TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
Care to explain? For anabolic steroids not only aid the growth of muscle mass but they help maintain muscle mass. Mass which a normal athlete would find difficult to maintain on a MLB season.
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Baseball vs. Cricket
- Thread starter Days of Grace
- Start date
adharcric
International Coach
Love the Sox, hate the Yankees. Don't really care about the Phillies, nobody ever seems to talk about them for some reason. Howard has erupted though, good stuff.
adharcric
International Coach
You're suggesting that every baseball player takes steroids to make it through a season? These guys are supreme athletes and some of them take the roids to boost the power numbers (e.g., the man who plays for my home team ...).
The Baconator
International Vice-Captain
Need some pitching badly, it must be said.
Stefano
School Boy/Girl Captain
I think that very few members of this forum are like me; I am a baseball fan that some years ago got some interest in cricket. I think that most of you are the opposite. I have watched hundreds of baseball games in my life, but now I have watched some cricket games, too. So, I think I have a decent knowledge of both sports. Both sports are great: both have their strenghts and their weaknesses.
About the original answer:
And, what can bit hit further? A baseball or a cricket ball?
1) Baseball bat is lighter and smaller. So, you can swing it with more easily.
2) Baseball swing is somehow more natural than a cricket swing.
So, if a baseball ball is perfectly hit, it can really fly. However, there is something which should not be forgotten: hitting a baseball ball with a baseball bat is very difficult. There is no flat surface, so it is a round bat vs a ball. That means that unless the ball is hit in the very right point, it does not go in the right direction.
Catcher is a very demanding position. Staying in that position for hours can cause lots of trouble to the knees. Then, catching fast balls is not an easy task, although the catcher might use a special glove (which is different from those used by the other fielders). Last but not least: catchers have to defend the home plate... So they have to avoid that runners score.. Very often there are collisions between the catcher and the runner...
Pitching is also very demanding. Starting pitchers (who should pitch for at least 5 innings, but if they are playing well can go even further) always have a 4-day rest after a game. Pitching after 3-day rest can be tough. Pitching a curveball is a very demanding task, even more than a fastball. At professional level, a starting pitcher could play every day (although that never happens). But youth and amateur players cannot do that. It is forbidden by the rule book, which FORCE them to have a 4-day rest between matches.
About the original answer:
And, what can bit hit further? A baseball or a cricket ball?
1) Baseball bat is lighter and smaller. So, you can swing it with more easily.
2) Baseball swing is somehow more natural than a cricket swing.
So, if a baseball ball is perfectly hit, it can really fly. However, there is something which should not be forgotten: hitting a baseball ball with a baseball bat is very difficult. There is no flat surface, so it is a round bat vs a ball. That means that unless the ball is hit in the very right point, it does not go in the right direction.
Catcher is a very demanding position. Staying in that position for hours can cause lots of trouble to the knees. Then, catching fast balls is not an easy task, although the catcher might use a special glove (which is different from those used by the other fielders). Last but not least: catchers have to defend the home plate... So they have to avoid that runners score.. Very often there are collisions between the catcher and the runner...
Pitching is also very demanding. Starting pitchers (who should pitch for at least 5 innings, but if they are playing well can go even further) always have a 4-day rest after a game. Pitching after 3-day rest can be tough. Pitching a curveball is a very demanding task, even more than a fastball. At professional level, a starting pitcher could play every day (although that never happens). But youth and amateur players cannot do that. It is forbidden by the rule book, which FORCE them to have a 4-day rest between matches.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
The
... presumably meant I was tongue-in-cheek but given how some college baseball ‘stars’ have supplemented their body with AAS for improving things such as running game I don't think it is all about personal numbers and averages but more about being conditioned enough to take the demands of a full season. In the case of Bonds and McGwire it alters.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
Yes they have but the raison d'etre is maintaining ones optimal level of performance, so there is a harmonious synch between hypothetically my 5th and my 136th game of the year, this hasn’t always been paramount.
pasag
RTDAS
Days of Grace
International Captain
Silent Striker, what did the Yankees ever do to you?
Anyway, there are some porkers that come into bat in baseball. However, do baseball coaches firstly look for someone who can sprint fast into base, or someone who can actually hit the ball? What is more important?
Anyway, there are some porkers that come into bat in baseball. However, do baseball coaches firstly look for someone who can sprint fast into base, or someone who can actually hit the ball? What is more important?
Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I'd hazard a guess and say that a batter who can slog the ball out of the park is of more value to the team than a batter who can make the bases due to his pace.
Stefano
School Boy/Girl Captain
I'd hazard a guess and say that a batter who can slog the ball out of the park is of more value to the team than a batter who can make the bases due to his pace.
That is not true. Power is not everything in baseball. Hitting the ball out of the park does not happen very often. It is a perfect combination of a series of events.
A hitter who does not have much power BUT has a good batting average will always find a place in the team. Power hitters very often are struck out and they have lower batting averages, which is not that good for a team. Hitters, instead, who can have good batting averages, who know how to run the bases... They will always find a place in the team.
Of course, if you have good batting averages but you also have power... that is even better!!!
That is not true. Power is not everything in baseball. Hitting the ball out of the park does not happen very often. It is a perfect combination of a series of events.
A hitter who does not have much power BUT has a good batting average will always find a place in the team. Power hitters very often are struck out and they have lower batting averages, which is not that good for a team. Hitters, instead, who can have good batting averages, who know how to run the bases... They will always find a place in the team.
Of course, if you have good batting averages but you also have power... that is even better!!!
Lostman
State Captain
yankee haters
Been a yankee fan since i was 8yrs old. I usually go to about 10 games a year, but havnt had a chance to go to a single game this year since because ive been in Sri Lanka since May.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Yankess just buy a championship. Sox also try to buy a championship but since they dont have the money Yankees do, they get on their high horse about Yankees overspending them, and ignore the fact that they themselves outspend every team but the yankees.
Days of Grace
International Captain
How about a salary cap for the baseball? Unrealistic?
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Would be nice, but its unrealistic.
Fusion
Global Moderator
Yankees man here
It must be tough on the consciences to follow the Devil's 9 every day.yankee haters
Been a yankee fan since i was 8yrs old. I usually go to about 10 games a year, but havnt had a chance to go to a single game this year since because ive been in Sri Lanka since May.
roseboy64
Cricket Web Content Updater
Gotta disagree with Perm. Teams usually have a combination of all types of hitters. If you're down by two runs or so you need people to get on base if you're a power hitter anyway.
Fusion
Global Moderator
Right, it depends on the team make-up, the ballpark you're playing in, and your spot in the lineup. Like Cricket, baseball has set roles as well. Your first thee hitters are expected to get on base and have some speed, so generally are not power hitters. That doesn't mean they can't hit home runs, just that they tend to have higher batting averages and lower home run totals. The next three hitters are in the clean-up spot and are usually home run hitters. They are expected to drive in the runs, either through home runs or extra-base hits. The last 3 hitters are the weakest link in the lineup (of course some team's weakest links maybe better than another's clean-up) are just expected to get on base any which way they can.