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TUSooner
4/16/2006, 09:46 PM
An English soccer play-by-play guy, on an English broadcast, just said it was time for somebody "to step up to the plate." "Step up to the plate" is a baseball saying; I wonder if the guy knew he was talkin' American.


That's it; don't wait for something funny. :O
SoonerInKCMO
4/16/2006, 09:49 PM
Weird... just yesterday I heard a gay guy that knows less than nothing about sports say the same thing.
BajaOklahoma
4/16/2006, 09:50 PM
That is wierd.

Even for an English guy.
reevie
4/16/2006, 10:10 PM
You were watching soccer?
sanantoniosooner
4/16/2006, 10:12 PM
do they have a 'plate' in cricket?
BajaOklahoma
4/16/2006, 10:16 PM
You were watching soccer?

It's what all the cool people do.
OklahomaTuba
4/16/2006, 10:42 PM
Weird... just yesterday I heard a gay guy that knows less than nothing about sports say the same thing.

So, did you? ;)
jacru
4/16/2006, 11:48 PM
An English soccer play-by-play guy, on an English broadcast, just said it was time for somebody "to step up to the plate."
Maybe he was serving dinner and no one was eating.:confused:
GulfCoastBamaFan
4/17/2006, 08:21 AM
The Brits don't call it "soccer." They call it "football."

So it's doubly weird that he'd use a baseball term in a game that's not even football.