Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Monday, June 18, 2007 American Orienteering and European BaseballI once went to a baseball game in Stockholm. I read in the newspaper that the Swedish baseball national team was playing an All-Star team made up of players from Swedish league teams. I had some free time. So, I made my way out to the game and spent a couple of hours watching.The level of play was not impressive. But the fact that a bunch of Swedish athletes were playing baseball - that they clearly were enthusiastic and working hard - that was impressive. And that was what made me think of the parallels between American orienteers and Swedish baseball players. To be a Swedish baseball player must have been tough. Nobody really knew the sport. You'd have trouble finding equipment. You'd have few real baseball fields to train on. Coaching would be minimal. The level of competition would be low, making it harder to improve. It is a bit like being an American orienteer. Maybe the situation for Swedish baseball players has improved since I saw the game (a good 15 years ago). Certainly the internet gives players access to more and better information on the sport. Still, I suspect the standard is pretty low., I was thinking back on my Swedish baseball experience after I came across a documentary film about baseball in Ireland. I haven't seen the entire film, but you can get an idea about the movie by watching the clip below (and you can visit The Emerald Diamond web page for more clips). Back to okansas.blogspot.com. posted by Michael | 7:43 PM 
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I don't understand a thing about baseball, but this is apparently an elite series game in Sweden, found on Youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=lvWccggBpM8
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