I think what they're trying to say in the video is that there's only one way to get "bowled" out, and for that to happen the wicket must be hit by the ball and the bails dislodged. They're not talking about LBW, but even with LBW, the ball must be headed for the Wicket. With a stumping, the ball must still dislodge the bails. I believe the complaint there is that the "strike zone" has very little importance when it comes to "striking out" a batter, as opposed to the importance of the wicket in Cricket.
"They are almost entirely outside North America/Japan" is not a correct statement... There are many Baseball countries/areas in Latin America and Asia (South Korea, Chinese Taibei).
I agree with the video on most points, but I do not agree that Baseball gloves make the game boring. I want to introduce Baseball-style gloves into Cricket in order to make taking outs easier. And I want to increase the number of defense players from 11.
And this is why we are all incredibly grateful that your cricket input is limited to CW and you haven't found your way onto the ICC's board.
I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and address your points properly. Because I am starting to like you. You may or may not be an epic troll, but meh, I have a couple'a minutes…
My point is increasing the probability of 10 wickets in a 20-over innings (maybe to 75%~80%). For that aim I want to introduce Baseball-style gloves and increasing the number of fielders, and make maiden out.
The 20 over match is tailored to the fans. Administrators don't want to see more wickets. They want to see more big hits from batsmen, so anything that advantages the bowling/fielding side will not be implemented.
I actually find baseball better to watch than cricket, I think. Maybe it's because I've been watching cricket all my life and have only got into baseball in the last few years but baseball seems to hold my attention a lot better these days.
The concept of an out for a maiden over is going to introduce the same illogical mindset that's currently prevalent in Baseball. By that I mean, the batsmen are going to be forced to run on the last ball of an over in order to avoid being out due to the maiden over if the previous 5 balls were dots. This is going to make the batsman take their chances even though there is little to no chance, and it's going to make the whole thing very predictable with a Run Out taking place instead of the maiden over out. Even if you have that rule in place, I would argue that you would rarely see outs happening with a maiden over (if any).
Actually, I know a lot of cricket fans who are big fans of baseball. And I'm one of them.
Is that how baseball players/fans see it? As an cricket fan uninformed on all things baseball, I was under the impression that baseball batters would be under tremendous pressure to connect one and get off strike? If we had a "three dot balls and you're out" rule in cricket, the batsmen would feel the heat more than bowlers, I reckon.
I'd say it's very much situational but can definitely see where ohnoitsyou is coming from. Baseball is different from cricket in that the pitcher/fielders are the defense - their job is simply to stop runs being scored however they can. In cricket you have a bowling attack who are actively trying to get through, at times, defensive batsmen. In baseball the sole objective is to get on base and then score runs. There's no reason to do anything else.
