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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Tuesday, November 29, 2011Kelner: Take me out to the metaphorically rich ball gameIt seems Moneyball has opened world-wide and some of the reviews I’ve been reading are eloquent ####### pips.
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1. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) Posted: November 29, 2011 at 01:14 PM (#4002765)you make it sound like that's a BAD thing
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I was thinking Ronald Coleman...
I didn't think I knew what a Welsh accent sounded like until I went to Wales and everyone sounded exactly like Anthony Hopkins.
Seeing as I was finally able to see it on its UK release last week I can make a late addition to the many assessment threads. It had a slower pace than I was expecting (not necessarily a bad thing) and the dialogue wasn't quite as snappy as I was hoping, but was genuinely funny in spots. Overall I quite liked it. As the article suggests, it's quite accessible for those without any background in baseball too. One of the guys I saw it with doesn't really know what an RBI is nevermind on-base-percentage, and he thoroughly enjoyed it.*
*Though he is a newly converted (before he'd heard of Moneyball) A's fan, and our club's rookie of the year for 2011 so he perhaps has more baseball background than most in the UK.
But they have cricket? It's not that dissimilar.
Knowing baseball, I could figure out cricket in about 20 minutes.
Knowing baseball, I could figure out cricket in about 20 minutes.
The worst way to try and figure out cricket (as I learned this past spring/summer) is to look at their version of box scores.
It gave me an understanding of how my father feels when he looks at things like OPS, WAR, K/9, etc.
One of my co-workers is originally from India, and I started watching broadcasts of the IPL this year (mainly because I was fascinated by the auction/draft system they used to create teams). It took me a while to figure out the nomenclature for the scoring system (runs/wickets/overs), when pitchers/batters/runners could be switched, and the advanced stats that popped up on the screen.
That said, I think the sport is ripe for opportunity for someone to plan team building (especially in the IPL) using a "Moneyball" approach to runs/dollars.
Side note: It was a ton of fun to watch the IPL matches (Rogers Sportsnet in Canada). The bowling/batting/fielding was amazing to watch, and the crowd REALLY gets into it. I was kind of hoping the champions league cricket was going to be on TV, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Yeah. I mean, 2 bases, no foul territory, bat 'til you're out, hit the wicket is an out, no called strikes. It's not hard to figure out the differences just by watching for a little while, and asking a half-dozen questions.
Worst porn EVER.
I've gone to minor league games with people from non-baseball nations three times. They all enjoyed it, without having much idea of what was going on. I mean, you sit out in the sun, you drink beer, you eat, you stare at people, there are people in funny outfits doing something vaguely athletic out on the pitch, and occasionally they change sides while something random occurs -- everyone sings "YMCA", a couple of people come out in sumo suits and wrestle, something like that. It's a fun environment if you are at all interested in being out with people. The author's description isn't incorrect, but none of it is necessarily bad.
Martin Short doing Katherine Hepburn.
Just so long as it's not this version of Katharine Hepburn, the rock-throwing hillbilly in Spitfire.
h/t to #17's David St. Hubbins ref.
The Midwest Cricket Conference and the American Cricket Conference both play in Washington Park on the western border of Hyde Park, Chicago. They play most weekends through the warmer months, and the MCC players all come out in proper cricket whites for their matches. I've found that if you go and set up shop near one of the pitches for more than ten minutes, someone will come over and ask you if you know about the game, and will then talk you through the rules and gameplay in as much detail as you can possibly desire. It's a great way to get a handle on the game.
I actually might play some cricket for the first time in the new year...looking forward to it!
One of the guys I play baseball with also plays for a local cricket team and he's been trying to get some cross-sport fraternizing going. Apparently at the local level cricket clubs are pretty negligent when it comes to fielding so he's hoping to get some of our better baseball players to teach those guys how to throw a ball properly. I've tried some bowling, but I've yet to figure out how to do it legally. My body keeps wanting to, you know, THROW the ball. But apparently that's not kosher.
Worst porn EVER.
"Long Day's Grimley In Too Tight."
The basic technique: stand still. Hold up your arm as if you're doing a Hitler salute, and then let it drop down, keeping it straight - don't bend the elbow. Then it swings around behind you as you lean your torso forward. Let your shoulder twist (roll) as your arm moves, and then you will raise your leg (the leg on the same side as the arm you're bowling with) so the leg sticks out behind you to keep your balance. Don't push the speed too much until you've got a feel for the basic technique.
The hard bit is getting the run-up right. It's a lot like a long-jumper - you have to get the correct foot to hit the right spot of ground, at a high speed. Do a three-step run up (like a spinner) once you have a basic feel for the bowling action. Then try to speed that up until you need a bigger run-up to get up speed, only then do you start learning how to lay out a long run-up. That's probably at least a year after you first turned your arm over.
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