[SOC] West of the Pond

Tue Apr 27 19:02:33 2004

>
> I have seen cricket played but have no idea why.  The folks do seem good
> with a 'bat' though.  Never did determine why the pitcher never bent his
> elbow.  Must be some sort of law against it.
>

The ball must be delivered from a straight arm. Under arm is legal but
frowned upon.

'Curves' are generated by polishing one side of the ball and allowing the
other side to become roughened.

Then there's spin where the bowler spins the ball from fingers or wrist so
that it changes direction as it bounces (c.f. the 'googly')

Or even better, swings before it bounces and then abrubtly changes direction
hoping for an edge to the slips or straight on to the stumps.

The game is incredibly subtle to those who can appreciate it but I have to
confess that a sport which can last for five days and not produce a result
will bewilder many.

It's a wondeful way of spending a summer afternoon (with beer) though.

Paul :-)

 How does he ever throw a
> curve, a slider, or split finger fast ball?  A home run seems awfully easy
> with only the two bases.  No difference between a double and a homer then
> I guess ;)
>     Kevin.
>
>
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 23:03:31 +0100, Paul Bartlett
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > If you ask very nicely, Liz might let you back into the Empire.
> >
> > You'll have to learn to play Rugby without body armour (we don't do
> > forward
> > passes) and learn the rules of Cricket though.
> >
> > Paul :-)
> >
> > p.s. There are ten ways of being 'out' in Cricket. Anybody in the States
> > care to name them? ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kevin Rock" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:45 PM
> > Subject: [SOC] West of the Pond
> >
> >
> >> Why did you folks abandon us on this side of the Atlantic?  We would
> >> have
> >> been better served if you were still here!
> >>     Kevin.   KD5ONS
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 22:33:10 +0100, Chris Redding
> >> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Agreed.  The rights and wrongs of invading in the first place will be
> >> > debated for a long time by minds far finer than mine, and I will
offer
> > no
> >> > opinion here.
> >> >
> >> > Being realistic, I think that it would be very optimistic to believe
> >> > that we
> >> > are going to create an Arab 'Camelot'.
> >> >
> >> > But, It would be an act of sheer cowardice to just pack up and leave
> > now,
> >> > and let the place, and its people, fall into hell.
> >> >
> >> > We Brits have made this mistake before - in Palestine/Israel among
> >> other
> >> > places - to the long-term detriment of the world in general, and
> >> > Manhattan
> >> > in particular.
> >> >
> >> > Chris G4PDJ
> >> > Der Twaddlemeister
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