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Passersby could be forgiven for doing a double-take, as giant inflated balls with legs made an appearance at a recent event in Eagle Park. “Bubble soccer” participants usually co-workers at a corporate event race around the soccer field while stuffed inside color-coded spheres.

We don’t know if it cuts down on red cards, but it certainly makes flopping a lot funnier to watch.

Photos by Natalia Nazarova.

By Natalia Nazarova and Andrea Gemmet

By Natalia Nazarova and Andrea Gemmet

By Natalia Nazarova and Andrea Gemmet

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    Playwright Melissa Ross will present her comedic play “An Entomologist’s Love Story” on Aug. 12 and 16 at TheatreWorks’ 2014 New Works Festival. Photo courtesy Melissa Ross.
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    The draft North Bayshore precise plan. Courtesy city of Mountain View

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Andrea Gemmet is the editor of The Almanac and a Midpeninsula native who got her first newspaper job while still in high school. After graduating from the University of California, Santa Cruz, she became...

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