http://ask.metafilter.com/41020/whats-the-name-of-the-sport-where-the-players-have-a-scoop-on-their-arm/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post what's the name of the sport where the players have a scoop on their arm Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:40:08 -0800 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:40:08 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/41020/whats-the-name-of-the-sport-where-the-players-have-a-scoop-on-their-arm what's the name of the sport where the players have a scoop on their arm post:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.41020 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:37:52 -0800 Svea team sport ball scoop http://ask.metafilter.com/41020/whats-the-name-of-the-sport-where-the-players-have-a-scoop-on-their-arm#631655 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jai_alai">Jai Alai<br> </a> comment:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.41020-631655 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:40:08 -0800 mattbucher http://ask.metafilter.com/41020/whats-the-name-of-the-sport-where-the-players-have-a-scoop-on-their-arm#631656 Jai-Alai? comment:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.41020-631656 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:40:30 -0800 Malor http://ask.metafilter.com/41020/whats-the-name-of-the-sport-where-the-players-have-a-scoop-on-their-arm#631678 Jai-Alai's a Basque variant of <a href="http://www.buber.net/Basque/Sports/pelota1.html">Pelota</a>. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.41020-631678 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:54:10 -0800 Smart Dalek http://ask.metafilter.com/41020/whats-the-name-of-the-sport-where-the-players-have-a-scoop-on-their-arm#631680 I saw this on TV the other day. It's pelota. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.41020-631680 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:55:09 -0800 afx237vi http://ask.metafilter.com/41020/whats-the-name-of-the-sport-where-the-players-have-a-scoop-on-their-arm#631694 Back in the days of Eugene T. Maleska, Jai Alai appeared almost weekly. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.41020-631694 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:03:58 -0800 caddis http://ask.metafilter.com/41020/whats-the-name-of-the-sport-where-the-players-have-a-scoop-on-their-arm#631741 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/71641600@N00/sets/72157594146334442/">Ice cream competition</a>? comment:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.41020-631741 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:48:26 -0800 Plutor http://ask.metafilter.com/41020/whats-the-name-of-the-sport-where-the-players-have-a-scoop-on-their-arm#631745 That's what it is! I keep running across Jai Alai in crossword puzzles, and I wondered what it was (apparently I was too lazy to look it up). comment:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.41020-631745 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 08:51:29 -0800 witchstone http://ask.metafilter.com/41020/whats-the-name-of-the-sport-where-the-players-have-a-scoop-on-their-arm#631776 In southwestern France, in the Pays Basque, it's called "la pelote basque a chistera" where the "chistera" is the leather glove attached to a wicker scoop/basket. Other variants are "a main nu" which is bare handed and there's another rarer variant I've seen with a raquet. It's an amazing game to watch - supposedly the fastest in the world. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.41020-631776 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:13:48 -0800 patricio http://ask.metafilter.com/41020/whats-the-name-of-the-sport-where-the-players-have-a-scoop-on-their-arm#631791 Go to Florida (Miami) to watch it and more importantly, <a href="www.fla-gaming.com/">bet</a> on it. Big bucks changing hands in Little Cuba on Jai Alai contests. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.41020-631791 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:26:06 -0800 543DoublePlay