You have two sides, one out in the field and one in, in the field. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men are out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
fred 😀
Originally posted by Freddie2004hmmm... I really have no idea what your talking about... I just hope the "c" in the title does not stand for chess 😛
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in, in the field. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in an ...[text shortened]... the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
fred 😀
Originally posted by angie88The C is for Cricket I believe. Sounds spiffy. Might want to space all the in's and out's out a bit more so it's a little easier to grasp what you're reading. Maybe put a space between each line.
hmmm... I really have no idea what your talking about... I just hope the "c" in the title does not stand for chess 😛
Like so. But thanks for the explaination fred, now maybe I'll be able to play it someday 🙂.
Josh
Thanks, but I'm still clueless. All I know is that there's a pitcher that throws a ball at a wicket (hence the english phase "sticky wicket." Though I'm not sure why a sticky wicket would be something difficult to extrcicate yourself from, unless you were a fly). If he hits it, the batter is out. The batter tries to protect the wicket and hit the ball. But what does he do after hitting the ball? Where can he hit the ball? And how is the game scored?
Sorry, I just read your other explaination in the Fantasy League thread. Okay, that makes more sense. But why is there two batters at once? When I watched it looked like there was only one. Is the other on the other side of the wicket? If so, how does the bowler decide which one of them to pitch it to?
I need some sleep now, but I'll give you your baseball rules tomorrow in this thread.
Originally posted by ark13Yes, there's another batter down the other end of the pitch. Bowlers bowl from both ends. One bowler takes a turn with 6 balls, and then the other goes for another 6 from the other direction
Sorry, I just read your other explaination in the Fantasy League thread. Okay, that makes more sense. But why is there two batters at once? When I watched it looked like there was only one. Is the other on the other side of the wicket? If so, how does the bowler decide which one of them to pitch it to?
I need some sleep now, but I'll give you your baseball rules tomorrow in this thread.
The ball can be hit absolutely anywhere, but one must take care to avoid the fielders (just like in baseball, if you're caught, you're out).
Once the ball has been hit, both batters switch ends as fast as they can. If they manage this before the fielders return the ball and hit the wickets, then they have scored a run. They can do this multiple times per hit, but if they are caught still running between wickets when the ball has been brought back by the fielders, then one of them will be out.
I hope that makes some sense.
Originally posted by Freddie2004... it sounded a lot more like the title of this thread be "...for anyone who has never understood the rules of concentual male gang-bangers" ...
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in, in the field. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in an ...[text shortened]... the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
fred 😀
All this talk about men who come in & out, in & out, in & out ...
I was getting dizzy just reading this ... 🙄
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OK, baseball. Baseball is similar. Each team has 9 players playing at a time. They can get subed for others, but that's irrelavant. OK, so the fielding team goes out into the field with nine players. One is a catcher, pitcher, and the rest are positioned at different spots on the field. There is no rule that they must be arranged this way, but everyone just does it. So the reason it's called baseball is because there are bases, 4 of them. White, square, flat things. Each team has a batting order, or an order in which they bat. So the hitting team's first person steps up to the first base, called home plate. The pitcher tries to throw the ball so that it goes over the plate. If the ball goes over the plate at a certain height, and it's not hit, it's called a strike. If the batter swings at the ball and misses, it is also a strike. If a batter gets 3 strikes, he's out and the next batter comes up. If the ball misses the plate, and the batter doesn't swing at it, it's called a ball. If there are four balls on one batter, then he gets to walk to first base. If the batter hits the ball, but it doesn't go between first and third base, it's called a foul ball, and is also a strike. The goal of the game is to score runs by getting batters to go all the way around the bases, and back to home. Batters must go to first base, then second, then third, then home. A run is also scored when a batter hits the ball far enough that it goes off the field. Then he just gets to walk around the bases. A batter is out when 1. he gets 3 strikes 2. His hit gets caught 3. A fielder with the ball in their glove tags him when he's not on a base. After 3 outs, the inning is over, and the teams switch. One goes to hit, and the other goes to field. The game has 9 innings each consisting of a chance to hit for both teams. When a batter gets on base he is safe from being tagged out and can stay there if he wants. In that case, another batter comes up. Let's say that our first batter stopped at first base, and our second batter hit the ball. Now our fist batter must try to run to second because there can't be more than one batter at a base. It is said that the bases are loaded when every base has a runner on it. In this case, the fielding team is in trouble because if the batter gets a good, long hit, there is almost no way to prevent one, or maybe more base runners from scoring. If the batter hits it out of the field, which is called a home run, then he goes around every base, and as a result, all of the base runners on at that time score as well.
Does that make sense? Now that I wrote it out, baseball seems like a much more complicated game than cricket. Do you understand it? If I missed anything anyone, please don't hesitate to add it.