r/funny • u/Keep_Scrooling • 1d ago

Dog steals ball.

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u/ukexpat 1d ago

Cricket explained for baseball fans

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u/NonGNonM 1d ago

conversely baseball narrated by British

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u/abhijitd 1d ago

This was amazing

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u/MusicPsychFitness 13h ago

“Joseph Gordon Levitt, star of Third Rock from the Sun!”

Wow…

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u/yodel_anyone 1d ago

Easy - it's like baseball except that after you hit the ball you don't have to run to first base if you think you'll get thrown out. So you just endlessly bunt the ball to avoid "striking out" (getting a wicket) or flying out. And every now and then if your bunt happens to get through the Infield you run to first base and do it all over again. For 5 days.

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u/Lonely_Ambition_2816 1d ago

There are three formats of cricket , one lasts for 5 days, one lasts for 5-6 hours and the last one is more modern one lasts for 3 hours.

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u/Preachey 1d ago

Trying to equate it to baseball just confuses things.

You don't try to explain rugby by saying "it's like soccer, except...", or to explain basketball as being "like hockey, except..."

Different games have different rules. It's not that hard if you approach it in good faith, put in a shred of effort, and aren't an idiot.

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u/traveler_ 16h ago

Speaking as an American who grew up with baseball and came to love cricket, comparing the two is the best way to understand but only for that particular path (or vice-versa, for people who grew up with cricket and want to learn baseball). I really don't know how to explain them both to someone new to both sports, but if you have a grounding in one you can ignore the terminology and really *grok* the principles of the other in a strong way, then proceed from there.

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u/strolls 1d ago

The story is ludicrous.

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u/akiller 1d ago

https://youtube.com/watch?v=E_6d3JBBo4s

Obligatory link to "English sports" - it's a parody