Baseball - a mystery to europeans

*Anarky* · 07-09-2005, 09:50 PM

Good morning everybody,

it's 6am here and because I couldn't sleep all night due to me coughing all the time, I was more or less forced to watch TV. So, first I watched "Idle Hands" then "Equilibrium" (again) and then I watched the rerun of a movie with Keanu Reeves. It's called "Hardball" and it's all about a bunch of ghetto-kids who play baseball. About halfway into the movie I suddenly realised...

... I have no freaking idea what Baseball is all about.

Seriously. All I know is that some people throw a ball, then another player hits it with a bat (which I imagine to be really difficult) and then he runs like hell to a base. Apparently there's between 3 and 5 bases in total and a strike is, when the batter misses the ball. That's about all I know.

So here's my question: How does Baseball work?

I know this must sound really silly to you americans, but over here, soccer is THE game, or tennis (depends on who's more succesful).

And now, I shall be off to swallow even more pills in the hope that I can finally get to sleep.

Good night. See you tomorrow.

07-09-2005, 09:50 PM	#1
Anarky Outlaw Hero Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Tannhauser Gate Posts: 4,867	Baseball - a mystery to europeans Good morning everybody, it's 6am here and because I couldn't sleep all night due to me coughing all the time, I was more or less forced to watch TV. So, first I watched "Idle Hands" then "Equilibrium" (again) and then I watched the rerun of a movie with Keanu Reeves. It's called "Hardball" and it's all about a bunch of ghetto-kids who play baseball. About halfway into the movie I suddenly realised... ... I have no freaking idea what Baseball is all about. Seriously. All I know is that some people throw a ball, then another player hits it with a bat (which I imagine to be really difficult) and then he runs like hell to a base. Apparently there's between 3 and 5 bases in total and a strike is, when the batter misses the ball. That's about all I know. So here's my question: How does Baseball work? I know this must sound really silly to you americans, but over here, soccer is THE game, or tennis (depends on who's more succesful). And now, I shall be off to swallow even more pills in the hope that I can finally get to sleep. Good night. See you tomorrow. __________________ Because it's... I dunno... brutal.