Old habits die hard
Note: You have to be familiar with the basic dynamics of softball and cricket to fully understand this post.
With the advent of summer, office sports is the new in thing and a softball league has been set up. A bunch of desis here at work decided that if they spent their entire childhood playing cricket, softball can't be too hard. Lagaan-style they got a team together and joined the league. Little did they realise that this was going to be a whole new ball game. :)
Practice was a premonition of things to come. Confused fielders vowing that they would field better if they took their gloves off. Americans trying to convince them that if they tried that they would re-arrange their fingers. Fielders throwing in the softball to the people at base... on the bounce. :)
The high point was however when R2, a goodish cricket batsman, came to the plate. His first time at bat. A clean hit and the ball goes flying. After the initial moment of shock, he starts running straight at the pitcher...... with the bat in his hand. :) The pitcher is petrified. People are clutching their stomachs laughing. Like they say, everything's cricket.
Oh and BTW the route might have been circuitous but he made it to first base :)
With the advent of summer, office sports is the new in thing and a softball league has been set up. A bunch of desis here at work decided that if they spent their entire childhood playing cricket, softball can't be too hard. Lagaan-style they got a team together and joined the league. Little did they realise that this was going to be a whole new ball game. :)
Practice was a premonition of things to come. Confused fielders vowing that they would field better if they took their gloves off. Americans trying to convince them that if they tried that they would re-arrange their fingers. Fielders throwing in the softball to the people at base... on the bounce. :)
The high point was however when R2, a goodish cricket batsman, came to the plate. His first time at bat. A clean hit and the ball goes flying. After the initial moment of shock, he starts running straight at the pitcher...... with the bat in his hand. :) The pitcher is petrified. People are clutching their stomachs laughing. Like they say, everything's cricket.
Oh and BTW the route might have been circuitous but he made it to first base :)
posted by Karthik at 8:34 AM
5 Comments:
abey I also didnt know that u have to stand on the base..so i nicely ran crossed the base happy that I am so fast..and the refree promptly declared me out with my bewildered team mates explaining me why..
waise I did take a catch with my right hand:)..all were like wow!!
"reached 1st base"
heehaa
if at all u guys in office make it to "third base" or more, do us all a favor and don't create another post about it ... ;)
Thanks for refering me as "goodish cricket batsman" :)
I wonder whether a "goodish baseball batter" while playing cricket will throw away his bat and start running towards the point fielder after taking a hit..
or will he start tagging the batsman instead of throwing at stumps...
Imagine his shock when he is no-balled for chucking!
I hadn't meant the First base thing. :P
I noticed it during while i was re-reading the post but decided to let it be.
Swiney, you just couldn't resist eh :D
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