Re: worker-guy tip for the day

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:08:21 +1300, Terry Given <my_name@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>The Real Andy wrote:
>> On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:24:06 GMT, "Mike Young"
>> <boat042-spam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Ken Taylor" <ken@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>news:C4owf.13595$vH5.703730@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>>mph, even 'feet', we can understand - 'foosball' is quaint but what the
>>>>heck
>>>>is a 'batting cage'? A Juggs machine I'm assuming is down at the Hooters
>>>>bar??
>>>
>>
>>>Batting is the act of hitting a baseball. You can piece it together from
>>
>>
>> Cricket -
>> BAtting is the act of hitting the cricket ball.
>> A batter or batsman is the hitter of the cricket ball
>>
>>
>>
>>>there. Juggs is presumably a brand of machine that pitches the baseball.
>>
>>
>> Juggs equivelent in cricket would have to be the bowler, that is the
>> one who bowls the ball. Note, there is a difference bettween
>> throwing(chucking) and bowling, and the former is illegal in cricket.
>
>bowling is an over-arm technique, and the ball often bounces before
>nearing the batsman.
>
>as a kiwi, I am compelled to (yet again) bring up the infamous under-arm
>bowling incident. In a NZ-vs-Aussie test match some 20yrs ago, NZ needed
>a 6 (hit out of park on full) to win off the last ball (not very
>likely). So the aussie bowler bowled underarm, rolling the effing ball
>along the ground (thereby making a 6 impossible). piss-poor
>sportsmanship, but technically legal. They won, the rest of the
>cricket-playing world was disgusted, and IIRC underarm bowling was
>immediately banned.
>

Softball uses an underhanded pitch. I the fast-pitch version, the
girls do a full 360-degree "windmill" windup, and fire the balls at
65+ mph with uncanny accuracy. Interestingly, a major-league (male)
baseball pitcher can seldom pitch a full game, but a top-level
softball pitcher can pitch many games in succession; the underhand
pitch is a less (I accidentally typed "lass"!) stressful motion.

John


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