Great round up, thanks for the coverage Hannah!

This one is going to be the worst and I’m preparing myself for the shit storm, but i think this is inevitable (and has probably already been proposed and shut down before).

But as a longtime player and general lover of baseball in its current form, I believe it won’t be long until we dispense with plate umpires and use…

I had a coach a few years ago that insisted we plug the runner trying to take 2nd when turning a double play. He was adamant that the runner that was already out at 2 had to slide or make a reasonable attempt to get out of the way of the throw going to 1 and if they didn’t and got hit by the ball then the OTHER runner…

Can you let Tom know that after that conversation he’s officially used up his annual quota of the word ‘dank’. No more, thank you.

Congratulations; listening to an American talk about cricket was not as painful as I thought it might’ve been. Although you don’t elect to ‘field’ after the toss, you choose to ‘bat’ or ‘bowl’.

As per James’s question about pain that actually makes you cry, completely agree - back pain.

On a related note, I fractured my coccyx bone once (got drunk after a break up, fell backwards and landed on a dumb bell. Yep) and now it aches pretty badly in the cold weather.

A year later, in the depths of winter, it started…

As an Australian, I’m offended by the implication that a wombat would ever be caught looking so windswept or dishevelled.

They deflect their attackers thanks to their huge hind quarters being armoured with cartilage and are known to leave ample amounts of faeces as a sign of their presence. So.. not at all like Stan…

Thank you. I am not, in fact, insane and would not sit on a plane for 15 non-stop, hellish hours just to visit Dallas.