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Unread 10-23-2016, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Mary McLean View Post
The lines with the least impact for me were 7 and 12, just because I don't fully understand them. I'm guessing L7 is the way they record something in baseball, but I thought it was strikes, which doesn't seem to tally with the team losing the ball. But I'm relatively happy to let sports metaphors wash over me misunderstood, whereas I feel like I ought to understand something about infinity. Can anyone help me?
I understand L12 because a draft of this was workshopped here before: the crux of the sign for infinity forms an 'x'. As for L7, chalkboard diagrams of football plays designate the defenders with X's and the offensive side with circles (a wild guess by a non-sports fan confirmed by googling).
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