28 Nov 06
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Originally posted by PhlabibitA nice movie:
We could play a game. You hit a cricket ball to me with your 'Bat'.
I hit a baseball to you with my bat.
You won't like the results. A baseball bat will give much more force per square inch.
I don't know how hard a cricket ball is, but I know a baseball isn't designed to be caught with a bare hand even if I throw it around 60mph, let alone 85 to ...[text shortened]... depending if the ball comes off a bat or from someone's throwing arm in an MLB game.
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http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~cross/Collision2.mov
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28 Nov 06
Originally posted by PhlabibitA cricket ball is roughly as hard as a baseball - harder to begin with, but they use it for longer so it does soften. It's slightly smaller, and slightly heavier. They're both capable of doing lots of damage if they hit you in the wrong place.
I don't know how hard a cricket ball is, but I know a baseball isn't designed to be caught with a bare hand even if I throw it around 60mph, let alone 85 to 130ish depending if the ball comes off a bat or from someone's throwing arm in an MLB game.
28 Nov 06
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Bottom line is this: Unless you're willing to catch a Roger Clemens fastball with your barehand (and if you are, you clearly have no idea how dangerous a Roger Clemens fastball is), you have no business calling our baseball players sissies.
Furthermore, unless you are prepared to go up in the air for a ball, leaving yourself completely exposed and vulnerable to a 250 lb. linebacker running at full speed and looking to separate you from the ball by any means possible, and do so with no padding or helmet, you have no business calling our football players sissies.
28 Nov 06
Originally posted by Natural ScienceFrankly, if I had to get tackled by a 250 lb linebacker, I might just as soon do it without the pads. (The linebacker gets no pads either.)
Bottom line is this: Unless you're willing to catch a Roger Clemens fastball with your barehand (and if you are, you clearly have no idea how dangerous a Roger Clemens fastball is), you have no business calling our baseball players sissies.
Furthermore, unless you are prepared to go up in the air for a ball, leaving yourself completely exposed an ...[text shortened]... and do so with no padding or helmet, you have no business calling our football players sissies.
I got a feeling his pads are probably going to do more damage to me than my pads are going to protect me.
This is a point that our European friends are missing. Pads are offensive as well as defensive.
28 Nov 06
Originally posted by Red Night😵
Frankly, if I had to get tackled by a 250 lb linebacker, I might just as soon do it without the pads. (The linebacker gets no pads either.)
I got a feeling his pads are probably going to do more damage to me than my pads are going to protect me.
This is a point that our European friends are missing. Pads are offensive as well as defensive.
Red Night is getting desperate with his excuses...
29 Nov 06
Originally posted by PalynkaI didn't really mean it as an excuse.
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Red Night is getting desperate with his excuses...
I was just making an observation and Phlabs disagrees with it, so maybe I'm wrong.
The point is that "pads" is a bit of a misnomer. the things aren't made out of padding, they are made out of hard plastic and they hurt.
29 Nov 06
Originally posted by Red NightAnd what about the helmets?
I didn't really mean it as an excuse.
I was just making an observation and Phlabs disagrees with it, so maybe I'm wrong.
The point is that "pads" is a bit of a misnomer. the things aren't made out of padding, they are made out of hard plastic and they hurt.
Wusses.
29 Nov 06
Originally posted by howardgeeI mean cummon, helmets are for motorbike riders risking life and limb at over 100mph, or for F1 drivers. Even cyclists going at 70mph down hill in the bore-de-france only use bike helmets, not the full faced grilled affairs used in American namby-pamby "Football".
And what about the helmets?
Wusses.
All they are doing is running around chasing a soft, inflated ball.
Pusseeeeeees!!!!!!
29 Nov 06
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i think the film green street makes a good point when the american says, "all you do is use your fist in a fight, in the us we use guns, its a matter of life and death in the us", to which the englishman replies, "would these same people do what i do, i jump into crowds of 5 to 10 men wanting to beat the s**t out of me with only my fist for protection - that takes far more guts than shooting a gun... any coward can fire a gun!" good point
30 Nov 06
Originally posted by Red Nighti think you are wrong on this one, if your gona get tackled by a linebacker you might want a helmet when your head slams against the ground...
Frankly, if I had to get tackled by a 250 lb linebacker, I might just as soon do it without the pads. (The linebacker gets no pads either.)
I got a feeling his pads are probably going to do more damage to me than my pads are going to protect me.
This is a point that our European friends are missing. Pads are offensive as well as defensive.
30 Nov 06
Originally posted by omg1337I think part of his point is wearing the pads lets everyone hit harder, so there are some very hard hits delivered where they wouldn't be delivered if both people were used to playing said sport with no protection.
i think you are wrong on this one, if your gona get tackled by a linebacker you might want a helmet when your head slams against the ground...
As for rugby or Ausy football stuff (sorry about any bad spelling) they are crazy. That's nuts to run around like that and kill each other with no pads at all. I do respect that, in a "what are you stupid?" kind of way.
We also might be missing his point that he'd rather die instant when the NFL guy crushes him... rather than be in full pads... and body traction for 3 month.
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