"Justin Upton taking pitch from US national cricket team member" - Shaun Rachau on Twitter. Man,...

"Justin Upton taking pitch from US national cricket team member" - Shaun Rachau on Twitter. Man, I'd love to have been there for that!

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"While Mrs. SnakePit watched one of the most highly acclaimed films of the year, I sat through a badly made schlock fest with absolutely no redeeming value. And it was awesome."

by Jim McLennan on Feb 19, 2011 7:27 PM EST reply actions

"While Mrs. SnakePit watched one of the most highly acclaimed films of the year, I sat through a badly made schlock fest with absolutely no redeeming value. And it was awesome."

by Jim McLennan on Feb 19, 2011 7:30 PM EST reply actions

who was playing silly mid off?

Hey, Vasquez,have you ever been mistaken for a man ?
No, have you?

by hotclaws on Feb 20, 2011 4:50 AM EST reply actions

I seem to recall

seeing a sports science with Mark Reynolds where they compared cricket to baseball. Mark made it look easy while the cricket guy struggled to make contact with the smaller baseball bat.

by G.O.B. on Feb 20, 2011 12:18 PM EST reply actions

That would be

This one. Interesting stuff, especially the chunk about vision.

Mind you, looking at that, the guy playing cricket is a member of the US cricket team… which is like being a member of the UK baseball team! I think he’d have done a lot worse against someone of comparable caliber.

"While Mrs. SnakePit watched one of the most highly acclaimed films of the year, I sat through a badly made schlock fest with absolutely no redeeming value. And it was awesome."

by Jim McLennan on Feb 20, 2011 12:28 PM EST up reply actions

Pretty cool

but not surprising. Hitting a baseball is probably one of the hardest individual tasks in sport, regardless of the talent level.

Your dreck puts the "ick" in esoteric.

by soco on Feb 21, 2011 8:20 AM EST up reply actions

Cricket and baseball are sort of similiar

But not really. I mean, yes, they’re both a bat and ball sport, but that’s kind of where the similarities stop.

But it’s a super popular sport. The Cricket World Cup is the 3rd most watched sporting event (Right behind the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics), being televised in over 200 country’s, and with over 2.2 billion television users. Hugely popular in India, England, Australia, and then a bunch of other Oceanic country’s, country’s in the U.K. area, and country’s on the Indian Subcontinent (As well as numerous country’s in Africa, and a few Arab country’s too).

Just thought I’d give you guys your daily dose of facts for the day.

by Skii on Feb 20, 2011 1:35 PM EST reply actions

They might be similar

But at least in baseball they don’t have to wear that dorky as hell helmet.

by txzona on Feb 20, 2011 10:51 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

It looks like a collegiate hockey helmet, minus the visor....

Per Mare, Per Terras

by justin1985 on Feb 20, 2011 11:42 PM EST up reply actions

Except Hockey is awesome

and the mask in college Hockey allows you to keep all of your teeth(teeth are nice to have). Cricket is no where near as dangerous Hockey, thats why those helmets look so funny to me.
Also to Skii, half the world is obsessed with Soccer,(players act like they’ve been stabbed, 0-0 =boring , " don’t use your hands, hands are bad",they usually have stupid hair, and hooligans?) If 2.2 billion people watch Cricket it wouldn’t surprise me.
- yes i’m bored, end of rant.

by txzona on Feb 21, 2011 1:25 AM EST up reply actions

Read what Jim said down there

There’s a reason that they designed the cricket helmet like that.

by Skii on Feb 21, 2011 3:50 PM EST up reply actions

2.2 billion people don't mind it...

by Skii on Feb 21, 2011 12:37 AM EST up reply actions

2.2 billion

UNAMERICANS

Your dreck puts the "ick" in esoteric.

by soco on Feb 21, 2011 8:20 AM EST up reply actions

If we're going by what America thinks

Us Americans like football over anything. What’s your point?

by Skii on Feb 21, 2011 3:50 PM EST up reply actions

Careful of the Sarchasm....

Per Mare, Per Terras

by justin1985 on Feb 21, 2011 7:49 PM EST up reply actions

I'm kidding

I realized that he was being sarcastic, so I decided to be sarcastic back. Just a light joke.

by Skii on Feb 21, 2011 8:52 PM EST up reply actions

Ah.

Per Mare, Per Terras

by justin1985 on Feb 21, 2011 8:56 PM EST up reply actions

MERICA

DA BEST YESSIR

Your dreck puts the "ick" in esoteric.

by soco on Feb 21, 2011 10:26 PM EST up reply actions

Also

Americans don’t like football, we like handegg.

Your dreck puts the "ick" in esoteric.

by soco on Feb 21, 2011 10:50 PM EST up reply actions

That would be because

In cricket, it’s perfectly legitimate to target the batter, as often as you want. Even his head. So we’re not talking the odd wayward pitch coming that direction.

"While Mrs. SnakePit watched one of the most highly acclaimed films of the year, I sat through a badly made schlock fest with absolutely no redeeming value. And it was awesome."

by Jim McLennan on Feb 21, 2011 10:15 AM EST up reply actions

Additionally

In baseball, the ball can only come at your face from one direction – directly out of the pitcher’s hand. In cricket, that’s the least likely approach [indeed, that would be an illegal delivery], instead, the ball will bounce somewhere between the pitcher and batter. But the variety of angles that result mean many more ways the ball can approach your head, making the need for protection much greater.

See just after the three minute mark in this video for a couple of good examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq4jlOHM5Kg
A baseball helmet wouldn’t have cut it, shall we say…

"While Mrs. SnakePit watched one of the most highly acclaimed films of the year, I sat through a badly made schlock fest with absolutely no redeeming value. And it was awesome."

by Jim McLennan on Feb 21, 2011 4:57 PM EST up reply actions