Random cricket vs. baseball question

[yoda]

Both would suck at the other sport cause everything is different. Who would suck less? Not sure.

[panesarv]

Put Gayle in. He'll do better than baseball hitters.

[Clarke]

How would a baseball hitter face a toe crushing yorker or a well directed bouncer ? I never watch baseball but 4m what i hear, baseball players are not that tough to begin with.

[cowboysfan]

Put Gayle in. He'll do better than baseball hitters.

no chance,he will whiff on off speed pitches(just like he does now).

[TheWall]

BTW, can the baseball be bitten?????

[Desi Cartman]

Yorkers for Baseball batters and waist high full tosses for Cricketers .. that'll be fun to watch :--D

[b555]

Yorkers for Baseball batters and waist high full tosses for Cricketers .. that'll be fun to watch :--D

he said only serious posts :whack:

[Desi Cartman]

he said only serious posts :whack:

Its a serious and a short reply to sum it up. :finger:

[Holysmoke]

If you look at it from a mathematical point of view, Baseball is a subset of cricket. The batters have only a couple of shots in their repertoire (cowlash, pull shot, etc), and the pitchers bowl only full tosses. :hehe: PS - Greg Chappell on Sachin. : I'd like to see him go out one day and bat with a stump. I tell you he'd do OK. PPS - He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also. - Waqar Younis

[thevortex]

When I came across this thread, I was not sure whether this was in jest or not. Truly there is no comparison. The cricket batsman will have a field day against the pitcher. And the baseball batter will end up being bruised, battered and dispirited against a quality bowler - fast or spin. Simple reasoning - if any of our cricket enthusiasts have faced a pitching machine in one of the batting cages in the US, then you would understand what I say about the cricket batsman being at home. The mere fact that the pitcher will not be aiming at your body will mean that the batsman is going to lord it over the pitcher. He may take some time to gauge the curveballs and the sliders, but given an hour of play, he will come out on top. However we are not necessarily talking about home runs here. As somebody rightly pointed out, the best batsman is not necessarily the most powerful. As for the baseball batter, his heart would be in his mouth everytime the ball pitches. More so when the ball is directed at his body, chest and above. Forget spin - pace will be terrifying when directed well. The only thing the bowler would need to take care of is to not bowl full tosses. Even though it was not asked, in fielding too there is no comparison. You give a cricketer those big mitts then they are hardly going to drop anything. On the other hand, you ask a baseball fielder to come stand at point or gully, we are talking serious trauma. Physical and even mental probably. No disrespect meant to either game.

[thevortex]

And I am not even going to talk about exactly how much wearing cricket batting gloves, pads and a helmet is going to hamper the baseball batter. Given that the ball is not going to be directed at their body, the cricket batsman will have no issues. And sans those heavy protective equipment, he can play freely.

[Laaloo]

Here is a baseball player playing cricket mb-E5Yo2_ag

[Serani]

That is horrible, look at the technique lol. Facing some pretty much terrible bowling once it hits the floor he has no idea.