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Cricket Vs. Baseball
- Thread starter Pietro Modena
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BackFootPunch
International 12th Man
Yeah that number has always just blown me away. It must be tough to know that, even though you're really very good, you're going to fail at your primary job 60% of the time.
It's interesting that a batter can have that one perfect swing and make great contact and drive in the runs that win a game, yet a batsman in cricket can play the perfect cover drive for four then snick off next ball and look like an idiot.
Baseball is about winning the really big moments throughout a game, cricket (batting at least) is about not losing the average-sized moments over and over again.
It's interesting that a batter can have that one perfect swing and make great contact and drive in the runs that win a game, yet a batsman in cricket can play the perfect cover drive for four then snick off next ball and look like an idiot.
Baseball is about winning the really big moments throughout a game, cricket (batting at least) is about not losing the average-sized moments over and over again.
Howe_zat
Audio File
It's just the other way around though. In cricket the very finest bowlers only succeed around once in every 50 deliveries, i.e. they fail 98% of the time.
KiWiNiNjA
International Coach
Yeah, but for a bowler in cricket there are varying levels of success. A dot ball can be viewed as success. They also have the time to work over batsman, so it's not all about taking a wicket of every ball.
With the batter in baseball it basically comes down to getting on base (a hit or a walk), or making an out. Yes, there's the number of bases that one takes from a hit, but ultimately their job comes down to only two outcomes.
With the batter in baseball it basically comes down to getting on base (a hit or a walk), or making an out. Yes, there's the number of bases that one takes from a hit, but ultimately their job comes down to only two outcomes.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
I find baseball a bit boring at times. My major beef, and I will do a loko by suggesting a rule change here, is that you shouldn't be allowed to step outside of the batters box between pitches. I realise they do it so they can see the signals from the third base coach - but have them just turn around quickly and make the signals quicker. I basically want the time between each pitch drastically reduced.
If I knew more about the game i would probably enjoy predicting what pitch is coming next based on the pitch count etc.
My final beef is that I don't enjoy some of the american commentators. The commentators are so keen not to insult the intelligence of the learned baseball fan at home that all the commentary is very understated (again I would like this if I knew more about the game).
Live baseball is fun and the game is the perfect length and you don't notice the time between pitches at all as you are too busy drinking, making small talk, and then standing up for the 7th inning stretch.
If I knew more about the game i would probably enjoy predicting what pitch is coming next based on the pitch count etc.
My final beef is that I don't enjoy some of the american commentators. The commentators are so keen not to insult the intelligence of the learned baseball fan at home that all the commentary is very understated (again I would like this if I knew more about the game).
Live baseball is fun and the game is the perfect length and you don't notice the time between pitches at all as you are too busy drinking, making small talk, and then standing up for the 7th inning stretch.
Hurricane
Hall of Fame Member
A second post on this topic - is that I would be interested to know of any ex cricketers who have gone to MLB.
I know Devon White played cricket (in Jamaica possibly?) only until he was 14 and then took up baseball. He had a very vertical swing to his bat when chasing low pitches.
I know Devon White played cricket (in Jamaica possibly?) only until he was 14 and then took up baseball. He had a very vertical swing to his bat when chasing low pitches.
Lokomotiv
U19 Cricketer
Baseball has clear shortcomings.
1. Left batters have clear advantage
2. "Strike zone" is dependent on umpire
3. There is no boundary
Pietro Modena
Cricket Spectator
I'm sure there are Cricket fans out there who enjoy Baseball.. but a majority of Cricket fans I know here in the US just can't get to like it. Similarly, I would be willing to bet all of my money that a Baseball fan would never like Cricket. The problem is that when you're raised on one sport, and then exposed to the other sport as an adult, you're going to look at that other sport through the lens of the sport you were raised with... and therefore, you're going to find it uninteresting. Now, if one were raised on both sports, it's a different story.
Pietro Modena
Cricket Spectator
A lot of Baseball fans say how Cricket has several shortcomings, like:
1. No baserunning
2. No stealing bases
3. No foul territory
It's all about perspective. To them, Cricket lacks those things so it's uninteresting. I think the video does a good job in letting Baseball fans understand how others see their beloved game, much like how they see ours and constantly poke holes.
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NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
The thing which I always find difficult to understand in the MLB is the 162 games per season. I have a few sports where I watch my team play every match and just feel that it would be almost impossible to do so over the course of a season. I understand that the players are professionals, but with the small number of teams which makes the playoffs, I feel as though there are a large number of matches which are not exactly meaningless, but not played at a high intensity. I know it wont be changed though, for historical reasons..
In saying that, when I was in New York I went to a Yankees game and a Mets game and absolutely loved it.
In saying that, when I was in New York I went to a Yankees game and a Mets game and absolutely loved it.
Hooksey
Banned
Went to the baseball once. Ate the obligatory chili-dog. Heard the organ music. Did the 7th innings stretch, and have ticked that one off my list. Very unlikely to revisit it.
BackFootPunch
International 12th Man
Yeah you'd think there'd be heaps of nothing games but I guess with only 10 teams out of 30 making the playoffs they've gotta be up for every one because often a team will miss out on the postseason by just a game or two.
I imagine things lost a bit of their usual intensity when two rubbish teams are playing each other late in the season though.
Hooksey
Banned
I like chocolate but not big on cheese. There's the difference then.
