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Today was a helluva day in sports. Wimbledon participants Nicolas Mahut and John Isner are tied 59-59 in the fifth set of their match, setting all sorts of all-time records, including longest match played. The United States scored a goal in extra time against Angola to go from fourth place to first place in their group in World Cup early-round play. The win set up a Sweet Sixteen matchup against Ghana.
I spent most of my day at two airports.
Yes, today largely sucked. But I want to hand out some accolades to people who made it suck less than it could have. And then yes, I will tie this post back into baseball.
First thumbs up goes to the couple dozen people watching the U.S. play Angola at a bar at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport this morning. I’m not a huge soccer fan by any stretch. I don’t pretend to understand the game like I do football or baseball. And many of the passengers watching the match obviously were the same – they were excited with every scoring opportunity the U.S. had, even if they didn’t understand how they earned those chances. It was a lot of fun watching the waning moments of the matchup with a bunch of fired up people I’ll probably never see again.
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