tombi123 on 28 September 2009
@Outlaw
Baseball ball mass: between 5-5.25 ounces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_(ball)
Cricket ball mass: between 5.5-5.75 ounces.
http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-5-the-ball,31,AR.html
Length of baseball pitch: 18.39m
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball
Length of cricket pitch (crease to crease): 17.68m
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/cricket/rules/the_basics/newsid_3795000/3795261.stm
So if both balls are travelling at roughly the same speed, the cricketer has less time to react.
