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this is the number two poll, cricket vs baseball.
thanks,
dizzy
Ser Clegane
01-30-2005, 13:04
Definitely Baseball, because
1. I played it myself for a couple of years
2. I actually understand the rules ~D
Definitely not baseball, I just can't vote for a sport that has a competition called the World Series in which teams from only one country compete.
Also looking forward to the Ashes in the summer, should be a cracking test series this year, and England actually has a chance of winning it.
Baseball - just a better game.
LittleGrizzly
01-30-2005, 19:06
both boring, going Gah!
Gah! Baseball Gah!
(i actually prefer basketball)
watched cricket all day once, had no idea WTH was happening. Finally I think they all gave up and quit.
ichi
Crazed Rabbit
01-30-2005, 20:03
Let it be known that the World Series is really an International event-teams from countries all over the globe, including, and limited to, the USA and Canada can compete.
I voted baseballl
Hosakawa Tito
01-30-2005, 21:37
I love baseball. I would probably like going to a cricket match too, if someone was there to explain the game, and there was mass quantities of beer to consume. ~:cheers:
Devastatin Dave
01-31-2005, 00:02
Baseball, but cricket, even though I still don't understand it, is a very fascinating game.
Big King Sanctaphrax
01-31-2005, 00:09
Gah!-Sport in general bores me.
The Blind King of Bohemia
01-31-2005, 00:09
Both shite but baseball over cricket, infact anything over cricket to be honest ~D
Ja'chyra
01-31-2005, 09:41
Gah!
Rounders is the way to go.
King Edward
01-31-2005, 14:08
Barmy army! Barmy army! Barmy army!
(For those that think im just spouting rubbish, The barmy army are a section, well rather drunk section, of the England Cricket fans)
Since the summer i've started getting in to Cricket, it can actually be quite exciting, Example Bing the 4th test between England and South Africa recently.
English assassin
01-31-2005, 15:43
Cricket. Would be perfectly happy to go to a baseball game though.
People get too hung up on understanding the rules of cricket IMHO. I mean, sure, you COULD feel bad about not knowing the difference between a googlie and a chinaman. Or you could just line the beers up and have a day in the sun watching people blasting the ball about.
Looking forward to the Ashes.
el_slapper
02-03-2005, 11:57
Cricket. It's more elegant to get bored while drinking tea than while eating peanut butter. ~D
Not sure. A cricketbat makes a loud sound, but doesn't inflict a lot of pain. A baseballbat on the other hand, has the potential to crack a skull and looks more badass. I guess I like sports euro-style.
King Edward
02-03-2005, 12:57
Ahh but cricket bats tend to be heavier than a baseball bat, so if you get a good connection, its going to leave a scar!
Ahh but cricket bats tend to be heavier than a baseball bat, so if you get a good connection, its going to leave a scar!
An interesting perspective, definately deserves some more thought. Maybe sportsfan of both cricked and baseball wishes to comment? Personally I think that the length of the baseballbat, coupled with the round shape would make for more classical sportmoments.
Your cricket batsman not only has a big bat as his primary defense, he also has three nice pointy sticks behind him which can be used in skirmish a la 'pilum'.
Divine Wind
02-03-2005, 14:12
I really hate both Baseball and Cricket. GAH!
King Edward
02-03-2005, 14:23
After a brief Googling, The Heaviest Baseball bat i could find was 24.5oz (Just over 1.5lbs) the heaviest Cricket bat was 3lb! so I'm sticking with that! I'll sacrifice a bit of speed for the shear power of the Cricket bat!
Man I'm bored today!
By the way, a bit closer to the topic at hand, Anyone see the end of The South Africa v England ODI last night? Man what a finish to a game! 270 each!!!! Kabir Ali must have been filling his Pyjamas... sorry Cricket strip Bowling that last over!
English assassin
02-03-2005, 15:04
Especially after giving away five runs off the first ball...
Devastatin Dave
02-03-2005, 15:12
Not sure. A cricketbat makes a loud sound, but doesn't inflict a lot of pain. A baseballbat on the other hand, has the potential to crack a skull and looks more badass. I guess I like sports euro-style.
LOL!!! Too many football matches Frag!?!?!?
LOL!!! Too many football matches Frag!?!?!?
It is called soccer damnit!
wait!!!
God how I hate reversed psycholigy ~;)
Hosakawa Tito
02-04-2005, 00:05
How fast is a pitch in Cricket? The cricket bat looks like a telephone pole compared to a baseball bat. The best MLB pitchers can throw a baseball 100 mph. I don't think a hitter could swing a cricket bat fast enough to hit a baseball at that speed from 60 feet 6 inches away.(The distance from the pitching mound to home plate)
Big King Sanctaphrax
02-04-2005, 00:24
How fast is a pitch in Cricket? The cricket bat looks like a telephone pole compared to a baseball bat. The best MLB pitchers can throw a baseball 100 mph. I don't think a hitter could swing a cricket bat fast enough to hit a baseball at that speed from 60 feet 6 inches away.(The distance from the pitching mound to home plate)
Click me. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/cwc2003/hi/newsid_2790000/newsid_2790300/2790381.stm)
So, Cricket Bowlers can do 100MPH.
For the distance the ball is bowled, I found this diagram-
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/cricket/pitch.gif
The lengths are in centimetres, but I converted it, and the distance the ball is bowled is 58ft. So actually a smaller distance than in baseball.
King Edward
02-04-2005, 00:25
The top Seam bowlers can hit around 95+ mph, but the average for a seamer is prob around 80ish. Spinners are much slower but can make the ball do strange things of the wicket
Hosakawa Tito
02-04-2005, 00:30
Interesting. I see it is also referred to as bowling. Is a cricket pitch allowed to bounce on the ground and still count as a strike? Is the ball similar in size & weight to a baseball? Is it thrown overhand or underhand?
Kaiser of Arabia
02-04-2005, 00:35
The baseball bat is more streamline and areodynamic, while the cricket bat is flat and heavyear.
The speed at which you can swing a baseball bat with less energy means not only improved momentum but more energy to follow through after the contact.
Therefore i ahve to say that the baseball bat is superior.
BTW whats the point of cricket?
Big King Sanctaphrax
02-04-2005, 00:35
Interesting. I see it is also referred to as bowling. Is a cricket pitch allowed to bounce on the ground and still count as a strike? Is the ball similar in size & weight to a baseball? Is it thrown overhand or underhand?
The ball is almost always bounced, because it's much harder to hit-chances are if it doesn't bounce, it's an accident. It weighs about 5 1/2 Oz-I'm not sure how much a baseball weighs-and is 9" in circumference.
The ball is bowled overhand, and the arm must be kept straight-bowling the ball, as opposed to throwing it by cocking the elbow.
King Edward
02-04-2005, 00:38
The fast majority of the time the ball bounces before the batsman plays his shot. however it is only allowed to bounce once. It is in the bounce that spin bowlers get turn on the ball to decive the batsmen. Seamers are able to turn the ball in flight similar to the way a curve ball works in baseball, the newer the cricket ball the more chane a fast bowler has of swinging the ball.
I think a cricket ball is a bit larger and heavier than a baseball, but i could be wrong.
its also harder then a baseball, well at least a test ball is harder then a baseball.
with the exception of full tosses the ball nearly always bounces, the entire point of the game is to score as many runs as possible in a set number of overs, and bowl out the opponents team before they can reach that number.
there are two ways to score runs in cricket,
A: run from one end of the pitch to the other that equals one run
B: hit a boundry, on the full a boundry is worth six, if it hits the ground on the way to the boundry its worth four.
C: an over is six bowls if you wanted to know
D: there is three ways to get out being caught on the full, being run out (they knock over the wickets before you get back in your crease) or being bowled out, means they hit the wickets with the ball on the bowl, if it hits your leg and your leg is in front of the wickets its called an lbw and you are out.
E: i have never watched an entire test from start to finish, and when at the cricket, it generally involves lots of activity and spirit.
Frag: a baseball bat is better for hitting people with, because the handle won't break off, on a cricket bat the handle is fitted in and glued.
i prefer cricket because it is a very challenging game, with lots of different strategies and requires all the skills in baseball plus endurance, since sometimes you might be on the pitch for six hours.
plus have you ever been hit by a test match ball, moving at over seventy, its not a very pleasant bruise.
thanks,
dizzy
English assassin
02-04-2005, 14:54
Here http://www.dangermouse.net/cricket/baseball.html is a handy link about the differences between cricket and baseball, and here http://www.dangermouse.net/cricket/ is more or less everything there is to know about cricket. Check out the section on bowling, for instance, where I found out that:
"In baseball, curve balls curve because of the Magnus effect - the differential air pressure on opposite sides of a rotating body moving through the air. The ball must be pitched with rotation about a vertical axis. In cricket, swing balls swing because of the geometric asymmetry of the ball itself. The ball is spinning about a horizontal axis, so the Magnus effect does not move the ball sideways"
This guy has done his homework.
Maybe the tone is unintentionally a bit pompous but I think its well meant.
but unlike baseball curve balls, cricket spinners really move a long way.
thanks,
dizzy
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