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When a baseball game is shown on TV, they often show a graphic of the strike zone and where each pitch went in relationship to it. How do they do this - a person decides were the ball went or does equipment? Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 01:46, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Thank you! Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 02:25, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
"Clean sheet" redirects to " shutout". In America, a shutout generally refers exclusively to a winning team. For example, it would be commmon to say, "LA Galaxy shutout the Philadelphia Union 2-0". But the term generally wouldn't be used if that same game ended 0-0. So I'm wondering if there is a subtle difference between the terms. In Association Football, is each team in a nil-nil draw said to have kept a "clean sheet"? -- Joefromrandb ( talk) 07:54, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
The shutout article seems to tackle football, too. Pun intended. -- Dweller ( talk) 06:42, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
It seems supporters of many football clubs in continental Europe cleave on political lines. Different clubs in Athens and Rome, for example, may be preferred by socialist or conservative fans. FC St. Pauli has "left-leaning" fans, while other clubs have historical ties to fascism. And closer to home for the English, there are plenty of political aspects to the Old Firm. But I don't often hear about political orientation and English clubs. I could speculate about the supporters of London clubs based on how affluent their neighbourhoods, but maybe someone across the pond could enlighten me. Do any clubs attract disproportionate numbers of Labour, Tory, or Lib Dem voters? I'm primarily interested in Premier League clubs, but Football League clubs will do too. -- BDD ( talk) 16:30, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Note: a variety of source including Nick Hornby say that Arsenal have as many Jewish fans as Tottenham do, or even more. OR I know and unscientific, but I live in North London and know many more Jewish Arsenal fans than Tottenham ones.
On the main question, football was traditionally a working class game, so the fans would have been overwhelmingly Labour Party supporting. However, these days, a variety of factors have radically changed that. I'm not aware of any club, Chelsea included, that has a particular political slant. -- Dweller ( talk) 06:47, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
There was a film I saw on television a few years back. It was a black-and-white comedy. I think the main plot revolved around a bunch of mischievous British schoolboys. The one scene I remember featured the boys running a rather elaborate parimutuel betting in class. Their teacher shows up, horrified, and notes: "You didn't include the favourite!", followed by cries of unfairness from the other boys.
What was the name of this film? (If it's any help, I remember the next week the same channel showed Father Brown, but I don't know whether the two films are related or not.) Gabbe ( talk) 17:06, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Is there any list on Wikipedia about wrestlers of WWE who have deceased ? 123.201.218.122 ( talk) 23:08, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
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When a baseball game is shown on TV, they often show a graphic of the strike zone and where each pitch went in relationship to it. How do they do this - a person decides were the ball went or does equipment? Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 01:46, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Thank you! Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 02:25, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
"Clean sheet" redirects to " shutout". In America, a shutout generally refers exclusively to a winning team. For example, it would be commmon to say, "LA Galaxy shutout the Philadelphia Union 2-0". But the term generally wouldn't be used if that same game ended 0-0. So I'm wondering if there is a subtle difference between the terms. In Association Football, is each team in a nil-nil draw said to have kept a "clean sheet"? -- Joefromrandb ( talk) 07:54, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
The shutout article seems to tackle football, too. Pun intended. -- Dweller ( talk) 06:42, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
It seems supporters of many football clubs in continental Europe cleave on political lines. Different clubs in Athens and Rome, for example, may be preferred by socialist or conservative fans. FC St. Pauli has "left-leaning" fans, while other clubs have historical ties to fascism. And closer to home for the English, there are plenty of political aspects to the Old Firm. But I don't often hear about political orientation and English clubs. I could speculate about the supporters of London clubs based on how affluent their neighbourhoods, but maybe someone across the pond could enlighten me. Do any clubs attract disproportionate numbers of Labour, Tory, or Lib Dem voters? I'm primarily interested in Premier League clubs, but Football League clubs will do too. -- BDD ( talk) 16:30, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Note: a variety of source including Nick Hornby say that Arsenal have as many Jewish fans as Tottenham do, or even more. OR I know and unscientific, but I live in North London and know many more Jewish Arsenal fans than Tottenham ones.
On the main question, football was traditionally a working class game, so the fans would have been overwhelmingly Labour Party supporting. However, these days, a variety of factors have radically changed that. I'm not aware of any club, Chelsea included, that has a particular political slant. -- Dweller ( talk) 06:47, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
There was a film I saw on television a few years back. It was a black-and-white comedy. I think the main plot revolved around a bunch of mischievous British schoolboys. The one scene I remember featured the boys running a rather elaborate parimutuel betting in class. Their teacher shows up, horrified, and notes: "You didn't include the favourite!", followed by cries of unfairness from the other boys.
What was the name of this film? (If it's any help, I remember the next week the same channel showed Father Brown, but I don't know whether the two films are related or not.) Gabbe ( talk) 17:06, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
Is there any list on Wikipedia about wrestlers of WWE who have deceased ? 123.201.218.122 ( talk) 23:08, 6 October 2012 (UTC)