this one out!

[Kevin Finnerty]

My pleasure.

You are going to love it. It's the most comfortable mask imaginable.

[biggravy]

Thanks Kevin. Oh and there is now a Diamond lightweight single bar on Ebay. It has only seen 5 games and never been dropped. Maybe a new guy on here would be interested. Heck if someone on here buys it and mentions the forum I will throw in a couple bonuses.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=320396106446

[kylejt]

I've got the Schutt version of the above mask, and you need to swap those flimsy pads out for any level of baseball.

There's an even cooler mask on eBay right now, but I'm not going to rat it out until after I get it.