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Links in a Chain of Honor question


just watching this ep got a question,when chasing the guy with red shirt he uses oranges in a machine whats the sport that uses those hand things filmore uses to stop them?

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It's used in a game called Jai alai (pronounced hi-li). After they catch the guy Filmore says to him, "No offense but jai alai isn't your game."

Jai alai - is a sport involving a ball bounced off a walled space. It is a variety of Basque pelota. The term, coined by Serafin Baroja in 1875, is also often loosely applied to the fronton (the open-walled playing area) where the sport is played. The game is called "zesta-punta" (basket tip) in Basque.

*Looking at pictures on the internet it looks like handball with equipment & uniforms.

Sheldon:"Was the starfish wearing boxer shorts? Because you might have been watching Nickelodeon."

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