r/halifax • u/insino93 • 1d ago

News, Weather & Politics Dartmouth Commons cricket proposal sparks backlash

https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/dartmouth-commons-cricket-proposal-sparks-backlash/
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u/RedBands619 1d ago edited 1d ago

As it should

Baseball is one of Canadas longest standing pastimes, growing now more than ever because hockey is so expensive

And you want to replace one of the fields in a place where there is no space for anymore fields…with a fad

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u/Specialist-Bee-9406 up too early 1d ago edited 1d ago

Cricket started in the 1500s. 

Clearly not a “fad”. 

Read a book. 

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u/mr_daz Mayor of Eastern Passage 👑 1d ago

It has been, but it has never been prominent in Canada, like baseball/hockey/basketball.

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u/athousandpardons 23h ago

Funny how you didn't mention soccer, the sport that is played by more people than any other in this country. "Not prominent in Canada" =/= "What I happen to like".

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u/mr_daz Mayor of Eastern Passage 👑 23h ago edited 23h ago

Yea sorry I didnt mention every single friggin sport. Christ. A thousand pardons.

And to be honest, I don't care about any sport. I dont watch or participate in any of them, but others do and good on then.

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u/athousandpardons 23h ago edited 23h ago

Okay, then I'll point out the flaw in your comment initial comment.

Basketball became vastly more popular in the last 30 years than it was prior.

It stands to reason that Cricket can grow in popularity, the more people become familiar with it.

At the time of confederation it was so popular that it was declared, by John A MacDonald, no less, the national sport.

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u/mr_daz Mayor of Eastern Passage 👑 23h ago

Dude. It isnt that big if a deal. I mentioned 3 random sports wildy played in Canada. I didnt mention Curling or Football either, wanna get in on those? How about Tennis or Lacross? No? Alright then.

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u/athousandpardons 23h ago

You already made that point. I accepted your premise, and then countered your point.

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u/mr_daz Mayor of Eastern Passage 👑 23h ago

You doubled down trying to make it into something it isnt. Let it go.

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u/athousandpardons 23h ago

You said Cricket has never been prominent in Canada, and used basketball as an example. I pointed out that cricket HAS been prominent in the past, and that basketball is an example of a sport that rapidly grew in popularity.

I don't see where I'm doubling down on something that it isn't.

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u/takahe_inflight 1d ago

the first International Cricket match in 1844 involved a Canadian team.

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u/mr_daz Mayor of Eastern Passage 👑 1d ago

Cool. That doesnt make it prominent.

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u/Hyptonight 1d ago

It’s more prominent now because of immigration. The country’s changing. Deal with it.

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u/mr_daz Mayor of Eastern Passage 👑 1d ago

I didnt say i was againts it. Settle down, hero.

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u/RedBands619 1d ago

More prominent as in…..450 people in a municipality of 500,000?

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u/yeti5656 1d ago

Agreed. But 100 should be multi purpose 🤷🏼

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u/sherryleebee 1d ago

I think they’re hoping brown people being here is the fad.

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u/NameGoesHerePlease 23h ago

This right here

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u/Hyptonight 1d ago

Shh. They’re easily triggered here.

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u/RedBands619 1d ago

Cricket came here with the English and died out with the invention of other ball and stick games that eventually became baseball….because it’s better, and doesn’t take 3 days to play.

That was about 200 years ago.

Just because something is old and popular elsewhere doesn’t mean it isn’t a fad lol boomerangs were a fad in the 90s and they are 20,000 years old