Adverse comments on my article on Baseball & Cricket. Most of them are just trolling, which is pretty sad. But quite a lot of them seem to be misinformed, and I’m here to put that to bed once and for all.
This article will destroy the myths that each set of fans has in regard to the other sport and show you why it’s largely a pointless argument to compare the two.
Let’s start by destroying myths held by Cricket fans about Baseball.
Cricket fans will always argue that it’s harder to hit a cricket ball – but this is not true.
A show by ESPN’s Sport Science completely disproved this myth.
The contact surface area of a baseball bat is significantly smaller than a cricket bat,
which means putting the ball in play requires more accuracy with a baseball bat.
This was demonstrated where a pro cricketer tried to hit with a baseball bat with, but he failed in it.
And a pro baseball player tries to hit with a cricket bat with significantly better success.
The reaction time has to quicker in baseball too.
The distance between the wickets in Cricket is 20 m.
The distance between the pitching rubber and home plate: 18 m.
Therefore, you have less time to think and react in Baseball.
This is not a myth, this is a scientifically proven fact – it is physically harder to hit a baseball with a baseball bat.
Cricket fans will argue that cricket ballers launch the ball faster than baseball pitchers – again, this is not true.
The average speed of a cricket baller at the top level is 88 mph.
The average speed of a baseball pitch – 92 mph.
Baseball wins.
Cricket fans argue that cricket is played by more people worldwide.
This is an annoying statistic, as Cricket is played by fewer countries where the populations are massive.
Cricket fans use this to exaggerate popularity, and therefore superiority.
Baseball is played in more countries – where the populations are significantly less.
Baseball fans use this statistic to exaggerate popularity and therefore superiority.
And even then, using populations or number of countries is not an accurate measure of how many people actually play the sport in these countries.
To me – this does not dictate how popular a sport actually is.
Cricket fans deem baseball inferior because baseball players use a glove to catch the ball.
Making fun of a sport because they use equipment for safety reasons, it is not good.
Baseball players use gloves as a safety measure, not because they’re incapable of catching the ball without a glove.
And any Cricket fans who disagree with that … what’s this then? What’s that?
What’s that thing that the Wicket Keeper has on his hands.
Oh yeah, this is gloves. This argument is largely hypocritical.
It's all for player safety and I condemn those who make fun of things that make a sport safe to play, especially if it’s safety for kids.
You are literally are a disgusting if you make fun of safety measures.
Arguments for Cricket, Baseball fans will argue that the Cricket ball is easier to hit, and therefore it’s easier to score runs.
But that’s not necessarily true.
Yes, we’ve scientifically proven that it is harder to physically hit a baseball, but it’s certainly not easier to score runs because of it.
In baseball, generally there are 3 ways you can be out. Stuck out, caught out, run out.
In Cricket, there’s 10.
And not only do you have to defend your wickets, you also have to defend yourself.
Because in baseball if you’re hit by a pitch, you get to cry about it a little, and then get a free pass to first base.
In Cricket, if you’re hit by a ball and subsequently hurt from it, it’s perfectly legally.
And if it strikes your leg in front of the wicket, you’re out!
Throwing the ball at the batsman is not only legal, but encouraged.
A bowler could bounce the ball at your head with every ball and, it’d be perfectly acceptable.
Can you score runs efficiently if they’re balling for your face?
Baseball fans will argue that it’s easier to put the ball in play in Cricket – but that’s not true either.
It’s not enough just to make contact with the ball, it’s putting the ball in play without being out.
In baseball, you hit the ball between the foul lines, which forms this 90 degree area.
You hit the ball outside the foul lines, you’re not out unless you’re caught in foul territory.
But a cricket batsman has to be able to hit 360 degrees
You must be logged in to post a comment.