Re: A DAY AT THE BALLPARK!

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 Apr 24, 9:08 am, "Jeff R." <contact...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Helen" <helensilverb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Sorry Douglas but you're wrong. A baseball is harder and I believe it
> > travels faster and harder than a cricket ball or softball.
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> LOL!
> Written by someone who has obviously never faced a cricket ball at full
> flight.
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> --
> Jeff R.


Have you ever faced a powerful line-drive about eye-level?  Dare to
catch that without a glove?
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regularly done every day in Cricket, a good fast bowler in Cricket can
bowl 
the ball at over 160 kph and it regularly comes off the bat at even
greater 
speed, there is a few positions in Cricket where the fielder is within 20'

of the batsman and they regularly catch those very fast balls without the 
aid of sissy gloves. I have played Cricket and Baseball in my younger days

and I wouldn't want to be hit by either, but I would say that a cricket
ball 
is not only harder than a baseball but a lot tougher as well.

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