Some admirers

My friend Jim, who runs the Sox Machine portal that my baseball blog was part of, briefly, sent me a link to the fan site West Ham Online where they discussed my post on visiting Upton Park (written for Exile in Wrigleyville, but largely replicated at this site). Most seem happy to have another Irons fan on board. Some have to bolster their online reputations by being critical. One noted that "it's football, not soccer, [unprintable]." Well, as those who have read this blog know, I've called it football here, not soccer. That post, however, was for a baseball blog, read primarily by Americans, so I called it soccer. When I was in London, I used the local term. A Chelsea fan that I met there (he's also a baseball fan, and that's how we met) said it was surprising to hear an American say football. As I sit here in the airport in Rome, I can't help but think that, when in London, do as the Londoners.