Am I the only one who doesn't care about the World Cup?

[Busyman™]

I didn't know they played baseball at all in bratland. Women play softball here. Oh well I've seen quite a vids of men playing basketball in bratland. They were pretty good too.

It'd be nice to one day to see an NBA draftee from Britain.

He was poking fun by making reference to netball being a popular (very near universal) school sport for girls whereas baseball is not played much at all. Rounders is (at least it was) similarly played in almost all UK schools.

Please don't make me explain (admittedly crap) humour again. I look an even bigger fool when I have to do that.

Please don't get me wrong - I like baseball. I have watched C5's late night coverage on many occasions and am constantly amazed that batters can even hit the bloody ball at the speed it comes to them.

Same here and no amount of steroids can improve that. I'll stick to the few times my job has softball on the DC Mall.

No one there is throwing at 90mph, that's for sure.

I didn't really get that humor nor was I offended. I mean soccer was THE first sport I learned to play as youngster 'cause it was the easiest to pick up. Basketball involved mechanics that I could not easily pick up and that's partly why I didn't start playing 'till I was leaving high school.

Either way, I can't downplay soccer 'cause I played as a youngster or am teaching my 5 year-old girl some basics for play.

[peat moss]

Nope :

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/b/b0133500.html

Bean = head

I meant you (plural).

Oh I got it , have watched Cricket a few times at our park down the street .
I like the way the ball is thrown on the run , must be hard to hit it . In baseball you stand on a mound before delivery so its all in the wind up .

[Mr JP Fugley]

I meant you (plural).

Oh I got it , have watched Cricket a few times at our park down the street .
I like the way the ball is thrown on the run , must be hard to hit it . In baseball you stand on a mound before delivery so its all in the wind up .

Can you explain the "wind up"?

[peat moss]

I'll try , a pitcher can't balk so when he or she goes to throw its a big leg kick and all arm after that . Its is amazing the speed they get from almost standing still .

Sorry hard to explain . But found this ,a batter is faking getting hit . Ah shit JP our batters get a base when hit too ,what a bunch of wimps eh !



http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/11...Hit_by_a_Pitch

[Mr JP Fugley]

I'll try , a pitcher can't balk so when he or she goes to throw its a big leg kick and all arm after that . Its is amazing the speed they get from almost standing still .

Sorry hard to explain . But found this ,a batter is faking getting hit . Ah shit JP our batters get a base when hit too ,what a bunch of wimps eh !



http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/11...Hit_by_a_Pitch

Thanks for that.

[peat moss]

I'll try , a pitcher can't balk so when he or she goes to throw its a big leg kick and all arm after that . Its is amazing the speed they get from almost standing still .

Sorry hard to explain . But found this ,a batter is faking getting hit . Ah shit JP our batters get a base when hit too ,what a bunch of wimps eh !



http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/11...Hit_by_a_Pitch

Thanks for that.

No thank you , I didn't know you could hit a batter in cricket thats insane .

Make for some good fights tho ?

[Mr JP Fugley]

Thanks for that.

No thank you , I didn't know you could hit a batter in cricket thats insane .

Make for some good fights tho ?

Never.

The umpire will allow a certain number of beamers but won't let a bowler do it constantly. He will have to put in some "normal" balls as well. It's considered poor form just to kill the batsman without giving him a fair chance.

A few into the ribs, or head at ninety odd miles an hour certainly gets the Batsman thinking what's going on.

[scribblec]

i cant beleive a nation which watches nascar can think football is boring ;\

[Seedler]

WC sux, only billions of ppl watch it. Jeez, it's just a fad and it's gonna go away like next week.

[lee551]

i cant beleive a nation which watches nascar can think football is boring ;\

with nascar races you do always have a good chance there will be some sort of horrific crash. on the other hand, you do have the chance of soccer riots. i'm not really sure what i want anymore.