Cricket vs Baseball

[Dravid]

I seriously hate the fact in baseball that you can pitch for as long as you want. That's stupid. Overs>Pitch for as long as you want, unless the coach takes you out.

Baseball has more things I hate than like.

 

[Stumped]

Cricket will always rain supreme!!! LONG LIVE CRICKET

 

[nightprowler10]

I seriously hate the fact in baseball that you can pitch for as long as you want. That's stupid.

Pitching in the majors is no joke. One can argue that a pitcher's job is much harder than a bowler's, since a pitcher has to be very accurate for a very long time. Bowlers can afford to make mistakes, and their one mistake very rarely costs games. And the longer you are able to pitch economically, the better for the team.

BTW, once you're taken off, you can't come back in baseball. So its not as if pitchers can take a breather whenever they want.

Baseball is my third favorite sport to watch after Cricket and Basketball, so I'll always defend cricket over this sport, but I feel that the people bashing baseball on this thread have little to no knowledge of the game.

 

[Josh]

I feel the same way. Same thing with cricket, though. I know I can get a lot of people (females in particular) my age saying how boring and crap cricket is without having any sort of knowledge or regard for the history of the sport. Really bugs me.

 

[Dravid]

I know how to play the game an all and know the rules so I know enough to say something bad about the sport. It would be different if I didn't know how to play it and I said crap about it, which is what a lot of Americans do to Cricket.

 

[nightprowler10]

I know how to play the game an all and know the rules so I know enough to say something bad about the sport. It would be different if I didn't know how to play it and I said crap about it, which is what a lot of Americans do to Cricket.

Well if you know the game then, really, you should know what an forgiving job the starting pitcher has.

 

[silentstriker]

One bad ball never costs a bowler more than an extra delivery and six or seven runs. A bad ball in baseball will lose you the game.

EDIT: What nightprowler said.

 

[Dravid]

Well if you know the game then, really, you should know what an forgiving job the starting pitcher has.

Okay forget it. I take what I said back. I just know the basic rules then. I still hate the gmae.

 

[Langeveldt]

I feel the same way. Same thing with cricket, though. I know I can get a lot of people (females in particular) my age saying how boring and crap cricket is without having any sort of knowledge or regard for the history of the sport. Really bugs me.

Pretty much the same way cricket fans treat baseball.. Or anyone who criticises any sport (except Rugby League which is truly awful) goes about formulating their argument..

 

[jack_sparrow]

One thing that I love about baseball. Well two things.

I love their fielding. It is perfect, and accurate. With incredible discipline everytime almost...which brings me to my second favorite thing:

I love the fact if you make a mistake you get deducted for it in dollars! Thats unheard of, but an effective deterrent to complacency.

 

[LA ICE-E]

just as pitching is very important in baseball batting is very important in cricket....if you dont score runs you might have lost the game for you team...cricket in kind of balanced between bating and balling (except for 20/20) while baseball is more of based on pitching

 

[Fusion]

Pitching in the majors is no joke. One can argue that a pitcher's job is much harder than a bowler's, since a pitcher has to be very accurate for a very long time. Bowlers can afford to make mistakes, and their one mistake very rarely costs games. And the longer you are able to pitch economically, the better for the team.

BTW, once you're taken off, you can't come back in baseball. So its not as if pitchers can take a breather whenever they want.

Baseball is my third favorite sport to watch after Cricket and Basketball, so I'll always defend cricket over this sport, but I feel that the people bashing baseball on this thread have little to no knowledge of the game.

Yeah, what he said.