Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.moat.net!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Mike Holmans Newsgroups: japan.sports.baseball,rec.sport.baseball,rec.sport.cricket,uk.sport.baseball,us.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Comparison between cricket and baseball Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:29:30 +0100 Organization: Jackalope Hall Lines: 27 Message-ID: <7d5ej1pvgcmf7th3vs5rjsq085sl2afqhn@4ax.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 1kK4ik/iFSTVykJBDdbN6wAFSbBjr5TGHCKuVzvCNiJtGtsPzc X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.sports.baseball:177 On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:00 +0100 (BST), richard@gadsden.name (Richard Gadsden) tapped the keyboard and brought forth: >In article on Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:58:07 >-0700, swazoo@rcn.com (Jeff Lichtman) wrote: > >> > Would the bat count as part of the body for being safe? >> >> No. Although there's nothing in the official rules that says so, I >> guarantee no umpire would consider a runner safe who touched a base >> only with a bat or other object. A runner wouldn't even be safe if he >> touched a base with his cap held in his hand. > >OK, because that's why cricketers run with their bat - because they can >score just by putting their bat over the crease. I doubt that Shane Warne worries about his bat and the crease when scoring - surely it's more to do with his texting thumb. Admittedly, this lame excuse for a joke is merely a front for asking Mr Gadsden whether it is likely that I have ever sold him a Liberator songbook, and if so what he thought of my wife's rendition of "Stand By Your Vote" on Wednesday night. Cheers, Mike