Yadda yadda yadda yadda. See youse in South Philly. You'll be eatin cheesesteaks through a straw before you leave.
ETA:
Think on these things:
Roy Halladay post-season no-hitter, Cole Hamels back in amazing form, sweep of the mighty Reds, Ryan Howard, Carlos Ruiz, Jayson Werth, Chase Utlety, Shane Victorino, Raul Ibanez ...
"India stays No.1. Australia goes to No.5". Below the Poms. At the critical time, Young India stood up to be counted, and old Australia floundered. A confident partnership between two novices called into the team as replacements for established players put India on the road to victory on a disappointingly one-sided final day.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Nah, it's the game cricket is like (or, more approriately, wants to be like), except that the pitcher has enough skill to keep the ball aloft the distance it travels between the pitcher's mound and the batter--no namby pamby rolling the ball along the ground.
Lord Jim wrote:
"Cricket" is the answer to the trivia question, "If Leonard Cohen was a sport, which sport would he be?".....
Followed by "If Justin Bieber was a spot, which sport would he be?"
Rolling the ball along the ground? Like this you mean BigRR?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
edited to add: you know, a juvenile version of something a real man can do. Leonard Cohen is more likr rugby, something entirely tis own that one can like or dislike.
As for the photo Gob--not only is the ball rolled, but the guys cry if it brushes against them. Justin Bieber all the way.
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Big RR wrote:
As for the photo Gob--not only is the ball rolled, but the guys cry if it brushes against them. Justin Bieber all the way.
LOL
edited to add; Luckily we'll never find out what would happen to a baseball player should he encounter the ball, they're much to delicate to be considered targets. It also saves the baseball bowler from having to learn to make the the ball go faster by taking a run up.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Nah, they get hit all the time; and when the ball goes 80+ mph it hurts a lot more than a rolled ball. As for a run up--it's not needed; pitchers choose to develop their arm muscles.
Fast bowlers often go 100 mph +, and of course, a cricket ball is a hard object as opposed to the spongeball used in baseball.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Nah, mate, fastest cricket bowl ever clocked was 161 km/h (100 mph), and that was a rarity. The best fast bowlers usually clock in at around 140 km/h (87 mph) -- comparable to a decent (but not great) fastball in baseball.
As for "hard object," well, there's a reason they call it "hardball."
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Joking and mickey taking aside; there is a very interesting article (which Andy H put me onto) here at wiki; Comparison of cricket and baseball
And of course both games have their virtues and are worthy of respect.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Gob wrote:Isn't it cheating for a state side to have to face a team of giants?
Ps. is this the strange "armour plated men bumping into each other" game, or the one like cricket but without the skill or perseverance?
Actually neither mate. It's the one like rounders... you know, the game that is played by schoolgirls in the UK...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
Sorry LordJim, as much as I hate the Phillies (I'm a long suffering Met fan) I don't think the Giants have much of a chance.
Would be nice if they did beat the Phillies though.
