An American baseball reference?

[bethcurrie2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 68578

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:
> OK, Sergeant Majorette, I can't resist.
> 
> Which baseball teams are the characters? 
> Darrin
> -- Feel free to add whichever team in whichever sport you wish.

OK, I can't resist! Here's HRH's football teams (or soccer for you 
Americans).

Ron - Southampton (my team).  Loveable, good on the pitch when he 
wants to be but crumbles under pressure.  Very rarely gets any of 
the glory - but this year, when we got to our first Cup Final for 27 
years, he got to be prefect! Coincidence?!

Harry - Newcastle, 8 years ago under Keegan.  Fantastic ability and 
everyone wants him to win....but a little too cavalier in style and 
so makes mistakes.

Hermione - West Ham.  Has that superior "academy", playing the game 
the way it should be played, thing going on.

BTW, no offense to you baseball lovers but I *seriously* doubt JKR 
based any of her Quidditch teams on baseball!  We don't watch much 
of it over here - my own knowledge of it is pretty much limited to 
films!

The Tornados are defintiely the Man Utd of the Quidditch world as 
another listee pointed out (sorry can't remember the name).

Beth - come on you Saints!