Sports that you here about the most:

[ShArP]

Whats the top 3 sports that you here about the most where you live?

over here in the usa i think its american football, baseball and hockey...

[Trojan]

American Football, Basketball and Baseball in that order.

[.Simon.]

football and rubgy get all the hype over here in UK

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Originally posted by ¹ trøj ™
American Football, Basketball and Baseball in that order.

[SilentTrigger]

Football (thats soccer for you Americans, don't want to make it confusing )and Hockey, both nationell and NHL (have around 50 Swedes in NHL so its shown quite a bit on the news, but football is shown the most)

[Terry]

Football (soccer)
rugby
cricket

[BADDOG]

Originally posted by Klu7ch
football and rubgy get all the hype over here in UK

I would have to say that's very true bro because you do see an awful lot about both those sports in the newspapers and on television!

Warm Regards

[Lakie]

Where i am its really only Aussie Rules and Cricket depending on the season, others might get a minor mention if their lucky...

[Steve]

it's pretty much seaasonal apart from football imo.

at the moment its football and cricket and a bit of rugger because the season finished and its international time.

[ShArP]

whats cricket some of you said that and i dont know what it is...

[Lakie]

cricket is a game typically played by ountries of the british commonwealth, american baseball is a game derived from cricket...

The following is taken from wikipedia

Play
Fielding/defence

Baseball games have far lower scores than cricket matches; therefore moments of poor pitching (akin to bowling in cricket) and individual defensive mistakes are more costly. A player who is a good batter, but who is not a competent fielder, will not play regularly, or only in the designated hitter position in leagues that use it. Perhaps the most striking fielding difference between baseball and cricket is in throwing. Baseball requires hard throws with shallow arcs, often made while in midair or off-balance. The use of gloves for fielding also encourages harder throwing. Many defensive plays in baseball (most commonly, the double play) require cooperation among several fielders in a rapid sequence of actions.

In cricket, outfielders tend to throw the ball with a much higher arc, usually so that it can make it all the way to the wicket-keeper without further intervention. In baseball even a throw from the outfield to the catcher is expected to be made with a shallow arc when there is more than one baserunner, so that an infielder (the cut-off man) may intercept it to catch a runner off base who was not the original target of the throw. Furthermore, the consequences of a missed out in baseball can be very serious, so a throw with a high arc wastes valuable time.

Another major difference between the two sports is that the fielders in cricket are not allowed to use any sort of protection for the hands – padded or otherwise, in spite of the balls being of similar hardness. The only exception to this rule in cricket is made for the wicket-keeper, who is allowed to wear padded gloves as well as leg guards. Baseball gloves permit more athletic fielding than in cricket, with players taking advantage of the glove to make one-handed catches while diving or jumping, often into the stands. Televised sports news coverage of baseball usually includes a highlight reel of spectacular catches made that day.

However, that is not to say that cricket does not allow for great athleticism to be displayed: fielders throw themselves at the ball, pulling off stunning one-handed diving catches. Such catches require great anticipation (of the batsman's stroke), and courage (some close-in fielders have died from being struck by the ball.) Catches in the slips and at mid-on or mid-off also require superior reflexes to those required by any baseball fielders other than the catcher or pitcher. Cricketers also have the ability to hit a single stump (part of the wicket) from a fair distance (up to 100 feet) while running.

Defence is also emphasized more in baseball than fielding in cricket simply because the narrow, round baseball bat seriously limits offensive play. Baseball batters are less able than cricket batsmen to place their shots and anyway are allowed only a quarter of the area allowed cricket batsmen in which to place them.


Batting

Because the cricket bat is wide and flat, while the baseball bat is narrow and round, on the whole cricket batsmen find it easier to hit and direct the ball than baseball batters (bowlers can influence the ability of the batsmen to do so, perhaps the most famous episode being the Bodyline tactic). Consequently cricket batsmen display greater batting skill than baseball batters, because there is more scope for it. Cricket batsmen display more variety in their approach than baseball batters, using a wider variety of batting strokes to direct the ball in many directions into a field which provides much more open space. In general baseball emphasizes fielding because baseball gloves make fielding easier, while cricket emphasizes batting because the cricket bat makes batting easier.

Since a team almost always scores fewer runs in a baseball game than their number of outs, batters, upon getting a hit or getting on base, will sometimes take risks attempting to advance an extra base or score a run, resulting in close plays at a base. In cricket, since the number of runs scored is much greater than the number of wickets taken in a match, a batsman would be very foolish to risk getting run out in an attempt to score an extra run without a very high expected chance of success.


Bowling/pitching

Cricket bowlers, since they are not restricted to a small strike zone as their target, also use a wide variety of approaches which are not available to baseball pitchers. These involve varying the line and length of deliveries and using unpredictable movement caused by the ball bouncing on the pitch before it reaches the batsman. Baseball pitchers, by contrast, must use changes in ball speed and movement caused only by air friction and spin to deceive batters, as most pitches which come near touching the ground are ineffectively allowed to pass as balls. Furthermore, pitchers must begin their throw from a stationary position, while bowlers may run up to their delivery.

Cricket's bowlers are grouped into different categories based on their bowling style: pacemen, seamers, off-spinners, leg-spinners, wrist-spinners (as opposed to finger-spinners), etc., though a bowler often falls into more than one category. Baseball's pitchers are grouped primarily by their throwing hand (left or right) and their usual role in games (a starting pitcher begins a game and usually pitches five or more innings, while a relief pitcher enters later in a game and usually pitches fewer innings, and some even specialize further as strictly closers brought in for the final one or two innings of a game); they are sometimes secondarily grouped according to pitching style, type of pitch most often used, or velocity. However, there are many different variations on how the pitch is actually delivered, this includes the conventional overhand style as well as the less common 3/4, sidearm, and submarine deliveries.

In addition, if a baseball batter is struck with a pitch, he is awarded first base; "hitting" the batter includes hitting loose parts of his uniform without hitting his body (baseball rules specify that a player's person includes his uniform and equipment). Pitchers may throw close to the batters, but deliberately hitting one is not common, chiefly because it is punished severely. If the umpire believes a batter was intentionally hit the pitcher will be expelled from the game and usually suspended. The suspension is intended not only to protect batters but to avert fighting; being hit by a fastball is taken seriously by batters, and bench-clearing brawls occasionally result when one team decides the other is deliberately throwing at its batters.

In cricket, bowlers consider the right to hit batsmen as part of their armoury; indeed, one of the most common methods of dismissal (leg before wicket) requires the bowler to hit the batsman's body rather than his bat. A fast bowler will punctuate his overs with deliveries intended to bounce up toward the batsmen's head, either to induce a poor shot from self-defence, or to intimidate the batsmen, making him less likely to play forward to the next few deliveries for fear of injury. These tactics are an accepted part of cricket partly because batsmen wear helmets and heavy padding, so that being struck by the ball only rarely results in significant injury – though it is nevertheless often quite painful. Baseball players wear helmets, but they are smaller than cricketers' and unsecured. An equivalent ball to striking the batter in baseball would be a beamer, where the ball hits the batman's upper body area without bouncing first. These are extremely rare and usually caused by the ball slipping out of the top of the bowler's hand. The even rarer intentional beamer provokes a pretty strong reaction from batsman and crowd alike.

There is a major difference in the way in which different bowlers or pitchers contribute to a single game. In baseball, a single pitcher starts the game, and makes every pitch until a point where the coach replaces the tiring pitcher with a relief pitcher. Replaced pitchers cannot return to pitch again in the same game, and a succession of pitchers may come into the game in sequence until it ends. In cricket, multiple bowlers begin the game, with those not actively bowling spending time as fielders. Bowlers alternate bowling overs of six balls each, moving to fielding positions to rest before returning to bowl again later in the game. Although moving a pitcher to a fielding position and returning him to pitch later in the game is legal in baseball, it almost never happens.


Strategy

A wide array of factors affect both games (from composition of the pitch or field soil to weather conditions, wind, and moisture) and numerous strategies in both games can be employed to exploit these different factors. Cricket places very few restrictions on fielding placement, even for the wicket-keeper, and its variety of bowling styles, 360 degrees of open field, wide bowling area (target zone), and so on provide for strategic play.

In baseball, though only the positions of pitcher and catcher are prescribed by the rules, fielders' positions are dictated closely by custom, and shifts in fielders' positions according to circumstance are less dramatic; the strike zone and smaller angle of fair territory limit the usefulness of some strategies which cricket makes available to batters. The chief occasion on which fielding placement differs markedly from the usual is the presence of a pull, or dead-pull, hitter at bat (such hitters almost never, except on the rare occasion of a fluke or mi****, hit the ball in any direction except towards the same side of the field as they stand at the plate, i.e. a right-handed pull hitter hits everything toward left field). In such case the fielders will move so far in the direction of the pull that one half of the field is almost completely unprotected. This is called an overshift. A six-man infield has also been used when circumstances warrant. For the great majority of batters, however, the traditional lineup is used, with minor changes in position to accommodate the batter's power or bat-handling ability or the importance of fielders being able to throw quickly to home plate on a single or bunt.

In cricket, coaches cannot intervene or direct gameplay; the captain must make all the calls once the players are out on the field, and the coach is reduced to a mere spectator. In baseball, by contrast, managers and coaches will often direct the players (through hand signals) to carry out a play (such as a stolen base or hit and run).

Baseball's strategy varies with the game situation; pitcher, batter and fielders all play far differently in the late innings of a close game (e.g., waiting for walks, trying for stolen bases or the squeeze play to score a decisive run) than they do early, or when one team has already scored many more runs than the other (where batters will be likely to swing at many more pitches and try for home runs). The number, speed, and position of baserunners, which have no equivalent in cricket, all dramatically change the strategies used by pitcher and batter. In leagues which do not allow designated hitters, strategic thinking also enters into substitutions. For example, substitutions of pitchers often are combined with substitution of another player who takes the pitcher's traditional spot in the batting order so that the pitcher will come to bat later (pitchers are almost uniformly poor hitters).

First-class cricket also has a number of strategic elements not found in baseball simply because of the length of the game (which can be up to five days for Test cricket). There are no equivalents in baseball, for example, of deciding when to declare or to make your opponent follow on.

The condition of the playing strip (the pitch) in cricket is of vital significance as, unlike baseball, the ball is allowed to bounce on the pitch before reaching the batsman. While in baseball, playing conditions between different stadia are much the same (except for perhaps small differences in the dimensions of the field and whether the outfield is fast or slow), the physical characteristics of the cricket pitch can vary over the course of the game, or from one field to another, or from one country to another. On the Indian subcontinent, for instance, pitches tend to be dry, dusty and soft. These pitches offer less assistance to fast bowlers because the ball tends to bounce slower and lower, where most fast bowlers rely on bounce and speed to defeat the batsman. On the other hand, spin bowlers prefer this surface because it gives greater traction to the ball and will result in the ball breaking or turning more when it hits the surface. Such a pitch is usually called a "turner". Conversely, pitches in Australia tend to be hard, true surfaces, called "batting wickets" or "roads" because the ball bounces uniformly and thus batsman find it easier to score runs, although these wickets suit fast bowlers more than spinners. Accordingly, teams are generally much harder to beat in their own country, where both their batters and bowlers are presumably suited to the types of pitches encountered there. On any given pitch, however, conditions will become more suitable for spinners as time progresses and the pitch becomes softer and worn through use, making the spin bowler something of a cricketing "closer".

Baseball parks are not completely uniform, however. Stadiums with retractable roofs, for example, usually play differently with and without the roof. For example, with the roof open the wind will affect how far the ball carries. Against a running team the basepaths may be heavily watered. Many stadiums have idiosyncratic features – the short left field and high left field wall at Fenway Park, for example, the hill and flagpole in the outfield at Minute Maid Park, or numerous "porches" which allow short home runs. On the whole, though, these variations do not produce effects as great as variations in cricket pitches.

Another element of cricket strategy unavailable in baseball is the ability to change the batting order during the game. Baseball's structure of three outs per inning dictates that the batting order remain the same throughout the game, but in cricket the fact that every player bats exactly once in each innings means that the batting order can be changed during play without fundamentally altering the game. There is, however, an echo of this strategy in baseball's substitution rule, which has no direct equivalent in cricket. Different batters are often directly substituted for other players in the batting lineup for strategic reasons, which cannot happen in cricket.


Game length

Baseball games are much shorter than cricket. Most Major League Baseball games last between three and three-and-a-half hours. Minor league and amateur games tend to be shorter due to fewer innings being played and/or the lack of television commercial breaks. Cricket games can last up to several days. The shorter version of the game (termed one-day games) lasts for anything from a couple of hours to 8 hours especially when the game is close.

A new form of cricket, called Twenty20 for its two innings of twenty overs each, has recently and successfully debuted in domestic and international competitions. The average time of game for this form of cricket will look familiar to baseball fans: two-and-a-half to three hours.

**Mike Note: This form of the game has been developed to promote cricket in the US**


Equipment

Baseball players use thin, round bats and wear gloves to field, while cricketers use wide, flat bats and field barehanded (except for the wicket-keeper, who wears gloves and protective leg pads). In cricket a batsman wears protective gear such as pads, gloves, thigh pads, helmet, an arm pad and a centre pad (which is used to protect the groin area), whereas the only required protective gear for baseball batters is an unsecured helmet; many batters also use elbow, shin, or ankle protectors, and almost all use batting gloves to aid grip. Flat cricket bats permits the development of more batting skills than do round baseball bats, while fielding with gloves permits the development of more athletic fielding skills than does fielding barehanded (although of course both baseball batters and cricket fielders probably display equivalent talent within the limitations of their sports to their counterparts in the other).

Another difference between the two sports involves the condition of the ball as a match progresses. In cricket, if a ball is hit into the stands, the spectators must return it to the field. Also, a ball that is scuffed or scratched will continue in use; a ball must be used for a minimum number of overs (currently 80 in Test cricket) before it can be replaced. If a ball is damaged, lost, or illegally modified, it is replaced by a used ball of similar condition to the old one. Finally, cricketers are allowed to use natural substances (e.g. saliva and sweat) to modify the ball, and may polish it on their uniforms, although they cannot deliberately scratch the ball. In Major League Baseball, a ball that is hit into the stands is not returned to play unless caught by a fielder before it touches the ground; spectators are free to keep any balls that come into their possession (although local tradition, rather than the rulebook, may provide for a ball to be thrown back). Because baseball hitting is extremely difficult, baseball rules prohibit the deliberate scratching or scuffing of a ball, or the application of any foreign substance that could conceivably affect the flight or visibility of a ball. Balls that are deliberately made harder to hit by foreign substances are known as spitballs. Both spitballs and those that become scuffed or scratched due to normal game play are immediately removed from play and never reused. The current rules regarding the condition of baseballs did not come into effect until 1920 due to the death of Ray Chapman after being hit with a spitball. However these rules were not consistently enforced for several decades afterwards; before then, they were far closer to those still present in cricket. Because of financial or practical limits on the supply of fresh balls, enforcement of these rules is much more limited in minor league and amateur baseball games, where balls become worn and scuffed in the course of play; even so, use of the spitball is universally forbidden.

Statistics

Both games have a long history of using a vast array of statistics. Whereas the statistics in baseball tend to be modified for better interpretation (for example, not every run is credited to the batter), cricket has no such practice. The baseball statistics also tend to be compiled and used more extensively. Every play is logged according to RBIs, stolen bases, and errors. These are then often used to rate the player. Although cricket uses statistics as a guide they are not always considered a true reflection of the player. Ian Botham is noted as a player who, despite relatively poor averages, was particularly noted as one of England's greatest cricketers for his ability to dominate games. Cricket statistics can also be deceptive for individual batting or bowling performances. A part time bowler may only bowl a few overs in a series, get one or two wickets, then have the best bowling average. Also a player only scoring 50+ runs may belie the fact that he remained at the crease for several hours to save a match.

In baseball, questioning of the validity and utility of conventional baseball statistics has led to the creation of the field of sabermetrics, which assesses alternatives to conventional statistics. Baseball statistics are also considered by many to descend frequently into triviality. Furthermore, conclusions are often drawn from inadequate samples – for example, the frequent assertions that a batter has done poorly against a specific pitcher when they have only faced each other a handful of times.
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Culture

Both sports play an important part in the culture of the societies in which they are popular. Baseball is deeply ingrained in the American psyche, and is known in the United States as "the national pastime". It is the sport most readily identified with the United States, by Americans and non-Americans alike. Baseball references abound in American English, and the sport is well represented in the quintessentially American art form of cinema in numerous baseball movies. Baseball also plays important cultural roles in much of Latin America and the far east.

Cricket is an equally strong influence on the culture of several Commonwealth nations, particularly India, Pakistan, and Australia. It is regarded by many people as the most British of sports. It unifies the many distinct religions and cultures of the Commonwealth, encouraging friendly relations between sometime hostile nations. It has also penetrated the language, providing several Commonwealth English expressions.

A difference between the sports is notable in the behaviour of fans. A cricket audience will usually appreciate excellent play by an opposing team, and show this by applauding or cheering for players of the team they are not supporting. Members of a baseball audience tend to be more partisan, and cheer primarily for their own team.

Standards of sportsmanship also differ. In cricket sportsmanship includes observance of the rules of the game even when it is not in one's favour. In baseball a player is expected to place his team above the rules – by not disputing an out awarded him from a catch, for example, when he knows he trapped the ball. Sportsmanship in baseball is more concerned with showing respect for one's opponents; for example, stealing bases when one has a big lead is considered a gross breach of sportsmanship.

<table border="1">
<caption><i>Analogous concepts and similar terms</i></caption>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th>Cricket</th>
<th>Baseball</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>each team's offensive turn</td>
<td>an <i><a href="/wiki/Innings" title="Innings">innings</a></i> (singular)</td>
<td>a half-inning; <i>innings</i> is a plural term</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>player who delivers the ball to start play</td>
<td>a <i><a href="/wiki/Bowler_%28cricket%29" title="Bowler (cricket)">bowler</a></i>, who <a href="/wiki/Bowling_%28cricket%29" title="Bowling (cricket)">bowls</a></td>
<td>a <i><a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a></i>, who pitches</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>player who strikes at the ball</td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Batsman" title="Batsman">batsman</a></i></td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Batter_%28baseball%29" title="Batter (baseball)">batter</a></i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>distance between above two players</td>
<td>22 yards (66 <a href="/wiki/Feet" title="Feet">feet</a>)</td>
<td>60 feet, 6 <a href="/wiki/Inch" title="Inch">inches</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>fielder behind the player batting</td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Wicket-keeper" title="Wicket-keeper">wicket-keeper</a></i></td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a></i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>batting order</td>
<td>flexible</td>
<td>predetermined</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>player's batting turn</td>
<td>(batting) <i>innings</i></td>
<td><i>plate appearance</i>, <i>at-bat</i>, <i>ups</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hitting the ball</td>
<td><i>shot</i> or <i>stroke</i></td>
<td><i>hit</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>carrying bat after striking</td>
<td>batsman carries bat while running</td>
<td>batter drops bat after hitting and while running</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>edge of the field</td>
<td>boundary (or boundary rope)</td>
<td>fence</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>scoring over the boundary or fence</td>
<td><a href="/wiki/Six_%28cricket%29" title="Six (cricket)">six runs</a> (<i>six</i>) if on the full; <a href="/wiki/Four_%28cricket%29" title="Four (cricket)">four runs</a> (<i>four</i>) otherwise</td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a></i> - one, two, three, or four runs</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hits inside the field result in...</td>
<td>one or more runs, though above four is extremely rare.</td>
<td>runners advancing, with possibility of a runner reaching home for a run.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hitting the ball in a specific area</td>
<td><i>placement</i> (somewhat common)</td>
<td><i>place hitting</i> (less common)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hitting the ball into the air</td>
<td><i>Skier</i></td>
<td><i>fly ball</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>catching the ball in flight</td>
<td><i>catch</i></td>
<td><i>fly out</i> or <i>catch</i> (see <i><a href="/wiki/In_flight" title="In flight">in flight</a></i>)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>dismissal types</td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Run_out" title="Run out">run out</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Caught" title="Caught">caught</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bowled" title="Bowled">bowled</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Leg_before_wicket" title="Leg before wicket">leg before wicket</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Stump_%28cricket%29" title="Stump (cricket)">stumped</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hit_wicket" title="Hit wicket">hit wicket</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Handled_the_ball" title="Handled the ball">handled the ball</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hit_the_ball_twice" title="Hit the ball twice">hit the ball twice</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Obstructing_the_field" title="Obstructing the field">obstructing the field</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Timed_out" title="Timed out">timed out</a></i> (the last four are very rare)</td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Tag_out" title="Tag out">tag out</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Fly_out" title="Fly out">fly out</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Force_out" title="Force out">force out</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Strike_out" title="Strike out">strike out</a></i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>dismissal procedure</td>
<td><a href="/wiki/Appeal_%28cricket%29" title="Appeal (cricket)">appeal</a> to an umpire – an out cannot be given without an appeal from the fielding side (see <i><a href="/wiki/Howzat%21" title="Howzat!">Howzat!</a></i>), even if the batsman leaves the field on his own.</td>
<td>automatic – most are automatically given (or "called") by umpires; some potential outs require an <a href="/wiki/Appeal_play" title="Appeal play">appeal play</a> to be called.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>curving deliveries</td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Leg_break" title="Leg break">leg breaks</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Off_break" title="Off break">off breaks</a></i> curve after bouncing; if before bouncing, the <i>away swing</i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Outdipper" title="Outdipper">outdipper</a></i> curves away from batter, the <i>in swing</i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Indipper" title="Indipper">indipper</a></i> curves toward batter</td>
<td><i>breaking balls</i> curve in the air; the <i><a href="/wiki/Curveball" title="Curveball">curveball</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/Slider" title="Slider">slider</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/Cut_fastball" title="Cut fastball">cut fastball</a></i> away from the pitching-hand side, the rare <i><a href="/wiki/Screwball" title="Screwball">screwball</a></i> toward pitching-hand side</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>a delivery not in a good hitting zone</td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Wide_%28cricket%29" title="Wide (cricket)">wide</a></i></td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Ball_%28baseball_statistics%29" title="Ball (baseball statistics)">ball</a></i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>fielding miscue</td>
<td><i>misfield</i></td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Error_%28baseball%29" title="Error (baseball)">error</a></i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>central/inner playing arena</td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Wicket" title="Wicket">wicket</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Cricket_pitch" title="Cricket pitch"><i>pitch</i> or <i>strip</i></a></td>
<td><i><a href="/wiki/Baseball_field" title="Baseball field">diamond</a></i> or <i>infield</i></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>sides of the field</td>
<td>"Off side" is to the right of a right-handed batsman (when facing the bowler), but to the left of a left-handed batsman (always the side in front of the batsman); "leg side" is the opposite (always the side behind of the batsman). The area of the leg side further towards the bowler is sometimes called the <i>on side</i>.</td>
<td>"Left field" is always to the batter's left and "right field" is always to the batter's right (when facing the pitcher), regardless of the side of the plate he hits from.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>substitution</td>
<td>injured players can be replaced for fielding purposes only</td>
<td>players are replaced in lineup</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><br /></p>
<table border="1">
<caption><i>Words used in both sports with different meanings</i></caption>
<tr>
<th>Term</th>
<th>Cricket</th>
<th>Baseball</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>a <i>ball</i></td>
<td>a legitimate delivery</td>
<td>an illegitimate delivery</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>drive</td>
<td>powerful shot hit with the face of the bat</td>
<td>powerful hit, usually hit into the outfield</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>infield</td>
<td>the area of the field less than 30 yards from the pitch (basically oval in shape)</td>
<td>the area of the field inside and immediately near the "diamond"; the "diamond" is the area inside the baselines, which are straight lines either drawn between bases (home plate to first - third to home plate) or imaginary (first to second and second to third); the "diamond" is thus a square 90 feet on a side but is called such because of how it appears as seen from home plate.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/wiki/Innings" title="Innings">inning(s)</a></td>
<td>an <i>innings</i> is a period of batting, it can refer to that of a whole team, or an individual player</td>
<td>an <i>inning</i> is when each team has gotten three outs</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>lineup</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>out</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>outfield</td>
<td>the area of the field more than 30 yards from the pitch</td>
<td>the area outside the diamond</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>pinch hitter</td>
<td>batsman promoted up the batting order to score runs quickly in a one-day game (deliberately borrowed from the baseball term)</td>
<td>substitute for another batter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>pitch</td>
<td>
<ul>
<li>the playing arena</li>
<li>the area on the pitch in which the bowler intends to bounce the ball</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>the act of throwing the ball toward the batter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>run</td>
<td>unit of scoring</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>single</td>
<td>stroke which scores one run</td>
<td>hit which allows the batter to advance to first base. It can score one run or more if runners are on base.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>walk</td>
<td>to leave the field when dismissed without waiting for the umpire's decision</td>
<td>to advance to first base after receiving four <i>balls</i></td>
</tr>
</table>

[Luckz]

i actually read that whole thing........
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[.Simon.]

you.
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person...

[Chrispy]

NZ Known

To me that would be Rugby, Soccer, and then Cricket.

Chris_OJB_DF645 --Popular sports

[-live-wire-]

Thanks BB i knew very little about Cricket before you posted that!
We also have a Dart game called Cricket....

[Chels]

Tennis all the way for sports where i live, but other things street racing lol

[.ex.]

Basketball
Football
Baseball

I think its top 3 USA sports

[ShArP]

lol BB so its just about the same thing as baseball in general besides a few differences...

[SilentTrigger]

In my opinion it is just a remote resemblance, it doesnt look at all related in my opinion, i've only watched it looks to damn hard so i've never tried it lol

[DevilDog#1]

I believe someone got crushed somewhere in certain part of quake affected area in the world.

Missed out Polo!