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And in English? (Score:2, Funny)

by drhyde (1683)

Pity babelfish doesn't have a Sport to English translator :-)
- Re:And in English? (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by djberg96 (2603)
  
  Baseball. Pedro Martinez is a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He hit a New York Yankees player. A brawl ensued. People got hurt and said many stupid things. All around poor sportsmanship.
  - Re:And in English? (Score:3, Insightful)
    
    by pudge (1)
    
    Yeah, lots of stupidity on the field, and off.
- Re:And in English? (Score:1)
  
  by waltman (335)
  
  Would a translation to cricket help?
  The pitcher is like the bowler in cricket. He stands about 60 feet away from the batter ("batsman") and tries to throw the ball past him. Since they're allowed to bend their arms when they throw, baseball pitchers generally throw much faster than cricket bowlers. (Pedro Martinez throws around 95 miles/hr.) Baseball batters wear much less padding that their cricket counterparts, usually only a helmet that covers the top of their head and their ears. Even with the h
Pedro is the one at fault (Score:1)

by waltman (335)

At least, according to Dan Shaughnessy's column [boston.com] in today's Boston Globe...
- Re:Pedro is the one at fault (Score:2)
  
  by pudge (1)
  
  You think the Boston sports media isn't full of morons? :-)

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