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And we've hugged it. https://web.archive.org/web/20251020203233/https://www.mlb.c...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
You didn't actually include the score condition, which is that a player advances to each base and then the home plate!
Was hoping that was obvious, but good callout! Bases must be tagged in order by runners. And they can safely wait at a base without getting tagged out as long as there is not a runner behind them that must advance. Anytime they are offbase they are at risk.
Must be even worse for the players…
No matter how many videos or articles I've read, I still can't wrap my head around the rules of baseball. Is there any guide for us non-americans to help us gain enough grasp on the rules to, at least, understand the dynamics of the game? Learning the basic of (american) football was much easier. I'm not writing any treaties any time soon, but at least I can follow the games and enjoy the "craftsmanship" of the playe…
> Is there any guide for us non-americans to help us gain enough grasp on the rules to, at least, understand the dynamics of the game? If you've already read "no matter how many" and don't get it? Then no, you probably can't be helped. It's not very different conceptually from cricket. One player throws the ball hard, another tries to hit it far away with a bat. If you hit it far enough, you get to run; if you run fa…
In the era of LLMs it’s even more confusing.
No matter how many videos or articles I've read, I still can't wrap my head around the rules of baseball. Is there any guide for us non-americans to help us gain enough grasp on the rules to, at least, understand the dynamics of the game? Learning the basic of (american) football was much easier. I'm not writing any treaties any time soon, but at least I can follow the games and enjoy the "craftsmanship" of the playe…
This article is particularly hard going because it uses a lot of slang and assumes a deep knowledge of the game.
Please, no one tell Peter Thiel about the 33 innings. He might claim the umpire is the Antichrist.
I wonder about all the staff, and whether they got paid for all the overtime.
The longest test cricket match lasted 11days and was called off because one team had to catch a boat home
Isner-Mahut in 2010 Wimbledon took 11 hours over 3 days and ended 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 70-68. It can't be repeated since they introduced tie breaks in the fifth set as a direct result of the travesty.
The longest test cricket match lasted 11days and was called off because one team had to catch a boat home
What was the story? They're obviously limited to 5 days these days...
The match mentioned here refers to the Timeless Test played between England and South Africa in the latter in 1939. It seems a combination rainfall and rolling the pitch (i.e. playing surface) rejuvenated the pitch, making it relatively easy to bat on. Combined with some patient batting, this enabled the teams to run up some large scores. Typically the pitch starts to deteriorate after several days play, making it more difficult to bat on.