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Cricket vs Baseball
- Thread starter LA ICE-E
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LA ICE-E
State Captain
basebals been trying to spread its wings and just the thought that it might threaten cricket in the long run is saddening...what if they start playing internationally more then baseball has big chance....australia and south africa are 2 test countries who played in the baseball classics 
well cricket isn't and was kicked out of the olimpics after like the 1910s and new news says cricket isn't going to be a olympic sport for while...
Poker Boy said:
well cricket isn't and was kicked out of the olimpics after like the 1910s and new news says cricket isn't going to be a olympic sport for while...
Dravid
International Captain
You don't have to worry about Cricket being overtaken by Baseball. It's never going to happen.LA ICE-E said:basebals been trying to spread its wings and just the thought that it might threaten cricket in the long run is saddening...what if they start playing internationally more then baseball has big chance....australia and south africa are 2 test countries who played in the baseball classics
well cricket isn't and was kicked out of the olimpics after like the 1910s and new news says cricket isn't going to be a olympic sport for while...
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Yes but Aus and SA have always had baseball. Its not a new thing. Also SA involvement in the Baseball Classic garnered about as much attention and public interest as the Nuneaton Lawn Bowls U'13 girls 3rd division.LA ICE-E said:australia and south africa are 2 test countries who played in the baseball classics
jack_sparrow
U19 Debutant
Josh said:
some dude in australia is saying this. where are you pulling this from? dare i ask....almost half of the players in the MLB are hispanic. Hispanic as in, they were either born in the States and are of south american ancestry or they are south american citizens playing for the MLB.
Josh
International Regular
Half my family is American, and I've lived there.jack_sparrow said:
almost half of the players in the MLB are hispanic. Hispanic as in, they were either born in the States and are of south american ancestry or they are south american citizens playing for the MLB.
By the comment "the two aren't comparible", I actually meant that because of their different areas of popularity and main involved countries. Not the weight of numbers, as it would have been easy to comprehend as.
US and surrounds = USA, Canada, South America, Cuba, etc.
Turbinator
Cricketer Of The Year
No, that is exaggerating a bit too much.jack_sparrow said:
almost half of the players in the MLB are hispanic. Hispanic as in, they were either born in the States and are of south american ancestry or they are south american citizens playing for the MLB.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
You could never hold the Cricket World Cup in America, they tried it with soccer but the American public were confused when teams from other Countries turned up.
maxpower
U19 Cricketer
actually it was 26% in 2002 (source: www.latinobaseball.com), but since most of the top class players are hispanics it seems like a bigger number.jack_sparrow said:
almost half of the players in the MLB are hispanic. Hispanic as in, they were either born in the States and are of south american ancestry or they are south american citizens playing for the MLB.
As per the topic, both different sports and different markets not gonna cross each other in terms of competition.
LA ICE-E
State Captain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sports_attendance_figures#Competitions_between_national_teams
it shows baseball classic having 741,430 attendence and cricket world cup just having 581,397 even though cricket had 52 games and the classic had 39 games....can someone find out if the baseball figure is actually true or is exaggerated and make sure the numbers for the world cup is true too...does any one know what was the attendence from 99 world cup or whats the most successfull world cup attendence wise....what the hell how could the classic have more attendance on its 1st turn then the world cup which been established for so long....
it shows baseball classic having 741,430 attendence and cricket world cup just having 581,397 even though cricket had 52 games and the classic had 39 games....can someone find out if the baseball figure is actually true or is exaggerated and make sure the numbers for the world cup is true too...does any one know what was the attendence from 99 world cup or whats the most successfull world cup attendence wise....what the hell how could the classic have more attendance on its 1st turn then the world cup which been established for so long....
LA ICE-E
State Captain
ah repeat of the 96 violence wont help (nightmate:sri lanka vs india) but so true thats going to be the best world cup because by then aussies will start sucking all associates will get better with all these experience and there will be home crowd from sri lanka, india, pak and bang....thats going to be the biggest but can someone find the actuall total attendance from the 2003 world cup i have been looking all over the placeDravid said:
cant find it:'( would really appreciate it....may be list of total attendance for all cricket world cups would be better....
mohammad16
U19 Captain
I played alot of baseball growing up
i was on my high skool team and everything
i dont actually know why i enjoyed it, i have enjoyed most sports
but now looking back i mean baseball just doenst even compare to cricket
u cant hit the ball backwards, 90% of the time ur just trying to make contact in the middle of the bat,
u just dont have anywhere near as much control as u do with a cricket bat where u open the face at times, use the wrist
hitting homeruns is fun though but theres just not much technique when it comes to baseball
baseball is one of those sprots, where u can do well without any prior practice, that is only as a hitter though
i remember when i came to canada, the first time i played baseball, i owned everyone in teh school, because its simple basic hand eye co ordination and power, theres just not much depth to teh game
sure at the pro level, hitters do get technical with stances, head positoing, follow throuhgs
but its nothing compared to mastering feet movement, balance and stuff in cricket
pitching is also very one dimensional because the ball doenst even bounce, its fun throwing as hard as u can, and getting the ball to move but it doenst compare to cricket
i dont know why americans are obsessed with the game, the only reason that makes sense is that the game is much shorter then cricket
really interms of quality, i dnot think both sports even compare
i was on my high skool team and everything
i dont actually know why i enjoyed it, i have enjoyed most sports
but now looking back i mean baseball just doenst even compare to cricket
u cant hit the ball backwards, 90% of the time ur just trying to make contact in the middle of the bat,
u just dont have anywhere near as much control as u do with a cricket bat where u open the face at times, use the wrist
hitting homeruns is fun though but theres just not much technique when it comes to baseball
baseball is one of those sprots, where u can do well without any prior practice, that is only as a hitter though
i remember when i came to canada, the first time i played baseball, i owned everyone in teh school, because its simple basic hand eye co ordination and power, theres just not much depth to teh game
sure at the pro level, hitters do get technical with stances, head positoing, follow throuhgs
but its nothing compared to mastering feet movement, balance and stuff in cricket
pitching is also very one dimensional because the ball doenst even bounce, its fun throwing as hard as u can, and getting the ball to move but it doenst compare to cricket
i dont know why americans are obsessed with the game, the only reason that makes sense is that the game is much shorter then cricket
really interms of quality, i dnot think both sports even compare
LA ICE-E
State Captain
is that for the ashes you mean? thanks can you give me the source you know that info from?GoT_SpIn said:
again can someone find the actuall total attendance from the 2003 world cup....may be list of total attendance for all cricket world cups would be better.... i have been looking all over the place cant find it:'( would really appreciate it....