Jim, They're doing it again!!

[MajGenl.Meade]

I love it when people who've never done a thing believe they know better than the professionals who do it all the time. Shut up, Gob. You're not helping

[wesw]

good point meade. except that I ve batted, thrown and caught since I could walk....

in fact, when I worked with English blokes at the beach, when I was a young man, we would go to the pitching concession on the boardwalk. they were amazed that I could throw so much faster than them, and I was not a power pitcher.....

back when my vision was 20/10 I didn t miss many balls with the bat either....

[wesw]

...they killed me at fizz buzz tho...and I had to buy the ice if I wanted the beer cold!

[MajGenl.Meade]

WtF - does anyone get it?

[wesw]

1 2 3 4 fizz 6 buzz(and reverse direction) 8 9 buzz 11 12 13 buzz(reverse) fizz 16 buzz(reverse) 18 19 fizz buzz(reverse) 22 23 24 fizz 26 buzz(reverse) 28 29 fizz 31 32 33 34 fizzbuzz!

get it now?

[MajGenl.Meade]

OK I give up;. wesw has played professional cricket and enjoys fizzing. That's the last word on that, I guess

[Lord Jim]

I don't know about "Fizz Buzz"...

But I have before drawn the obvious analogy between this cricket thing and Fizzbin:

[wesw]

just sayin that the best way to protect your little sticks is to hit the ball. how are going to get your century if you don t hit the ball?

[MajGenl.Meade]

“I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady."
Madeleine smiled as she stirred her tea. "There are always rewards for those who state the obvious frequently and with conviction.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Touching Darkness

[wesw]

my work here is done. its not always easy to see the obvious. I m glad you get it now. baseball is full contact cricket, not for the faint of heart.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Rounders is a game - cricket is a sport. Each requires different skill sets. Babe Ruth would have been as awful at cricket as J P Duminy would be at rounders. Actually, JP would probably be pretty good - after all, he'd only have to hit the ball once every four pitches to be accounted almost a god of the game.

Glad to clarify that for ya!

[Gob]

Meade did you see this?

Nasty!!

Former Test batsman Phil Hughes remains in a critical condition in hospital after a short-pitched delivery struck his skull during a Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Hughes, who was playing for South Australia against his old state NSW, was felled by the bouncer from fast bowler Sean Abbott at 2.23pm on Tuesday. The ball struck him on the left side of his head, behind
After a few seconds delay, the 25-year-old put his hands on his knees, looked towards his feet, and collapsed face-first onto the SCG pitch.
As Hughes collapsed, Abbott rushed to his side along with umpires and his former teammates, calling for urgent medical attention through NSW doctor John Orchard.
Dr Orchard administered CPR and paramedics intubated him and took him to hospital in a waiting ambulance.
He immediately underwent surgery after arriving at St Vincent's Hospital, with doctors working to relieve pressure to his brain.
Hospital staff said it would not be known how successful the procedure would be for at least 24 hours and Hughes was in a critical condition and in an induced coma.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Indeed yes - I heard a story that he'd already avoided a couple of high ones, ducking under, during his 61 (was it?). As of an hour ago, still critical/induced coma(?). I'm trying to imagine Babe Ruth (or any rounders player) standing up at the plate against 100 balls or more and dealing with legal deliveries such as this. Pity because Hughes was about back in the touring side wasn't he?

[oldr_n_wsr]

Of course the pitchers in MLB can only throw the ball super slow like 80 to 100mph and never bounce it off the ground which slows the ball down.

[wesw]

heck, little leaguers throw 80....

[Lord Jim]

Wes, as I mentioned before, (perhaps before you joined us) here in the Good Ol' US of A we have 13 year old girls who can throw as hard as pro cricket bowlers...

(And without needing to get a running start):

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=11748&p=144935&hil ... et#p144935

[MajGenl.Meade]

x 3

[Lord Jim]

Who said, (disdainfully describing cricket):

"Men in uniforms, incomprehensible rules. Nothing happening for long periods of time. Everybody taking it very seriously."

[MajGenl.Meade]

Guess... if it wasn't Leonard Cohen then it was a



eta I just watched that one..

-- --- .-. ... .

[Lord Jim]

In, Deceived by Flight

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0611638/

Actually, (despite all the cricket) one of my favorite episodes; (some really good plot twists) it happened to run on one of our local PBS stations last night...

Sensible fellow, that Morse...

ETA:

I see I cross posted with your ETA...

Should I have created a new post to say that?