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Seems baseball and poker have more in common than I’d realised.

• dhosek 6y ago
  Baseball is probably the most intellectual of the sports. There's a lot of strategy in it. The fielders are reading the signs the catcher gives the pitcher too so they have some idea of what to expect. The game is ultimately about pitching more than anything else as opposed to softball, which is a superficially similar game but the game is much more about batting and fielding.
  • sokoloff 6y ago
    Fast-pitch softball is quite a bit closer to baseball than slow-pitch.
    • dhosek 6y ago
      Fast pitch softball isn't a real thing. It's like a liger. Deb: What are you drawing? Napoleon Dynamite: A liger. Deb: What's a liger? Napoleon Dynamite: It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's like a lion and a tiger mixed... bred for its skills in magic.
      • reducesuffering 6y ago
        You're not aware ligers are a real thing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger
        • dhosek 6y ago
          There are people who believe in fast-pitch softball too. Doesn't mean they're right.