May 10, 201213 yr While women playing cricket is a great combination in theory, I am not sure how it works in practice... If the women are playing, who is going to make the sandwiches and tea? Sandwiches and tea?? I go to cricket matches for the beer.
May 11, 201213 yr While women playing cricket is a great combination in theory, I am not sure how it works in practice... If the women are playing, who is going to make the sandwiches and tea? Sandwiches and tea?? I go to cricket matches for the beer. yeah...an' if yer in america at a baseball game ye got hot dogs, crackerjacks and peanuts to boot... 'take me out to de ball game...'
May 11, 201213 yr On the subject of baseball, I attended a Blue-Jays game a few years ago... I was very surprised to observe that the batsmen hold their bat horizontally and intentionally hit the ball into the air (and hence are often caught)... If they held the bat vertically, and kept their front elbow high enough, they could hit the ball along the ground, into the gaps in the field, and score more runs
May 11, 201213 yr ^^ye don't unnerstand...the coach out in the field gives signals by patting his arms or trousers to tell the batter how he should hit...the batter doesn't just swing away unless he's told to do so...a good batter can lay down a 95mph fastball anywhere he chooses in the infield or out...but the pitchers are keen and know what the opposers expect and it's all laid out in the pitchers windup...very dramatic...especialy with men on board the bases... in Little League baseball when I was a kid I never had the confidence (or the ability) to be a pitcher...the successful ones were school yard heroes...I was just a first baseman...when the pitcher releases that ball at the batter then it is 'in play' and then all hell can break loose... it don't sound like a little girl's game to me...and we certainly ain't got no lunchtime cucumber sandwiches and tea... look at the wad in the pitcher's or the batter's cheek...that's chewin' tobacca...and the spittle tells ye how they both size each other up...but when the batter comes to the plate he knows the pitcher's strengths and weaknesses...and sometimes he'll just swing at 3 pitches to go out to allow another, more capable batter to come to the plate in the batting line up... and then the tension rises... oh,...take me out to the ball game...
May 11, 201213 yr On the subject of baseball, I attended a Blue-Jays game a few years ago... I was very surprised to observe that the batsmen hold their bat horizontally and intentionally hit the ball into the air (and hence are often caught)... If they held the bat vertically, and kept their front elbow high enough, they could hit the ball along the ground, into the gaps in the field, and score more runs Whatever you do, don't suggest to a Yank that baseball really derives itself from cricket - indirectly.
May 11, 201213 yr On the subject of baseball, I attended a Blue-Jays game a few years ago... I was very surprised to observe that the batsmen hold their bat horizontally and intentionally hit the ball into the air (and hence are often caught)... If they held the bat vertically, and kept their front elbow high enough, they could hit the ball along the ground, into the gaps in the field, and score more runs Whatever you do, don't suggest to a Yank that baseball really derives itself from cricket - indirectly. I thought it was the US version of rounders - which was the game played mostly by 12-yr-old girls when I was at school.
May 11, 201213 yr On the subject of baseball, I attended a Blue-Jays game a few years ago... I was very surprised to observe that the batsmen hold their bat horizontally and intentionally hit the ball into the air (and hence are often caught)... If they held the bat vertically, and kept their front elbow high enough, they could hit the ball along the ground, into the gaps in the field, and score more runs Whatever you do, don't suggest to a Yank that baseball really derives itself from cricket - indirectly. I thought it was the US version of rounders - which was the game played mostly by 12-yr-old girls when I was at school. get outta here, humph...youse just a big old rugger...and in america we respect rugby players as there is a car bumper sticker that sez: 'you need leather balls to play rugby' however rugby is not a popular sports activity at school... I was never good at ball games at school as I have bad hand/eye coordination and never cared about 'winning'...sports are supposed to be fun I always reckoned...and then I discovered surfing where it's just you with the waves...and if you paddle out one day when things are beyond yer ability you can drown or otherwise be killed and I liked that kind of action...
May 12, 201213 yr On the subject of baseball, I attended a Blue-Jays game a few years ago... I was very surprised to observe that the batsmen hold their bat horizontally and intentionally hit the ball into the air (and hence are often caught)... If they held the bat vertically, and kept their front elbow high enough, they could hit the ball along the ground, into the gaps in the field, and score more runs Whatever you do, don't suggest to a Yank that baseball really derives itself from cricket - indirectly. I thought it was the US version of rounders - which was the game played mostly by 12-yr-old girls when I was at school. Agree with ya, Humph. Gals were 'rounders', boys 'cricket' at my primary school.
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