BLACKCAPS meet the Florida Marlins

The BLACKCAPS got a chance to rub shoulders with the Florida Marlins baseball team ahead of their Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka in the USA. Daniel Vettori talks about the experience and throws the ceremonial pitch. We also hear from Marlins star John Baker.

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[MitchilinHoldit]

lol catching the ball with bare hands! at least he's honest.

[Hanzo1986]

american just need to harden up, and take off your pads in football.

[MrJimdwheeler]

@mohammadzafar icc believe its a waste of time because there stubborn over there, guess u have to challange baseball by letting a pro cricketer from a proper top nation team and bat against a pitch in a charity match. something like that

[mohammadzafar]

@MrJimdwheeler - over here in north america cricket is perceived as a pakistani-indian sport, some of my friends are surprised to hear that aussies, nz, brits, south africans, etc also play and australia has been the most dominant team since the late 90s. The ONLY people who watch/play cricket here are indians and pakistanis so everyone else dont even consider cricket a major sport, they just look at it as a pakistan/indian thing..i must say icc has not done much to improve its image

[MrJimdwheeler]

toughen up america and play cricket, i understand the fact of the american football wearing protection and also you have to understand why cricketers wear protection too, in cricket they allowed to bowl at the batter head to toe and if u get hit then thats just bad luck, also the can move either way of the ground or swing(curve) in the air, i think when baseball is off season then the major league plays should seriously try there hand at cricket, in australia we play both sports, so no excuse

[XPil3s]

@Hanzo1986 same thing could be said about cricket vs baseball. all baseball batters wear a grill-less helmet, and may be a elbow guard. but look at a cricket batter. They are condomed. But there is valid reason why they wear more gears. just like there is a valid reason why pads are used in NFL.

go and watch the sports 1st..

[jasonvtaz]

@Hanzo1986 There's a reason pads are worn in football. The rate of serious injury is far higher than similar sports, especially brain damage and other cognitive disorders. The reasons helmets and pads were first used is because President Teddy Roosevelt ordered them to make the game safer, as too many people were being killed or paralyzed while playing.

[Morrell84]

I wanted to see McCullum have a go against the pitchers

[ThrashTillDeath322]

thats right bitches

no gloves baby