Binary_Bark
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Watching it for the first time. Indians vs Detroit.
Realy like this, much better and more exiting than Cricket
Realy like this, much better and more exiting than Cricket
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powermzii
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When i was in CPT there was quite an active Baseball league there. Not sure about KZN / Gauteng. Would love to play again if i got the chance
What I like about baseball is that at the end of the game there's a winner and there's a loser - can't say the same about cricket… five boring days that ends in a draw? :wtf:
Plus I grew up playing baseball
basball is way less entertaining than cricket.
cricket has more variation. different kind of bowlers, different balls they can bowl. fast bowlers are still slower than baseball fastballs, but its not really comparible.
baseball batting the hitter stands in one place, in cricket the batsman needs to move around the crease. therefor cricket is more three dimensional than baseball.
baseball there is litrally a fourth of the field the hitter can play to. so cricket gives more there as well. (round field vs the Diamond)
9 set fielding positions in the diamond, means scoring runs is easier. cricket also has 9, but die to the field being oval, there are more gaps, but the field is not set the same all the time. and batsmen have to be clever to figure out where to place the ball.
the set over limit in cricket means there are all sorts of interestng things that need to be considered in cricket that do not need to be considered in baseball.
like I get that some pleople will like baseball more than cricket, but those people clearly have the intelectual space of an american.
its really simple americans make their sports dumbed down so the public can enjoy it.
Rugby is better than american football.
cricket is better than baseball
snooker is better than pool.
cricket has more variation. different kind of bowlers, different balls they can bowl. fast bowlers are still slower than baseball fastballs, but its not really comparible.
baseball batting the hitter stands in one place, in cricket the batsman needs to move around the crease. therefor cricket is more three dimensional than baseball.
baseball there is litrally a fourth of the field the hitter can play to. so cricket gives more there as well. (round field vs the Diamond)
9 set fielding positions in the diamond, means scoring runs is easier. cricket also has 9, but die to the field being oval, there are more gaps, but the field is not set the same all the time. and batsmen have to be clever to figure out where to place the ball.
the set over limit in cricket means there are all sorts of interestng things that need to be considered in cricket that do not need to be considered in baseball.
like I get that some pleople will like baseball more than cricket, but those people clearly have the intelectual space of an american.
its really simple americans make their sports dumbed down so the public can enjoy it.
Rugby is better than american football.
cricket is better than baseball
snooker is better than pool.
Easier? When's the last time you saw a triple-figure home runs in a baseball game? Baseball fielders also move around depending on the batter.
Yeah, so does baseball.
At least this American knows how to spell intellectual.
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Easier? When's the last time you saw a triple-figure home runs in a baseball game?
At least this American knows how to spell intellectual.
when is the last time you saw a game of football with more than 10 goals scored.
in cricket, you can score between 0 and 6 runs per ball.
in baseball you can score 1.
if all the hitters in the baseball game hit a home run without being struck out, the game would continue infinitely.
there are 9 positions, and 9 people who always stand in the same locations. so to get a run all you need to do is put it into the gap.
in cricket the same principal applies. put it over the top for maximum, or through the gaps to get runs. but in cricket you need to physically run the runs, unless you are scoring a boundary.
the best cricket batsmen in the world would OWN the best pitchers, but the best hitters in baseball would simply not do anything against the worlds best bowlers.
case and point a professional baseball player who played in the Australian BBL. did he make their T20 national squad? nope, because he was a pinch hitter, the moment the bowlers gave variation he lost his wicket.
again I am not saying baseball players are not great athletes, what I am saying is cricket players are BETTER athletes.
and sure some Americans might spell better than I do, but that does not mean their sport is any better.
Nascar, yay a left turn. vs Formula 1, corners pit stops, DRS, exct. one is simple one is complex. that same thing goes for EVERY single popular american sport.
Neoprod
Honorary Master
^^^, you guys are comparing apples and oranges. I blame OP.
The only thing baseball and cricket have in common are base fundamentals...there is a ball, there is a stick and someone has to "chuck" the ball to the guy with the stick. From that point on, it's completely different.
I enjoy them both.
The only thing baseball and cricket have in common are base fundamentals...there is a ball, there is a stick and someone has to "chuck" the ball to the guy with the stick. From that point on, it's completely different.
I enjoy them both.
Football? We're talking about baseball
Up to four.
And has that ever happened?
Wait, do you think they're all fixed in one place? Fielders know where batsmen tend to hit so they move around to be in a better position.
You can't score a run in baseball if you don't run.
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NeonNinja
Neon Resident
You can somma exit.
this is kinda the point.
we all know Americans pay crazy amounts of money for sports stars.
yet AB, Kholi, Gale and the rest of them still earn more money playing cricket.
I can bet you now, if you take the best batsmen in the world, give them incentive and put them up against the best pitchers in baseball, it would be a run away game.
the port from bowling to pitching is a little different, and I dont think that will be reliable.
but can you just imagine the best batsmen from cricket playing baseball? AB going, wait, the ball can only be in this 1 square meter off? and I cant use my feet?
or Amala wiht his rubber wrists?
and yes you cannot compare basseball and cricket. but you also cannot enjoy baseball and not enjoy cricket, if you say that is the case it means you are either mentally handicapped and cricket is too complicated for you, or you are lying about enjoying one or not enjoying the other.
NeonNinja
Neon Resident
I think Baxteen types fast...
Do you see cricket on this list? http://www.forbes.com/athletes/list/#tab:Overall
I probably spend more time at cricket matches each year than most, so no, cricket isnt too complicated for me.
Further questioning my mental acuity in such a manner would be ill advised.
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I find that very hard to believe...
Top ten highest baseball earners... (no endorsements)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_paid_Major_League_Baseball_players
Still looking for a decent site for the cricketers..
This article lists Kholi as the highest for IPL at $1.89 million.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/957061.html
Regardless, what makes you think that the bigger the salary the better the athlete?
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it is more difficuilt to find a list for cricketers because its not simply one team + sponsors paying for him to play.
lets look at one example. ABD.
he has in the last year or so, played in the BBL, IPL and CPL. as well as playing for the proteas.
he got sponsored differently for all the Continents he played on.
so even if you go and find the details to how much he was paid for all of those matches, it still wont cover everything.
Dhoni is the world's highest paid cricketer at $26.5 million including endorsements according to Forbes.
Would like to see an overall, that's 3 competitions of which IPL is the richest. Even assuming that AB gets the same as Kholi I cannot see how that even gets close to the lowest of the top 10 $23 million basketballers. I don't think pay has anything to do with athletic prowess but have always understood that America pays their professional athletes better than anyone else with the exception of Formula 1 and top Football clubs. Would be nice to be proved wrong, I think AB and Kholi are legends and as much as India supports big salaries I just cannot see them matching the states.
I cant help but feel those only look at the highest paid in only local based things.
mostly becasue AB playes way more than both Kholi and MS. and so does Gale.
I know the indians pay redicilous prices for thier stars, but they pay big money for AB and gale too.
again I fully agree.
so you have to ask then, if the money is more, and the sport is kinda easier (objectively speaking that is) why the best batsmen in the world not gone to play MLB in the states?
Chris gale with a baseball bat, every single ball being in his "arch" as they put it. home run every time. it will be like that game in the T20 WC against England only more devastating...
WaxLyrical
Honorary Master
Did you just compare baseball to test cricket?What I like about baseball is that at the end of the game there's a winner and there's a loser - can't say the same about cricket… five boring days that ends in a draw? :wtf:
Plus I grew up playing baseball
Doesn't work like that.
If it was so boring it would've been dropped a long time ago in favour of result driven one day games.