[HPFGU-OTChatter] What's the fun in baseball?

[silverdragon at ezweb.com.au]

Iggy wrote
> > Anyone care to explain Cricket to me?  (I can't understand the
excitement in
> > that... but then, I don't know nearly as much about that as I do about
> > baseball...)


Shaun replied
> Well, I'm a cricket fan - one of the few sports I like, and the only one I
really like to
> watch. I even like test cricket (Australia v Zimbabwe, heading up to a
thrilling
> conclusion at the moment) which is the form where a match can take 5 days
and
> is just as likely to end in a draw. <snipped due to length>


Nox now:
What he said! (in response to Shaun's damn fine reply and explanation of
cricket.)



And if anyone is interested, these two give pretty easy to understand
descriptions of rugby union football... (if *I* can understand it, it must
be easy.)

http://www.thisis-rugby.com/union/content/beginners_guide.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/bsp/hi/rugby_union/rules/html/default.stm


And this one explains AFL (Australian Football League). Nothing to to do
with English sports at all, but since it's being played all over the place
these days and I brought it up... <grin>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Rules_Football

Love
Nox