Comments on: Playing ball

By: mum

mum — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:10:36 +0000

what do you mean you broke some ones nose , have i forgotten or did you not tell me?

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 23:45:35 +0000

Perhaps when you played rounders it was with a tennis ball, it wasn’t so in my day, and it isn’t in the real game.

The ball in rounders is very hard, something on a par with a cricket ball, believe me I’ve been hit with them enough times to know. Just thought I should set the record straight. Rounders is not for wimps, and I was only aged 9 or 10 when I used to play. Sans padding, I hasten to add. We were tough in them days.

Sorry, I’ll get me coat, I can feel a Monty Python sketch coming on.

By: Trixie Trouble

Trixie Trouble — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:36:05 +0000

Hey it’s more of a sport than watching those pumped up noncy jocks in swaddling clothes run for two minutes before taking a break . .. ain’t nothing but poor mans rugby!

Ha! Ha!

By: MikeH

MikeH — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:32:48 +0000

A baseball fan?!? Really? What can I say except, my deepest sympathies.

By: Chunks of Reality

Chunks of Reality — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:42:39 +0000

I used to be married to an Englishman who came here to live in the US and absolutely fell in love with baseball. His favorite team was the Atlanta Braves. He never thought about it before moving here…he was all about football.

I think it’s because the American culture isn’t that big into football and so what are you to do? Baseball is better than basketball, that’s for sure (in my humble opinion).

Have fun being out of water…if I had my pick, I’d live in Scotland again and get out of the States.

Great blog design!

By: Expat Mum

Expat Mum — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:06:00 +0000

As a diehard Cubs fan (oh, damn I’m crying again) I also love the game. You should get yourself off to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. It’s a great trip.
With a husband and two kids who are fanatical, I can’t really not like baseball but the history, the traditions and Wrigley Field within walking distance. Oh my.

By: LB

LB — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:10:59 +0000

Welcome to the dark side! Baseball is brilliant. No really. Just like Mike says, it’s all about nuance. A good ‘at bat’ can be almost like watching federer v nadal in a wimbledon final too – all the emotions are there and the tension really builds in such an amazing way….

It also has a good spattering of luck to it, which most American sports have tried to surgically remove. Obviously, the Rays are good, but they have been lucky on occasions too – and that’s what makes baseball much more of a Brit-friendly sport in my mind. The chance for the underdog etc etc.

By: Brit Out of Water Snr

Brit Out of Water Snr — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:57:24 +0000

The thing I remember most about that game was the almost funereal silence of the crowd. Just before the game began, there was about two minutes worth of chanting from the bleachers, but after that……..practically nothing! The hot dog vendor was probably the noisiest person in the whole stadium!
Spend a couple of hours on the Stretford End (Sorry, West Stand) and you can hardly hear the bloke standing next to you.
At Yankee Stadium I was glad to get out if only to be away from the noise of that bloody clock ticking.

By: Silverback

Silverback — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:41:05 +0000

Cannot get ‘into’ the game myself but I do enjoy NFL footy.

Living here about an hour from Tampa means getting 101% tv coverage like you’ve never seen. It’s like living in Barnsley if they were in the FA Cup Final. (I’ll leave Man Utd references for now !).

The Rays didn’t get off to a winning start last night so it’ll be interesting to see how the locals put a spin on that. Maybe our news programs will actually show some news now.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:40:07 +0000

Baseball is all about nuance. As you learn more about the game, you will like(love) it even more.