[Magdalen] Sport!

[Lynn Ronkainen]

From: "Jon Egger"
> When I hear about water polo my heart breaks for those poor horses.


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From: "Jon Egger" <revegger at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 12:38 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Sport!

> When I hear about water polo my heart breaks for those poor horses.
>
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Except with water polo you don't see what is going on under the water. 
>> The
>> athletes who play water polo are exceptionally fit! Not only are they
>> either treading water or swimming the whole time they are throwing that
>> ball around, they are trying to avoid being kicked, grabbed, or being
>> dragged underwater by the opponents! You should read the account sometime
>> of the USSR-Hungary game in the Olympics of 1956, an exceptionally 
>> vicious
>> game that literally resulted in blood in the water.
>>
>> I've found myself completely captivated by judo, especially the
>> lower-weight classes where the athletes are scrappy and quick and kind of
>> remind me of alley cats. I"m slowly gaining some knowledge of the sport 
>> and
>> thinking that I might have enjoyed it myself had I had the opportunity to
>> learn it when I was younger.
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Marion Thompson 
>> <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Too bad you didn't get to see our Canadian women playing Rugby Sevens
>> > then.  That would have perked you up!   And this afternoon our Canadian
>> > women play soccer.  Both teams are formidable!
>> >
>> > Marion, a pilgrim
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 8/9/2016 1:06 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
>> >
>> >> Not being a sporty sort, I keep MSNBC on the Olympics when needed as a
>> >> way to avoid the Pioneer Woman on Food Network until something 
>> >> better's
>> >> on.  And this morning I caught a bit of some women playing water polo.
>> To
>> >> show you how unconnected I am to the world of Sport!, I had myself a
>> >> Keilloresque moment with "Well now, will you look at that... women
>> throwing
>> >> a ball around in the water on the TV there.  Years ago that would have
>> been
>> >> called just 'Women Throwing a Ball Around in the Water'; today's it's
>> >> called an 'Olympic sport!'"
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
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