Ozexpatriate Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Ian Abel said: ... unlike cricket, apparently you MUST catch the ball with a glove, bare handed has never occurred to anyone!! I note the tongue in cheek, but of course you and I know there are plenty of examples of bare handed catches both on the field and off the field by fans. Infamously in the recent world series a fan elected to 'field' a home run ball with his torso so as not to drop either of his beers. 3 hours ago, Ian Abel said: ... too many people aren't watching the game/action, instead pre-occupied with various things mostly screen related. If they watched the game they'd be able to avoid OR better still catch the foul ball. Never used to be as much a problem... I don't think we can pick on the two year-old at Minute Maid park for inattentiveness. One could question the sensibility of taking a two year-old to sit where foul balls are possible or even likely. According to this article, a fan who died at Dodger Stadium in 2018 was the first since 1970 (also at Dodger Stadium). Reportedly there was also a fan death in 1943. The "Baseball Rule" which limits liability was determined in 1913 arguing that fans elect to sit in an exposed area do so at their own risk with informed consent. The first screen was installed in 1879 and apparently the area behind the plate was known (around that time) as the "slaughter pen". A review in 2014 found that 1,750 baseball fans are injured each year. Certainly being attentive to the game mitigates injury but it can't prevent all of them. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2019 What's more Baseball is an English game. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted November 19, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Baseball is rounders with attitude. Mike. Rounders is baseball for those of us who want to survive... 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 1 hour ago, melmerby said: What's more Baseball is an English game. Yep. I remember when Derby County used to play at the Baseball Ground. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Ground Jason 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted November 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 20, 2019 13 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Yep. I remember when Derby County used to play at the Baseball Ground. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Ground Jason That's because you have to be batty to support them! Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2019 13 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Yep. I remember when Derby County used to play at the Baseball Ground. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Ground Jason They now play at LGBT park........... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 14 minutes ago, melmerby said: They now play at LGBT park........... Didn't know Lehmann Gross Bahn did Football sponsorship, Oh wait! didn't think they did "T" scale eaither 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Traxson Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 22 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Yep. I remember when Derby County used to play at the Baseball Ground. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Ground Jason Named, and built, by the owner of Leys Foundry, which backed on to it. Originally built by him as a baseball ground in an attempt to import the game from America, which failed. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted November 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 21, 2019 It failed in Derby (so did the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, must be something about the place), but there is a British Baseball Federation and a number of clubs. I was brung up in Roath Park, a district of Cardiff, and we had, still have, a 'rec', a recreation ground used mostly for football or rugby, but which in my childhood hosted the baseball cup final every other year; bleachers would be set up and a BBC outside broadcast unit would appear, as the thing went out live on 'Grandstand'. I was told that this was because the game was popular in working class areas of Cardiff and Liverpool in particular, and that these cities hosted the cup final in alternative years. I realised years later that the person who told me this was using the term 'working class areas' as code for areas in which there were drinking clubs based around Roman Catholic churches, and it was apparently in these that the game gained a British foothold. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2019 One of my school's games was Soft Ball which was a bit like Baseball without the armour & aggression. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 4 hours ago, melmerby said: One of my school's games was Soft Ball which was a bit like Baseball without the armour & aggression. Softball is very popular as a participatory recreation in the US. Many groups (like workplaces or service groups) will field softball teams in recreational leagues. It is also played competitively in US women's collegiate athletics. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Bernard Lamb Posted November 22, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2019 57 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Off Facebook: If you have had a prostate re-bore you no longer have that problem. For the younger folk who might not understand go and ask a Doctor. Bernard 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 22, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: Off Facebook: As an OAP I can say it doesn't happen very often. Like Father Christmas only once a year. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kingzance Posted November 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2019 22 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: As an OAP I can say it doesn't happen very often. Like Father Christmas only once a year. Lucky you! 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two_sugars Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Can't remember . . . John 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joppyuk1 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Posted on Facebook by one of my old school chums. No further information to hand. 1 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steamport Southport Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 I would think that's a joke one for doing things like stag dos, proms and weddings.... http://www.gothiclimousines.co.uk/ Jason 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo666 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Plain and Simple: 4 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Damo666 Posted November 27, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) OK, not a sign, but hopefully still in the spirit of this thread. Edited November 27, 2019 by Damo666 5 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2019 Mick Jagger's private plane? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Is that a BN-2 Islander under all that? steve 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2019 25 minutes ago, steve1 said: Is that a BN-2 Islander under all that? steve Shorts Skyvan. 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Course it is. Silly me. The BN-2 is much slimmer. Thanks. steve 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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