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September 04, 2012

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Defending Dunkirk: Rejecting Some Of The Critiscism

A movie that scores 93% on Rotten Tomatoes , takes over $200 million in the box office and is widely acclaimed as one of the best war movies ever made probably doesn't need that much defending. However, some of the criticism lazily lobbed at Dunkirk was so offensively inane that you just can't help yourself from mocking it. Mercilessly. 'There's no hiding from this, son' Mild spoilers ahead, nothing too shocking, but, don't say I didn't warn you. Let's dive, Stuka like, right in. Where are the French? Tricky enough one to start, as personally I'm a little on the fence on this one. The fact of the matter is the French put up a rousing rearguard in and around the streets of Dunkirk itself, but most importantly the French First Army fought off a massive German assault at Lille for several days , without which not a single member of the BEF might have got off the beach of Dunkirk at all. The French covered themselves in glory in Lille in partic...

20th Anniversary Of Baseball Ireland's Trip To Hull

Almost exactly twenty years ago, the Irish baseball team travelled to Hull, England, for the Pool B European Championships, our first foray into European Competition, not really knowing what to expect. The team assembled were young, inexperienced and had never taken the field against another international side. The Irish Baseball League hadn't even started serious play as yet (that would come a year later in '97), effectively the team had only played a handful of pick-up games. Despite all of this, it proved to be a great adventure full of great experiences and learnings. What could have been a disaster and a quick end for the Baseball Ireland program was ground into a meaningful expedition that set the program up for years to come, from '96 through to the silver medal in Antwerp in 2006, the final year that Ireland meaningfully challenged for medals in Pool A or B in European competition (the team has been rebuilding since). With the 20th...

2008 European Championships cheat sheet for Americans

The 2008 European Championships kicks off this weekend. Extremely enjoyable, colourful and entertaining tournament. Personally I rank it about sixth in terms of best tournaments in the world. Goal, goal, goal, goal! 6. The European Championships (Soccer) The World Cup lite, basically. Same concept, same length of time between games. Almost as good, just lacking that little extra bit of colour provided by teams from the far corners of the globe. Cutting swiftly to the chase, maybe you are a burgeoning soccer fan living in the States who is thinking about maybe peeking in on the Euros. Maybe you want to watch some of the tournament and see what all the fuss about this soccer football is. If so, this is the article for you. I am going to match each participant with a US sports team from recent history. Still clueless as to what I am on about? Read on, all shall be revealed. The 2008 European Championships cheat sheet Group A Switzerland - The Pittsburgh Pirates Czech Republic - The Anahe...

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