[lbo-talk] Re: Film Notes

[Jose Rodriguez & Sally Everson]

I would say that for the Caribbean in general - sports also has a political
dimension.
Cricket for the West Indies and baseball for the Spanish islands are places
where
the colonials test their abilities against the fomer (or current)
colonizers, as well as against their neighbors ...
Here in Puerto Rico major league baseball is only followed in terms of
players - not so much teams - though NY Yankees may be the exception - many
see NY as their "home team", given the close links with NYC and the large PR
settlement there. Even these Montreal Expo games here only generated
interest in terms of players - that would be Puerto Rican, Dominican, and
Cuban players of course. That's my observation, being from Mass. - and
having grown up in the household of a Red Sox fanatic (season ticket holder
the majority of his life). I have always noted the difference in the way
baseball is watched here compared to in my neck of the world. In the Mass/NY
Penn. it is much more regional/city identified -- though that seems to be
breaking down a bit -- maybe since population have been shifting around more
within the country? I know we now have at least 1 non-Red Sox fan in the
family -- she was rooting for the Cubbies instead -- figuring she might as
well be with the underdog. I think she just can't handle another heartbreak
...

Sally

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Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 3:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Re: Film Notes

Luke Weiger wrote:


>I can't formulate a charitable non-trivial interpretation of what you wrote
>or what Chomsky said.  Perhaps you can help.  Does sports actually dull the
>collective mind?  Controversial, but possible.  Is sports produced,
>marketed, and televised _because_ it serves (or is believed to serve) this
>function?  That seems implausible.

Sports are popular in place with far more developed politics than the
U.S. - e.g. soccer in Latin America & Western Europe. No?

Doug
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