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The famous “Rules of (Test) cricket as explained to a foreigner”, anonymously penned decades ago, resemble GPT-3 prose. “You have two sides, one out in the fie
by yzydserd 4y ago
The famous “Rules of (Test) cricket as explained to a foreigner”, anonymously penned decades ago, resemble GPT-3 prose.
“You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!”
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- dvh 4y agoAs an European, I watched, and enjoyed, 3 baseball movies and one 52 episode anime about baseball, and I still don't understand the rules. When you watch the football (soccer), after 5 minutes the game is obvious, put ball into the goal. But baseball? The only thing I was able to deduct is that pitcher is similar to a goalkeeper, he cannot score but if he screw up they can loose a point.
- drfuchs 4y agoSoccer is obvious? Explain the details of the “offside” rule to us USAmericans again? Which is not to say that the concept of baseball’s “forced base” isn’t incomprehensible to Europeans, never mind “tagging up”. And don’t even bother with the infield fly rule.
- rg111 4y agoOffside is a lot easier to understand than the whole rules of Baseball.
- turboponyy 4y agoA player is in offside when there's one or fewer opposing players in front of them (when looking towards the opposing goal). A player is not allowed to gain an advantage whilst they are offside.
- dagw 4y agoAs another European, how is the concept of Baseball hard? Person A throws ball, Person B tries to hit Ball. If Ball Is Hit, Person B tries to run around the field before other team gets you out. Admittedly I grew up in Norway and the UK and both countries have reasonably popular games that are very similar to baseball, so that probably helps.
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- db1234 4y agoMorning sunshine, blue sky, lush green outfield, brown pitch, dark red ball, white jerseys, nervous batsman at strike hoping to hold the fort till the ball loses its shine, main pacer with a long run up hoping to exploit the green top on the pitch and get some bounce and swing.. thus begins the first day of a Test match!