Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.freenet.de!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!proxad.net!news.clara.net!wagner.news.clara.net!195.245.201.10.MISMATCH!monkeydust.news.clara.net!doris.uk.clara.net Newsgroups: japan.sports.baseball,rec.sport.baseball,rec.sport.cricket,uk.sport.baseball,us.sport.baseball From: richard@gadsden.name (Richard Gadsden) Reply-To: richard@gadsden.name Subject: Re: Comparison between cricket and baseball Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:25 +0100 (BST) Approved: richard@gadsden.name Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Ameol2 for Windows 2000 X-Approved: richard@gadsden.name X-Matt-Giwer: Nazi Scumbag Message-Id: References: <7d5ej1pvgcmf7th3vs5rjsq085sl2afqhn@4ax.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@clara.net (please include full headers) X-Trace: f35060c10b720013276000803800a17139692a6354248c2aab1129e5433723e3 NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:25:39 +0100 Lines: 39 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.sports.baseball:178 In article <7d5ej1pvgcmf7th3vs5rjsq085sl2afqhn@4ax.com> on Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:29:30 +0100, mike@jackalope.demon.co.uk (Mike Holmans) wrote: > 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. Well, I have bought several Liberator songbooks, so I guess the chances are good. And your wife sang like the good ol' Oklahoma gal she is. Even if she is an MFY fan. PS (to your wife): Greatest choke in history. -- Richard Gadsden "I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" - Attributed to Voltaire