The Skillz In Baseball & Cricket
StormLiong
Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">which is it?</div> I don't play both these sports myself on a regular basis but I do see them being played (although I can;t be bothered with cricket)
Anyways, cricket skills seems more complex compared to baseball because both the batter and pitcher are doing it in an odd manner. Like the pitcher throws it from top to bottom. And the batter hits the ball from bottom to top. Now that takes real skills I find to be able to do that and still be able to like hit high.
Baseball on the other hand is pure brute strength. You can throw the ball anyway you want and you can hit with your bat in any fashion you like. Mind you though the bats are circular so its harder to hit a ball dead on (well I find it hard) while cricket bats are flat and easy.
Anyways, cricket skills seems more complex compared to baseball because both the batter and pitcher are doing it in an odd manner. Like the pitcher throws it from top to bottom. And the batter hits the ball from bottom to top. Now that takes real skills I find to be able to do that and still be able to like hit high.
Baseball on the other hand is pure brute strength. You can throw the ball anyway you want and you can hit with your bat in any fashion you like. Mind you though the bats are circular so its harder to hit a ball dead on (well I find it hard) while cricket bats are flat and easy.
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Cricket players are taught their skills by pain. Cricket balls HURT
I know nothing about baseball, but I should think cricketeers need more stamina, matches go on for so damn long and the batters often stay in play for god knows how many runs each. Not a fan of watching cricket due to this...its long and boring <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Baseball looks more fast paced, looks more interesting from an entertainment perspective, but I've never really watched a match due to them usually being shown on C5 at about 3 in the morning. Usually before the NASCAR highlights <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Niether is Cricket for that matter, however, it is impressive when you see some fielder hit the wickets side on from over 50 metres away.
Wicket stumps are 1 inch in width and 32 inches high.
I can't stand to watch cricket but I can appreciate the skill involved in it with all the various types of shot, plus it's alot harder to hit a ball that's bouncing (Not to mention the spin) up at you then a relatively easier straight flight ball.
Also you get penalised in Baseball for hitting the batter, as far as I'm aware there is no penalty in cricket for "Body Bowling".
No, and which post are you referring to? The quote button is your friend .... ... .. .
are there different ways of pitching the ball or is it just, pick a place, throw?
i've played cricket before, and the score can be outrageous if one team outskills the other. they can literally be a score difference of hundreds...
you're right in that the flat bat or paddle that they use is a real turn-off for me, especially with the way you're supposed to hold it feels awkward, while holding a baseball bat is very intuitive. i think i'd like cricket much better if they used a cylindrical bat like baseball.
I played the local fun league baseball for quite a few years and I must say I quite enjoy it.
I would say hand-eye and quickness is more important then strength for baseball. Your trying to hit this ball coming at you at 50-60 mph, and the pitcher can put spin on it so it doesn't fly straight. The slider is really nasty, starts out coming towards you, then curves back over the plate.
You ever watch a game on TV, those pitches are usually in the 90-100 mph range, so they are even more fun to hit.
Mind you, I find watching baseball extreamly boring. I have lots of fun if I'm playing, but sitting and watching is just <i>meh.</i>
I've only seen cricket once, it seemed rather similar, just that cricket takes longer to play because it doesn't have the 3 outs and switch sides that baseball does.
Diazo
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Darn. You win <i>this</i> round!
Cricket was never fun to play at school because of the way you have to hit the ball. With baseball it's like *CRACK*, manly, powerful, beating the **** out of the ball with a wooden stick kind of thing. But in cricket because of how the ball comes to you (and you can't swing back really because of the wickets) you have to do some nancy little tap and leg it to the other wicket to get a point. I did have fun bowling in cricket though. Trying to put a spin on the ball (and then having it WORK!) was really fun (hey it was school, we were hardly pro).
The count is 3-2.
Is he going to throw a slider away?
Fastball up?
Breaking ball in?
While over in the managers head, you have this going on...
Should i pinch hit for him, or should i leave him in and let him pitch some more? Hes pitching a good game...
Infield in or away?
Who should i use for the next inning? X person is good against leftys, but Y person is better at strikeouts...
Your brain can explode trying to think about what to do next when your at the plate or a manager.
I think it's amazing how a baseball pitcher can throw so many different ways, making the ball do all sorts of crazy things (knuckle ball, anyone?). I'm more impressed by how batters learn to see where the ball will go just by watching the spin as it approaches them at 110kph.
Drinking tea...
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