You may have a point. This week Guy Fieri opened his 11th restaurant.

America apparently really likes assholes. I mean, we’ve all got one, so...

Bill Simmons was a flawed candidate.

This whole time we assumed IF there was one personality ESPN needed more than the other way around it was Bill Simmons. Turns out it’s actually Skip Bayless.

It’s not surprising that they’ve struggled to find a replacement for this guy

Thanks, I’m glad!

If you go back to the 1920s and 30s, there were several Australian cricket touring the States who had players who excelled at baseball as well. Maybe not League stuff straight away, but it wasn’t their main sport, more of a leisure activity. Nowadays there’s plenty who could do it, but unless some super talented kid…

Good shit man, this is interesting and I’m going to learn more about the game after this.

That is the face of a man who did not see this coming.

Bat over the line and touching the grass (grounded) means he has “made his ground”, or is safe from being run out (see Law 29 - I love that cricket rules are called “Laws”). There have been some impressive dives over the years to make a ground. It’s also a good way to injure yourself.

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Yes! A batted ball caught on the fly is one of the ways, and being “bowled” is when the bowler’s (like the pitcher) ball gets past the batsman and breaks the wicket. The other common method of being out is “Leg Before Wicket” where the batsman attempts to prevent being bowled by illegally blocking the ball with his…

Even football? No way!

Studying and learning to appreciate cricket sounds like a good way to spend the next four years all of a sudden.

Do other ways of being called out include a batted ball being caught on the fly and being somehow “bowled” out? If so, I think I might understand cricket on some superficial level.

Glad to be of service. More cricket understanders leads to more cricket fans leads to more cricket everywhere which is good! The guide they posted a little while back is also good and helpful when you have time!

It cannot be understated how helpful this was. Thank you. Extra props for being able to explain it concisely.

Good explanation. After the cricket guide posted a couple weeks back the clips posted make a lot more sense and are pretty interesting.

Love seeing Cricket on here every once in a while. As a supporter, I’m sure you know of the legend of Jonty Rhodes.... I’m sure some of his legendary drills have sharpened Bavuma’s craft.