tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post8945895211357050866..comments2023-11-05T23:07:01.842+11:00Comments on Grog's Gamut: 9 Reasons why Baseball is better than CricketGreg Jerichohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-76629159961778756262015-07-10T23:37:08.843+10:002015-07-10T23:37:08.843+10:00Ive played both games in competition as a pitcher ...Ive played both games in competition as a pitcher and open bowler. Cricket takes a shit load more skill and strategy. Baseball requires only apart from natural sporting attributes be able to throw and hit that ball... the main hard task in baseball is the rounded bat, though still its expected to be delivered into a limited legal small zone to hit.... a 5 day cricket test match has no end og strategy and skill.makes chess look like snakes n ladders.Pendragon666https://www.blogger.com/profile/03300956754436111948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-87326584890122090752015-07-10T23:21:24.251+10:002015-07-10T23:21:24.251+10:00^ lol SOCCER and cricket are pussy sports. in cric...^ lol SOCCER and cricket are pussy sports. in cricket they have to use huge ass bats cause they suck so bad at hitting they have to make it bigger. and where pussies? Try watching a REAL football game. Every play there are head collisions, a huge hits. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-27222814526880904482015-06-18T23:22:02.480+10:002015-06-18T23:22:02.480+10:003. Foul territory is for Communists.
from the ha...3. Foul territory is for Communists.<br /><br />from the ha-ha-only-serious Spectavius article<br />http://www.spectavius.com/spectavius-sports/222-22-reasons-why-cricket-is-better-than-baseball.html<br /><br />(I like both sports, but T20 cricket, especially Caribbean Premier League, is my favorite.) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-78798564669984416022015-05-14T12:30:25.050+10:002015-05-14T12:30:25.050+10:00True baseball fans would only follow his/her team ...True baseball fans would only follow his/her team for the rest of their lives that can pass easily onto their decendents. Weirdly they normally find baseball interesting but boring to watch compare to soccer(which is action packed -yet can be boring) for instance. They would not bother not watching a baseball game between other teams are involved even if it is the World Series. In baseball there is something you can never understand if you never get to know the essence of it which does not come by so easily. I do not now cricket much and there is no time for me to get to know what cricket is since I am a hardcore Giant's fan. Easier way of explaining baseball... NFL lovers or NBA fans they would also follow their home baseball teams but true MLB fans NORMALL DO NOT FOLLOW any other sports teams even if they are from their hometown. Do you know why? Becase they believe that any other sports cannot give the kind of full satisfactory and happiness package a human can ever dream about throught his/her entire life time that baseball can. Given that you decide to follow a particular team baseball becomes a sport full of dramas spectrum of which is way way way way profound and wider than any other thing than anything else that gurantees to continue for the rest of you and your childrens's lives. I wonder if cricket comes near it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-11664421185838382762015-05-13T12:47:40.281+10:002015-05-13T12:47:40.281+10:00Both baseball and cricket are very difficult games...Both baseball and cricket are very difficult games to adapt for every individual - I am BTW a Korean who played only baseball when I was young but I could not make it to a professinal level. And there was no cricket culture as well as now either in Korea where baseball happens to be the single most popular and value making sport that overwhelms(no where close) what it is from the professional soccer(football - the 2nd popular sport in Korea) league given this fact that there is no way to understand and to get to know the true fun essence of cricket for me. I tried to watch Star Sports cricket games quite a several times (each at least 2 hours) but heck I had no idea what I was watching and I did not get a glimpse of the sport. I agree with Grog in so many ways but I find it very very amazing to know how Grog could become a fan of base ball in such non baseball playing environment down under where nobody plays baseball. Anyway as a Korean who loves baseball I can just say that baseball is a sport of life that once you only get to know what it is you will never compare it at all with any other sport even football what so ever. In addition cricket looks fun but I just do not understand how it is played out nor had played it before any how cheers!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293235425115528596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-90899295254434103322015-05-06T15:16:50.594+10:002015-05-06T15:16:50.594+10:00Seriously, all these anti-baseball comments are id...Seriously, all these anti-baseball comments are idiotic. Watch a baseball game or play it yourselves, then make a comment. Forget the fact that baseballers wear gloves because I can say with a 100% certainty that they'd catch a ball just fine without it. And from what I've seen, the overall fielding ability of a MLB baseballer is of a higher standard than that of an international cricketer. For most of the last 10+ years, Australia's fielding coach is a former baseball player, and he's been a big reason why Australia has become probably the best fielding team in cricket. And he only ever played Minor League baseball! Imagine what a former MAJOR league baseball player and Gold Glove winner would turn the Australian team into!<br />Ohh And this is coming from a cricket fan/player as well.Harry Douglasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-83728085318626664112015-03-14T20:14:26.867+11:002015-03-14T20:14:26.867+11:00What the f#@k is base ball game.. i never even hea...What the f#@k is base ball game.. i never even heard of it..Do they play this game in backyard.. Cricket is played by men representing their countries.. Pussy Americans play cricket, rugby and foot ball (not with ur helmets on)...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-46234502762047792522014-07-12T01:27:50.716+10:002014-07-12T01:27:50.716+10:00Sorry buddy but I have seen both baseball and cric...Sorry buddy but I have seen both baseball and cricket. Cricket is way more interesting.<br /><br />It produces intense rivalry between the teams - the kind that you can never imagine in baseball.<br /><br />Their are far more matches (esp in the 20-20 formats) which are decided in the last over or sometimes even on the last ball.<br /><br />Have you EVER heard of anyone dying because of a baseball game? Here is some news - 2 fans died (purely out of SHOCK) after India defeated their team in world cup semifinal.<br /><br />Cricket rules.Amithttp://google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-56164867474991133852014-05-08T22:40:18.485+10:002014-05-08T22:40:18.485+10:00Hi,I would like to share some of my opinions for t...Hi,I would like to share some of my opinions for this post.<br />I am from India the country where cricket is a part of life for every person. Well some of your points are convincing but the biggest bug i got here was that no comments looked in your favour. The fact surprises me that non indian people also watch and praise cricket.The fact is true that cricket is much more harder game than the latter but when i watch the speedometer in a baseball game i become crazy. i think that how they hit the speedy ball so faaar with a round bat.. Praveennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-30584828280650354842014-03-13T04:09:24.185+11:002014-03-13T04:09:24.185+11:00Dumbest post I have ever read. Cricket is the Moth...Dumbest post I have ever read. Cricket is the Mother of bat&ball games. Statistics? Are you kidding Me? It would take weeks to read stats of a single Cricket Match. Baseball is nowhere near to Cricket. Its only because of the reason 'Americans' play it, they think its a better game. Come out of USA & see the world, you'll get to know that most of the people don't even know what baseball is.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-56637703595079240882014-01-21T05:39:42.595+11:002014-01-21T05:39:42.595+11:00I'm an American (born and raised) and cricket ...I'm an American (born and raised) and cricket is way better than baseball. Your first and second reasons make no sense and contradict each other. For one, you argue that baseball is a shorter game, and the next you argue that baseball can theoretically never end..... And this argument that baseball is more exciting/unpredictable than cricket is a farce. Sports are sports and be it any sport, you never know what is going to happen until the very end. You said that you've watched a few T20s and they weren't close. I seriously wonder if you have even watched any T20s at all, because a good chunk of these games have nailbiting finishes. Baseball is quite boring in which the same pattern happens every time a batter comes out: ball, strike, ball, strike, and then strike/hits and out. Then repeat that for 90% of the entire game. In comparing stats between the 2 games, it is commonly known that in baseball the stats are taken seriously while in cricket the stats are more like guidelines. <br />And your denying of cricket's rich and colorful history just explains a LOT. You're an Australian but never heard of Don Bradman and the Invincibles? You never heard of the Bodyline Series? You never heard of the 2005 Ashes Series? And then what about Imran Khan and his team of tigers back in the late 80s? Of the 1999 India vs Pakistan Test Series (in which a war was declared a mere months after the series). Of the 5-0 blackwash series in the 80s which established the West Indies as one of the strongest cricketing dynasties of all time (which started an emergence of culture from the Caribbean)? Or what of the 1983 and 1996 world cup where the minnow India and Sri Lanka shocked the world by winning a world cup? Or the hat trick of world cups Australia picked up? India vs Pakistan 2011 in Mohali? India vs Australia 2001 Eden Gardens? South Africa vs Australia 434 match? Murali getting his 800th wicket with his last ball? The chucking issue? The underarm ball issue with Trevor Chapell? 1999 Chennai where Tendulkar made a century against all odds in a losing cause? Brian Lara reclaiming the world record Test score with 400*? Man this is only the tip of the iceberg, cricket history is sooo RICH and tied in with different nation's cultures. By saying that baseball has more is the most ignorant thing one can here. <br />Another Thing i just loathe about baseball is that they need to use gloves to catch a lighter ball. How hard is catching if you have gloves to catch? I've seen interviews with batsman who play cricket just to try it out, and always the first thing they say is "I Can't believe you guys catch this with your bare hands". There is also a lot of overweight players in the MLB. Here in the US (i'm not sure if people in other countries are aware of this), it is widely known of the abuse of performance enhancing substances in the MLB (Sammy Sosa, recently ARod, etc). In cricket, the only instance I can think of this was Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami back in the day. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-56450149263970522012014-01-20T23:10:26.724+11:002014-01-20T23:10:26.724+11:00im on the cricket side of this argument for sure.....im on the cricket side of this argument for sure... my favorute thing about cricket has to be how suprisingly malleable it is, how you can change up the rules to play great competitive games anywhere anytime! backyard cricket, schoolyard cricket, hallway cricket, outside the stadium cricket<br />all you need is two or more people a bat and a tennis ball and a few imaginary fielders acted out by objects and your set<br />nothing beats backyard cricket and often that is where the skills of the greats are really developed<br />i wonder if this happens with baseball in the stares it doesnt seem like it would work well but maybe it does<br />would like to know...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-15367195703524043252014-01-10T14:44:51.850+11:002014-01-10T14:44:51.850+11:00I like the references to the world series of Chica...I like the references to the world series of Chicago playing New York. They are indeed champions of the world in a domestic competition. I watch both games as they have different skill sets and love the champions of the world (maybe the universe)references.Jeff OHalloranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07381368570861838130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-73140915509239406202014-01-08T23:33:04.497+11:002014-01-08T23:33:04.497+11:00There is only one reason in that whole document th...There is only one reason in that whole document that has a valid point. That Is the first one Which is about time that baseball is shorter and people don't have time to watch a hole game of cricket . Who said u have to watch the whole match anyway ofcourse u would like too. But then point to just fucks up ur first point saying baseball may never end which could make the game longer than cricket.<br />When u say baseball has better history go read the history books. And all ur other points r just a pile of words which mean nothingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-7534218267097211482014-01-05T23:45:38.013+11:002014-01-05T23:45:38.013+11:00I enjoy both sports and wouldn't say that one ...I enjoy both sports and wouldn't say that one us better than the other, but there are a few reasons I prefer cricket:-<br /><br />1) batting in cricket is more interesting. Where is baseball's equivalent of the cover drive? I love watching the more improbable shots like reverse sweeps and ramp shots. Batting in baseball boils down to swings and occasional bunts.<br /><br />2) I love the international aspect of cricket. Would bodyline have really been a big deal if it was just a spat between two rival clubs? And what about the west indies during the late seventies and eighties, when national and racial dignity was so clearly being celebrated. I would much rather watch countries play, clubs are just meaningless corporate entities anyway.<br /><br />3) I love the variability that exists in cricket because of the pitch. India struggle abroad but are lions at home because they grew up on dusty wickets. Australia has rock hard road surfaces that favor steeping seamers. The pitch is an immense part of cricket's charm. Again baseball has no equivalent.<br /><br />4) spin bowlers. The nearest equivalent baseball has are knuckleballers but nothing beats watching a spin bowler befuddle a batsman with some new creation. The Japanese leagues feature some interesting pitches like shuutos and gyroballs but realistically most baseball pitchers have a two or four seam fastball and maybe one variation.<br /><br />4) While baseball does have a lot of statistics frankly the data mining aspect of baseball has gone so far that the play is quite robotic. Clubs always bring their closers out at the beginning of the ninth. Rivera always throws his cutter at left handers. I know they're playing the percentages but it can get dull.<br /><br />5) Attrition. Nothing tests the reserves of a man better than being out in the middle, getting sledged by opposition fielders and having a fast bowler run in and try and land the ball on his teeth. Nothing shits me more in baseball than watching some overpaid player take to the field for a couple of minutes combined and still get paid a bushel.Mystikielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09866071661926880131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-32903516230737403442013-10-31T06:58:24.349+11:002013-10-31T06:58:24.349+11:00Baseball is better than cricket!!!!!!
a base playe...Baseball is better than cricket!!!!!!<br />a base player has to take clever decisions and quickly,<br />also the rules are so cool,<br />the fun in playing baseball is great,<br />there are lots of twists and unpredictability in baseball,<br />you can't be sure what's gonna happen next in the game,there is a lot more stuff about baseball which shows that baseball is better than any other sports.<br /><br />and cricket is boring,that's very predictable and that's a game for weirdos(no offence),<br />the players dress as if they are gonna fight in a battle,pussys.<br /><br />baseball is cool!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-44621505120722050902013-10-04T03:12:10.777+10:002013-10-04T03:12:10.777+10:00The top baseball leagues are a joke, because they&...The top baseball leagues are a joke, because they're SO HEAVILY weighted in favour of the pitching team that the game is pointless! Nothing happens! It goes: ball, ball, foul, strike, foul, strike, hit, out. Rinse and repeat many times. <br />Batting is just too hard. I feel like I'm in Bizzaro World every time I see it on tv. <br />Batters average less than .4 of a run?!? Come on! And the best team in 2012 averaged 5 runs a game?! That's for a whole game (right?)! :-) Bloody hell. Come on, people; wake up. <br />http://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/stat/runs-per-game?date=2012-10-28 <br /><br />I'd rather watch kids' softball. <br /><br />Put it this way: if the game was invented today, would if get off the ground as a spectator sport? No. And if someone tells me one more time that I need to learn to appreciate the bloody nuances, I'll spew up. <br /><br />It's gotta be more even. For a start, the bats should be bigger, and at least a third of the fielders should go. Imagine that: zingers much more often. <br /><br />It's got so much potential. <br /><br />Having said all that: yes, the top players are amazingly skillful, especially the pitchers. The way they curve or dip the ball at good speed; wow! And some of them are so FAST. 'Several' pitches have been clocked at over 165km/h, and a handful over 170! Crikey! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-59843703845057894112013-09-09T01:48:35.967+10:002013-09-09T01:48:35.967+10:00Why dont you jus read this link and then say anyth...Why dont you jus read this link and then say anything<br />m.bleacherreport.com/articles/52082-top-5-reasons-why-cricket-is-a-more-demanding-sport-to-play-than-baseballAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-91307069092406481342013-08-13T01:51:26.793+10:002013-08-13T01:51:26.793+10:00A long time ago baseball players play bare handed....A long time ago baseball players play bare handed. And I enjoy that baseball uses gloves. It makes the game faster. Well, it all boils down to preference. What's gonna be next? Rum or whiskey?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-23355979291437006772013-08-11T16:24:37.761+10:002013-08-11T16:24:37.761+10:00I'm a baseball fan. I also like to watch crick...I'm a baseball fan. I also like to watch cricket. But these questions are like impossible to answer. It all depends on preference if you ask me. For the other people that say that baseball players aren't fit then you are wrong. They are fit. They sprint to get on base and to steal a base. They practice hard to improve their power, their speed and their endurance. Baseball players play almost everyday in the entire MLB season. It takes stamina to play 162 games in 6 months. When it comes to cricket, most of the time cricketers would jog going to the other side of the pitch. To sum it all up, baseball is more about power while cricket is more about endurance. I never underestimate cricket because it is a beautiful game. Just respect each others' sport.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-73728013479398474762013-07-20T00:17:20.056+10:002013-07-20T00:17:20.056+10:00Such silliness comparing the two really, both are ...Such silliness comparing the two really, both are great sports and appeal to different tastes (e.g. I quite like the international prestige of cricket, you may not appreciate it as much).. For one thing, comparing Australia's summer sport to something that obviously runs a lot longer in the U.S. is wrong - you may as well make the same argument to compare Cricket with AFL.<br /><br />What are we going to compare next? Soccer and hokey?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-68205050610056430712013-07-18T02:16:33.069+10:002013-07-18T02:16:33.069+10:00Okay, I'll bite... I quite like baseball; it&#...Okay, I'll bite... I quite like baseball; it's my favourite "American" game. But it's never threatened cricket in my affections. Going through your points:<br /><br />1. For me, the length is what makes cricket - and yes, I work so I can only go at weekends. Being able to sit around at lunch, then tea, then overnight five times in a row and chew the fat is fantastic.<br /><br />2. T20's "Super Overs" can sometimes (depending on the competition) be theoretically endless, but mostly I concede this point.<br /><br />3. First Ashes Test, 2013 - 80 to win with nine down, and Aus still almost made it over the line. Yes, games like that are relatively rare, but I prefer it that way: it makes them more special when they happen.<br /><br />4. See point 1: I prefer cricket's stop-start nature. Personal preference, this one.<br /><br />5. Partly conceded, but that the third umpire decision re Agar's stumping (or not) was a huge moment - as was the last ball of all!<br /><br />6. Personal preference again. I like the all-or-nothing aspect with cricket.<br /><br />7. No question that baseball is statto's heaven. Cricket is catching up, but I doubt it'll ever be quite as stats-heavy as baseball. I'm a stats geek, so this point goes to baseball.<br /><br />8. If I'd been at that WI match, I'd be able to tell you the <i>minute</i>, never mind the season. Cricket has a vast amount of thrilling, fascinating, resonant history; just because you don't know it doesn't mean it doesn't count.<br /><br />9. Absolutely not! I love Tests cricket, rugby union Tests, the Olympics and the Ryder Cup -- all of which are country v country sports. I don't care all that much about ordinary golf tournaments, and the Lions rugby win meant more to me than my local team (Worcester) staying in the Premiership. And yes, this is part of why football (as in soccer) isn't a sport I care for much.Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-47240884179584645152013-06-21T00:47:05.710+10:002013-06-21T00:47:05.710+10:00Those who are making 'uneducated' comments...Those who are making 'uneducated' comments about baseball are simply no less, making themselves out to be fools that do not deserve a moments attention nor acknowledgement for their obvious ignorant outbursts. Anyone who learns everything he/she can about the game of baseball, and perhaps even play a few games themselves could not help but fall in love with it, guaranteed 100%!!! You won't be able to help yourself, PROMISE! It is one of the, if not MOST EXCITING game ever played, regardless of how much younger it is than Cricket or any other game played out there. Learn it, play it, then make your comments. At least then, your comments will be at least somewhat more educated and far far less prejudiced due to ignorance.<br /><br />Signed,<br /><br />KD GaurAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-6197362092777630672012-12-28T12:30:14.917+11:002012-12-28T12:30:14.917+11:00lifelong baseball fan, relatively new cricket fan ...lifelong baseball fan, relatively new cricket fan here (canadian for what that's worth).<br /><br />I don't think either game is necessarily superior, inferior, or whatever. they're different games that require different skills and techniques and both require massive amounts of specialized training to become elite at, and nobody from either sport could switch over and do appreciably well. but because there seems to be some anti-baseball sentiment here, here are some things I feel a need to point out:<br /><br /> - the ball moves much, much faster in baseball. even the quickest bowlers are still 10-15 kph slower than the baseball equivalents, and just about every major league pitcher throws at least as hard as the quickest bowler.<br /><br /> - because of this, the ball travels faster off the bat: line drives can go as hard as 130 mph, or roughly 225 kph. try catching one of those with your bare hands from 25 meters!<br /><br /> - baseball fields have longer boundaries: the absolute shortest are over 90 meters, they get as long as 120-130 if my rough calculations are accurate. therefore almost all sixes in cricket would be caught on a baseball field.<br /><br /> - baseball requires hitting straight to a field of eight fielders. there is far less open space to put the ball in.<br /><br /> - baseball bats are smaller, and also round, meaning it's a lot harder to middle the ball.<br /><br /> - one of the things that drew me to cricket, as a baseball fan, was the history aspect, the reverence around 99.94, Bodyline, the Ashes, etc. that said, baseball's is just as rich, and perhaps more so. to answer the questions asked by one other guy: yes, there were famous baseball players in WG Grace's day! ask any serious baseball fan about Old Hoss Radbourn, for instance. or King Kelly, who had hit songs written about him (in the 19th century!). Ivo Bligh receiving the urn roughly coincided with Pete Browning getting the first Louisville Slugger. cricket has Hansie Cronje, baseball has Pete Rose.<br /><br />I love both sports, and I think the world is better for having both in them. But when people say things like "Baseball players r sissies who need a bigg padded glove 2 help them catch a ball. Real men (cricket players) use their bare hands" that shows ignorance more than anything. Get your facts straight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-47491456588313683212012-07-30T23:48:21.883+10:002012-07-30T23:48:21.883+10:00As a Melbournian who has played baseball for 20yrs...As a Melbournian who has played baseball for 20yrs and has had an MCC membership, I feel adequately qualified to give my opinion on this matter without sounding like a pig-headed Aussie: the game of baseball is simply more interesting. There are more possibilities, strategies, and more action in each game. The history of the game, while not as old cricket, is again, MORE INTERESTING!<br />To to person who suggests that baseballs 'forefathers asked for the rule book of cricket', you must not have ever seen a baseball game. Both games are unique, with incredibly different rules.<br />To the person who stated that 'cricket requires mental and physical strength at maximum just to complete a game' clearly hasn't played a game of baseball. Cricket fielders decide which end to throw the ball based on where the runners are on the pitch, but what do you do if you pick up a groundball at short with 2 out a runner on third? The situations and fielding choices can be different with each hitter, even change in a pitch, And I think the athletic superiority of baseball over cricket is evident in the fact that baseball coaches where introduced to the Australian team.<br />There are legends of cricket and some amazing stories (like the reference to Bradmans 99.94) though the history and drama in comparison to baseball is thin.<br />And 'baseball has simpler rules than cricket'? No, not even close. The rules of baseball can are intricate and tedious.<br />To compare anything on the internet will do nothing but gather extreme opinion. But the sheer arrogance and baseball-illiteracy of Australians is overwhelming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com