Posted on 09/07/2006 6:27:56 AM PDT by AdAstraPerArdua
Right. And we'll be completely metric in 2008.
Fastest growing game in America? Um, it sure hasn't reached my neck of the woods yet. Anyone else?
I have a million of them around my house, how do you kill them?
I grew to love Cricket when I lived in England, never knew it was once our national game!
Imagine a baseball game which drags on for about a week because even foul balls count as in play. Then imagine the scene where one team gets all 27 outs before the other side is allowed to bat -- with the result that you can never quite tell who's ahead. Then imagine watching the whole mess from the outfield since the playing field extends around the "stumps" for a distance in every direction.
About the only saving grace to the sport is the clubhouse -- wherein you can sit with your British friends and slowly drink yourself into a mild stupor on Pims.
If you go from one fan to two, that's a 100% increase.
I was at Greenfield Village (an awesome historical museum in Michigan) a few weeks ago. They had a cricket field set up and a guy teaching the game. It was quite enjoyable and fun. At the basic level, it's not difficult, although, like baseball, it can be quite complex.
Do not misunderestimate the fervor and stamina of the Metricofascist Jihadis. They will not stop until the entire world is under their dominance. They will, and have, do anything within their power to ensure an complete and total Metric Oriented World. You can absolutely count on it!..........You have been warned.................
Cricket would be alright, if only you didn't have to dress up like you were going to a wedding..................
As the guy in the article says - 'it's too complicated for Americans.'
I don't have to imagine it - I've been to many international cricket matches. Never had trouble working out who was ahead and never minded that the pitch was designed to suit the game, rather than the audience.
You don't have to like cricket, but don't run down a game that is loved by more people than all American sports put together. I love Baseball as well, but it's just not cricket old boy! :)
I thought lacrosse was the fastest growing game in the U.S.
I'm still using digits, cubits and reeds. They'll never take me alive.
Can't beat 'em for shellcracker.
I like the person who posted the keyword "waytoocamplicated" above. If one can't spell a simple word, it isn't likely he/she will be able to understand the rules of an entirely new sport!
~ Blue Jays ~
Whoa, hang on a sec...since when was baseball "simple"?
Basketball is simple (throw the ball in the basket)...hockey is simple (get the puck in the net)...soccer is simple (get the ball in the goal). Even NFL football, while not a simple game, has a simple objective...get the ball into the other team's endzone or through the other team's uprights.
Baseball? Move four 90 foot lengths before your team makes three outs...an out being a caught ball before it hits the ground or by tagging the runner or by making a force play at first base...oh, and try to hit a Roger Clemons split finger fastball while your at it.
Yeah, baseball isn't simple. That's my rant for the day.
Feh. Ephahs, logs, and hins for me. You kids and your newfangled cubits.
BTW, cricket is actually catching on here in Richmond. Of course, we have a MASSIVE influx of Indian tech workers, so that's why. But they do have cricket clubs here in the capital of the old Confederacy. Go figure.
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