Cricket vs. Baseball

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blunty51 said:

outlawauron said:

blunty51 said:

The fielding positions in cricket are a lot more technical than baseball. In baseball I understand you will manipulate your infield according to how many outs you have, the count, showing bunt etc. but the numbers are generally the same. In cricket, these numbers are changed vastly, heck you can even have someone right up in the face of a batsman. The outfield is very flexible as well. In baseball however you generally have three outfielders I believe?  There are over 20 fielding positions in cricket. Oh, and btw, baseball uses gloves, cricket uses BARE HANDS. There is a huge difference. So let's talk about being scared when a groundout comes your way.

 

There is also a huge difference in the speed of a ball coming off a bat and the speed of a ball coming off a paddle.

Really? I thought it was kinda the same from my experience, but I know for sure in cricket that the ball flies off the bat much faster than it came to you at.

Well it only makes sense.  When the batter swings he is putting force into it.  Meaning it transfers to the ball on contact.  So now it has the force of the pitcher's throw and the force of the batter's swing on it.  Thus it goes off faster than it was thrown.