Here we are on the 4th of October and the major league baseball regular season is finally over. Wednesday begins post season play and needless to say, I am not exactly thrilled for more baseball. Maybe it is because this is football season or with the weather getting colder I would not want to sit outside and watch a baseball game. A 162 game season is extremely to long and by looking at this article on ESPN.com I am not the only one to think so.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5645950
So what I am trying to say is how about we show some love to the game of cricket. After the guest speaker session of Adrian Turner, I was stoked for the game of cricket. If American's knew the rules to the game of cricket, I think it is safe to say that the game would be more popular in the United States. The downfall to hockey and soccer not being as popular in America is because the scores of those games are very low. The same case can be made for baseball, for the most part people think the game is to boring. Now that I have learned some of the rules to the game of cricket, there are a few reasons why I think the game would excel in the United States. Cricket games have scores that could reach as high as 600 points! Yes, that is an insanely high number and teams usually score points in the 200 range, either way I would rather watch that then a 1-0 baseball game. These cricket players are athletes too! They are out there fielding the ball with their bare hands! They are sprinting from one wicket to another scoring as many points as possible while the team in the field chases the ball down. (For Baseball fans, a wicket does not look like a base, but it has the same meaning. Instead of four bases in baseball, cricket has two wickets.) People may wonder how teams score so many points, and the reason is because a "home run" is worth six points. If the ball leaves the park via a ground ball then it is worth four points.
Cricket is a very interesting sport, however trying to describe it in a text format is pretty much impossible. It would be nice if it could get some public attention around the United States. I actually would not mind practicing the game or even attending one. But being a realist I know cricket will not ever become part of an American tradition so lets bundle up and get ready for baseballs post season.
I agree with you that cricket will never grow on the United States because we have baseball. The American game took the place of the England tradition of cricket because we are trying to be different from England because of our past. I agree cricket does sound like fun, but would the game get boring if one team was winning by 5 or 6 hundred points. I believe every sport has its faults, but it is just your own opinion of what you would like to watch.
ReplyDeleteBy the way here come your Cincinnati REDS.