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>change a word here and there and you just gave a perfect
>explanation of the appeal of cricket.
Baseball and Cricket follow similar strategies and really only differ in minor ways IMO. A baseball junkie at work had no problems picking up on the tactical and strategic nature of cricket. He had trouble with the bowling with a straight arm though. When I need baseball stuff explained to me I ask him, he now knows of Bradman and other pieces of cricketing history. The analogies between the two sports arent hard to find. I wouldnt doubt that an immigrant from a cricketing nation would become a baseball fan quickly and an immigrant from a baseball nation would become a cricket fan quickly. I recall Ian Chappell, the former captain of Australia, playing baseball in the off-season to keep his eye in.
The sport of choice in North America, and Europe for that matter is Ice Hockey. It is a great sport, NFL is slow, over-officiated and over-weight, basketball is for 9ft freaks that are touchie-phobic. Ice Hockey still has the median 190 pound 6 footer. Since coming here I have learnt to ice skate and now play twice a week. Great sport.
Even better my twice weekly games are played with Americans, Canadians, Russians, Czechs and Brits ( plus a lone Aussie ). It has a social culture not unlike Rugby Union. Way cool and fun to be a part of.
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