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[gateofstars]

and baseball is a crap sport played by stupid yankees who cant tell their feet from their hands

[froogledoogleboogle]

Baseball sucks, cricket is the best, fuck you yanks

[clayton188]

@gateofstars your just jealous. instead of arguing about the athletes or the actual sport, you just insult the players that are waaaaayyyyy fucking good. Baseball fans like both sports, why do cricket fans hate baseball? its because they're jealous.

[flygweilo]

@flygweilo At the end of the day, i know of no other game that can remain nail-bitingly exciting for five whole days. And still leave you wanting more ...

I think that the two sports should not see themselves in competition, but in co-operation. If you enjoy the one, you'll probably enjoy the other. 

[flygweilo]

@zeeox having played both sports (I think you attained a higher level of cricket than i did!), I do feel that cricket is a much more complex game.

The reason is simple - the ball bounces. Too many people look at this fact, and think that this must slow the ball down. Well, I guess it does, but it's still coming through at very much the same speed as in baseball. The complexity of problems facing the batsman are thus enormous, and far higher in cricket.

[zeeox]

[2/2]

I'd also say it is a harder game to initially enjoy and understand for many but, like a fine wine, given time, it is a much better game to fully appreciate once you know what's going on. I was lucky to brought up listening to TMS and watching the games on terrestrial telly - so I'd love the US to get into it as it can only become a better game with more competitive countries playing the game.

Oh yes, I think I was on about below average county bowlers more than Test players to be fair!

[zeeox]

@flygweilo - I agree with all your comments really. I was just trying to help bridge the divide that such videos on YT seem to create when it comes to the UK vs the US. I would enjoy watching a game of baseball from time-to-time for sure but I think its the greater variations in batting, bowling and field placements in cricket that make it more interesting. [1/2]

[flygweilo]

@zeeox And at forward short leg or silly point, all I had to protect myself was my cup - the current helmets with face-masks had not yet been invented in my day. I played short-stop in baseball, and the required reaction time was positively leisurely in comparison.

Does the baseball glove (or "mitt') help with fielding? Yes - makes catching the ball a comparatively easy task.

I have enjoyed baseball a lot, both as a player and as a spectator.

But I love the cricket - simply magnificent

[flygweilo]

@zeeox  So I can't agree that bad bowlers have a 'place to hide' in Test Cricket.

The variety and control of bowlers in cricket has to be absolutely precise, or they'll get murdered by the batsman.

Cricket is the scarier sport , too, for my money - facing a pace bowler when the pitch is acting up is lethal as the number of fractures and concussions demonstrates.

Plus, I've fielded in cricket literally only feet from the batsman, with the deliveries whizzing past my ear at 90+ mph.

[flygweilo]

@zeeox I've played both baseball and cricket, although not at a professional level in either case.

You can get away with crap deliveries in either sport at the amateur level, but at the highest level (ie MLS Baseball and Test Cricket) you will get punished more severely for dross in cricket. In cricket, if a batsman can survive his 'playing-in' period, he can become almost unstoppable, and will pounce on anything even inches short of a length.

Sir Viv Richards was a classic example of this.

[zeeox]

... and so they have much more variation en-route as it were. What this then infers is that baseball pitchers are much more accurate with their deliveries - perhaps making it a more skilled (and tougher) profession. The resulting permutations means you see much more variety in a cricket 'bowl' - from the sublime to the just plain poor. So, whilst I disagree with you, what I am admitting is that there are more places to hide in pro cricket for bad bowlers - and not so in pro baseball. Cheers! 2/2

[zeeox]

@Danester01 - hey mate, no worries. There's nothing wrong with a bit of reasoned debate. The only problem I guess is when it comes to an impasse. I guess the only true way to call it on this one is for someone with a professional interest in both sports to pass on an unbiased opinion... and that's be difficult! Whilst I agree there is a decent enough variation in 'your' picthers, I still think 'our' bowlers get more. You see, cricketers get so much more area to aim at... 1/2