Cricket explained to a baseball fan.

[fleetfootmike]

My former colleague dmmaus has come up with a superb description of how to transform baseball into cricket in 19 steps. I.e., starting with an understanding of baseball, here's how you get cricket.

Comments

[keristor.livejournal.com]

Hmm, by reading it backwards and inverting the actions I almost understand baseball *g*...

[qb-fox.livejournal.com]

No, you don't. 8{)>

[tnatj.livejournal.com]

An addendum might be

understanding cricket fielding in terms of baseball

or some such:

There's also a flip to Number 3: Since there is no foul territory, you can put fielders (almost) anywhere you like. This means that you can have a number of fielders (called "Slips") stationed behind and to either side of the batter to catch what would be foul tips in baseball.

Unlike Baseball, in Cricket only a few possible fielding positions may be filled at any one time. The issue of what positions are filled or not is part of the strategy of the game. Because of this, the only direct correspondence in field positions between Baseball and Cricket are Pitcher = Bowler, and Catcher = Wicket-keeper, as they are the only two field positions required to be filled in Cricket.

"Brush backs" and "Bean balls" are part of the game in Cricket, with the latter only questioned if done repeatedly with fast deliveries. Hence a batter is generally armored like a Lacrosse player.

"Wild pitches" and other balls delivered so the batter/batsman can't reach them are called "Wides" in cricket. If they evade the catcher/wicketkeeper, a batter may become a runner on a "Wide".

"Passed balls" are called "Byes" in cricket. A batter may become a runner on a "Bye".

"Hit batsman" is called a "Leg Bye" in cricket and treated just like a batted ball, except you can't be out if the ball is caught in the air.

I'm sure there's more ...

[dan-ad-nauseam.livejournal.com]

Saw this yesterday: http://tinyurl.com/cg7pq (Cookies or sign-in required.)