Baseball is no cricket.
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Baseball is no cricket.
Have you ever watched an entire baseball game?
There are vague similarities in terms of it being bat and ball and you have to score 'runs' by hitting it out of the reach of fielders, but cricket is a lot deeper and has a lot more subtleties and variations.
I've went to whole baseball games. It's absolutely horrendous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoonsky
Basketball > USA Football > NHL > Any Other Sport > Nascar > Baseball
You can't even smoke in Baseball stadiums nowadays, sitting there for four hours, I'd go mad.
From my ultra-limited exposure to cricket, it did seem a bit more nuanced than baseball.
You can't really bat defensive in baseball and none of their records are legit.
http://www.buckbokai.com/wp-content/...ey-batting.jpg
All hail Josh Exley. :hail:
all of this baseball slander smh.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-37858611
It was tragic and that until I reached this paragraph:
And then it was just childish laughter to the bitter end.Quote:
Rumours started flying that Fatim had gone on the "Back Way", the now famous name for the boat journey across the Mediterranean to Italy, according to Red Scorpions captain Fatu Fatty.
Sad.Quote:
"A few days later we confirmed from her family that an agent had contacted them to say Fatim was among those on the boat that capsized," Ms Fatty explained in tears.
The main difference is that baseball is played entirely in the air, whereas cricket also uses the ground, which introduces such a vast range of different possibilities and outcomes. It's also a lot more open-ended and baseball, by comparison, very formulaic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
I think I would rather watch a baseball match, solely on the assumption that there would be cheeseburgers to be bought.
What food do you imagine they have at cricket grounds?
I reckon everyone smuggles (takes) Marks & Spencer mini pork pies and sausage rolls in, and I bet it's the most exciting part of the day.
That was more in the pre-Blair days. Now it's a queue of 40 people for £11 scampi and chips at the Oval.
'ow much, as they say.
I did enjoy buying peanuts and throwing the peels on the ground like a swine (that's what Americans told me I should do.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
I love cricket, and I definitely think that it's a better sport. I don't like baseball at all.
However, it's easy to underestimate the subtlety of baseball. There's a lot going on there. Also, it's not mostly played in the air - that's a weird idea. There are lots of players who specialise in playing along the ground, stealing bases, etc. You have a few home run blasters, but that's only part of the lineup (albeit the one most suited to highlights).
Cricket is better, but baseball is just as deep in different ways.
I mean between the pitcher and the bat it is entirely in the air, so there are only two variables, speed and direction of flight. Cricket has those plus all the stuff involving the pitch, so there are five or six things going on per delivery. Obviously the ground comes in later on in baseball plays, not least because the players need something to stand on.
The baseball game I went to see was fucking horrendous, as was all the wanky crowd interaction shit. Pretty much everyone had gone home before the conclusion, what other sport would you get that in?
http://i.imgur.com/G5NxVHu.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Samadini
I'd say the subtlety of baseball is overstated by its fans, if anything. There is stuff going on, sure, but it still just a bloody game, lets not make it sounds like there is some sort of clash between masterminds going on.
The whole tobacco chewing and spitting is gross as fuck too.
Don't think those lot were leaving because they were bored, to be fair.
A woman's had her kids taken off her for throwing elbows at her six year old and putting her in a headlock outside Silverburn. That's Magic in two years.
:D
Such a good picture for that story too.
Rory McGrath a sex pest, well I never.
First Nick Hancock, now Rory McGrath, who's next? We already know about Boris' trists. David Gower?
David Gower probably the least likely person in the entire UK to be a sex pest. Gary Lineker is a confirmed adulterer, so that just leaves Jonathan Ross.
It's always the ones you least expect.
I said this to my friend yesterday (and meant to post it here to lol at the picture). Have you ever seen an outside the court picture that doesn't make them look like a wrong'un? When that lad I knew got done for perving on medical records they captured an absolute beauty of him walking in like a guilty man. It's an art.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boydy
I suppose if you take enough pictures you'll get some where they look bad.
See also: Ed Miliband.
In this case pretty much any picture of Rory Mcgrath would do the job.
http://i1.chroniclelive.co.uk/incomi...-527898326.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
Nope. Used to work with him.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/p...ions/93870512/
Tinder now has 37 Gender options. :harold:
No it doesn't. You can write anything in as your gender and it will match you to it, you can input 'Jedi' and it will match you to other users that write Jedi. They just put terms in to auto-complete as any programmer looking to increase engagement in those options would.
edit: Thought I'd update the app to check, turns out it's complete bollocks anyway. Good story. Strong work.
http://i.imgur.com/Rhu18fu.jpg
edit2: Checked my profile gender settings just in case, 2 genders.
I can definitely see it being fully implemented though, get's users off Grindr and on to Tinder. Which is what this is actually about.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/articles/37975211
BBC are reporting it too.
That's nice?
So you might want to ru your update again.
Load of fucking tosh. We survived for long enough with two and pandering to all these cunts is just circling the drain.
Why would anyone give one iota of a fuck anyway? It's not like you hang out with these people anyway so what impact does it have on you whatsoever?
They might have a 'Beta Cuck' option for you now, Phonics.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-38079322
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Man guilty of punching five-day-old baby in Baguley Tesco
Hardy told the court he had thought the "doll" belonged to Elsie Rose's older sister who he had wanted to make laugh.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38077727
What a bunch of fucking clowns. How many times have they turned a blind eye or given token fines to clubs whose fans repeatedly racially abuse players?
'including fans wearing poppies'
:D
I got myself a crying walking sleeping talking living doll. The baby just looked plastic so I smacked it, a living doll. Now it's off to court I go, fuck you Tesco, I really didn't know. I got a bruised knuckle and no chuckle when I smacked the doll. I'm so sorry Elsie Rose I broke your nose, I thought you were a doll.
http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/c...idhardybbc.jpg
He doesn't look like the kind of bloke that would punch a doll for the lols. Proper shitting it, there. He can't have done much damage cause he got off pretty lightly, but the shame of being known as a baby puncher will live with him forever.
He looks like an incredibly large baby so maybe he was just trying to throw his weight around the sandbox.
He got off with a fine. Perhaps Gary Glitter and the like should have said they thought their victims were puppets.