re. Ballspiel in der Unterwelt

[joeallonby]

on 5/13/04 8:25 AM, Otto at ottosell at yahoo.de wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "lorentzen-nicklaus" <lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 11:39 AM
> Subject: re. Ballspiel in der Unterwelt
> 
> Kai wrote:
>> 
>> I mean, Baseball appears so slow and mechanical
>> (also: always interrupted),
>> it seems to lack the artistic elegance of 'Soccer'.
>> 
> 
> I can only agree; I think this goes (from our pov) for American Football
> too.
> 
> On artistic elegance: been lucky to watch a special feature on the Dutch
> team in Germany 1988 on Nederland 2 yesterday.
> http://stats.fussball-forum.de/?Euro1988
> 
> Otto
> 
Football, Futbal, soccer etc. has all of the artistic elegance of "Waiting
for Godot".

If I had to pick a European sport to watch or play, I'd go with the Irish:
hurling. "The Clash of the Ash".