It's not homophobia. Stan Marsh explained this.

Homosexuality is cool now. Uncool things are gay.

Homosexuals are people. Assholes are f*gs.

Cricket is gay and bikers are f*gs.

Point to the... NSFW language.

snuff3r: TFA: "You know how I know it's really kind of a gay game? It's the pitch. It's the weirdest. It's not like a manly baseball pitch - it's a queer British gay pitch."

I'd like to see Jason Alexander stand at the crease. Yeah, it's a real girly game^. Wonder how well he'd react to a solid leather ball being bowled at him at >100km/h.

In my second game in my under-12's squad (when i was a youngen, many decades ago) I took a bouncer to the face - went straight through my helmet guard and shattered my jawbone.

Meanwhile, baseball players catch with padded gloves. *yawn*

I know 2 male ballerinas that could kick Jason Stathams arse. Doesn't mean they don't look gay doing what they do.

"Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?"

snuff3r: Wonder how well he'd react to a solid leather ball being bowled at him at >100km/h...

Meanwhile, baseball players catch with padded gloves. *yawn*

So, that is about 60 m.p.h. Yes, that is pretty fast. No, I would not want to take that to the face. However, you'd be hard pressed to find a Major League Pitcher that doesn't regularly throw a 90+ m.p.h. pitch. Aroldis Chapman is hitting 105 m.p.h. There's a pretty bid difference in the speed.

It's the knitwear, isn't it.

danvon: snuff3r: Wonder how well he'd react to a solid leather ball being bowled at him at >100km/h...

Meanwhile, baseball players catch with padded gloves. *yawn*

So, that is about 60 m.p.h. Yes, that is pretty fast. No, I would not want to take that to the face. However, you'd be hard pressed to find a Major League Pitcher that doesn't regularly throw a 90+ m.p.h. pitch. Aroldis Chapman is hitting 105 m.p.h. There's a pretty bid difference in the speed.

The 60 mph bowls tend to take wicked, unpredictable bounces. The fast bowlers typically bowl between 85-95 mph.

Bith Set Me Up: He was in the pool!

And don't get him started on Astroturf. You know who's behind that, don't you?

ciderczar: The 60 mph bowls tend to take wicked, unpredictable bounces. The fast bowlers typically bowl between 85-95 mph.

There is also the crack about MLB players wearing padded gloves. As far as I know, there is no catcher in cricket catching those bowls. Correct me if I am wrong. Also, 1st basemen are catching very fast throws from the infielders and pitcher and require a glove with extra padding. There's no need to get into a debate about which one is more manly, but there is no question that no human alive could catch a Major League pitcher's throw more than once. Hence the requirement for a padded glove. It is not a matter of "manliness" or "toughness".

Bunch of thin-skinned, no-humor pansies! You tell them an ice-breaker or two about women's libbers, gays, environmentalists, several minorities, the homeless, couple of religions, anorexics, obese people, the handicapped, old farts, baldness, and people who walk real goofy because they've just had a vasectomy, and suddenly, they get all sensitive, like I offended one of them or something!

danvon: As far as I know, there is no catcher in cricket catching those bowls. Correct me if I am wrong.

Ok, I looked up some pictures of the sport, it appears there is someone behind the wicket, I think that is what it is called, but it doesn't really look like the same duties as a baseball catcher. Regardless, it really looks like he's wearing some padded gloves-- along with some other armor.

snuff3r: TFA: "You know how I know it's really kind of a gay game? It's the pitch. It's the weirdest. It's not like a manly baseball pitch - it's a queer British gay pitch."

I'd like to see Jason Alexander stand at the crease. Yeah, it's a real girly game^. Wonder how well he'd react to a solid leather ball being bowled at him at >100km/h.

In my second game in my under-12's squad (when i was a youngen, many decades ago) I took a bouncer to the face - went straight through my helmet guard and shattered my jawbone.

Meanwhile, baseball players catch with padded gloves. *yawn*

The catcher-equivalent in cricket wears a glove, too.

While the fielders don't, they also don't catch many balls before they hit the ground and lose speed.

The two games are not the same. There's a reason you can play cricket without a glove but you can't play baseball without one, and it's similar to the reason you can play rugby without a helmet but not football.

danvon: ciderczar: The 60 mph bowls tend to take wicked, unpredictable bounces. The fast bowlers typically bowl between 85-95 mph.

There is also the crack about MLB players wearing padded gloves. As far as I know, there is no catcher in cricket catching those bowls. Correct me if I am wrong. Also, 1st basemen are catching very fast throws from the infielders and pitcher and require a glove with extra padding. There's no need to get into a debate about which one is more manly, but there is no question that no human alive could catch a Major League pitcher's throw more than once. Hence the requirement for a padded glove. It is not a matter of "manliness" or "toughness".

There is a catcher catching those bowls, and he does get big gloves, but none of the other fielders do, including the guys standing a couple feet to the side and back of the batsman who have to catch those bowls after they've been redirected. The ball is much harder too, it's like wood.

I'm with you though, it's needless posturing between a sport with stirrup pants and one with tea breaks. Both are a bit dull and both have very nice historical cultural sides to them. I wish I had the patience to enjoy either of them.

snuff3r: danvon: snuff3r: Wonder how well he'd react to a solid leather ball being bowled at him at >100km/h...

Meanwhile, baseball players catch with padded gloves. *yawn*

So, that is about 60 m.p.h. Yes, that is pretty fast. No, I would not want to take that to the face. However, you'd be hard pressed to find a Major League Pitcher that doesn't regularly throw a 90+ m.p.h. pitch. Aroldis Chapman is hitting 105 m.p.h. There's a pretty bid difference in the speed.

I was being conservative with the bowling speeds:

Wiki ^: The main aim of fast bowling is to bowl the hard cricket ball at high speed and to induce it to bounce off the pitch in an erratic fashion or move sideways through the air, factors which make it difficult for the batsman to hit the ball cleanly. A typical fast delivery has a speed in the range of 136 to 150 km/h (85 to 95 mph). The fastest delivery officially recorded was clocked at 161.38 km/h (100.3 mph) and was bowled by Shoaib Akhtar of Pakistan during a match against England in the 2003 World Cup.

I wasn't saying baseball is crap, just trying to put some context into the matter - poorly, i concede.

There's nothing gay about cricket. It's all about Aussie summer weather (40c/105F), sweating, copious amounts of beer and lots of steak/snags in the barbeque shrimp on the barby.

FTFY

Obviously, he's never seen a game of Brockian Ultra Cricket.

doglover: bikers are f*gs.

Oh, is that what we're gonna do today? We're gonna fight?

ArkAngel: Well it's a game that's even longer and more boring than baseball. What do you expect?

At least its not soccer which is the most boring sport invented, if I wanted to play kickball I would have stayed in elementary school.

So are only gays allowed to call something gay?

Mugato: Oh for Chrissakes. If you can take a dick, you can take a joke,

How is this a joke:

"You know how I know it's really kind of a gay game? It's the pitch. It's the weirdest. It's not like a manly baseball pitch - it's a queer British gay pitch."

/and the baseball pitch is "manly"?

The man's starred in musicals for half his career. He knows gay when he sees it.

tankjr: doglover: bikers are f*gs.

Oh, is that what we're gonna do today? We're gonna fight?

Bikers are f*gs becuz they are attention whores

Cricket is rather like figure skating without the ice.

Just sayin'

ciderczar: There is a catcher catching those bowls, and he does get big gloves, but none of the other fielders do, including the guys standing a couple feet to the side and back of the batsman who have to catch those bowls after they've been redirected. The ball is much harder too, it's like wood.

Due to this discussion, I had to watch some video of the game. It doesn't looks pussified to me. (Not that you or I ever took that position) Looks like you could really suffer some pretty good broken arms, hands and fingers.

Gotta admire his ability to grab some publicity and get back in the limelight despite his waning career.

I think what upset the gay community most about his statement was the intimation that they would be outside playing a game of cricket...

... instead of inside in the Fark politics tab.

Mugato: Elaine's the only one with any sort of post-Seinfeld career. It could be from everyone having bad backs after carrying Jerry for 9 years*.

Does Larry David count? He's had a pretty good run with Curb Your Enthusiasm. Then again, Jerry and Larry, do they even need one. Didn't they get something like $450M apiece for the syndication rights?

sleeper2995: tankjr: doglover: bikers are f*gs.

Oh, is that what we're gonna do today? We're gonna fight?

Bikers are f*gs becuz they are attention whores

Troll Hard 2: Troll Harder

tankjr: doglover: bikers are f*gs.

Oh, is that what we're gonna do today? We're gonna fight?

Loud pipes annoy everyone.

Watch the South Park show n buy a muffler.

I know I'm on Fark when I can see an argument going on between baseball and cricket...

danvon: ciderczar: There is a catcher catching those bowls, and he does get big gloves, but none of the other fielders do, including the guys standing a couple feet to the side and back of the batsman who have to catch those bowls after they've been redirected. The ball is much harder too, it's like wood.

Due to this discussion, I had to watch some video of the game. It doesn't looks pussified to me. (Not that you or I ever took that position) Looks like you could really suffer some pretty good broken arms, hands and fingers.

My dad had terrible eyesight when he was younger, but wasn't treated until he was in his mid-teens because his mother was...odd. When my dad was at boarding school in Scotland, he was told to stop playing cricket and take up rugby by a doctor for his own safety. Doc figured he'd be able to see great big angry blobs trying to run him over than the tiny rock-hard blob trying to put his teeth in his brain.

I suppose that is one advantage of not being famous. Not having to apologize for the stupid things one says that are obviously jokes.

Baseball is a slower game, which makes it perfect for the radio or for having the game up on Gameday while you work on something else. It's the perfect background game and my favorite game to listen to while commuting to work in my car. I would probably enjoy cricket too if I ever sat down and cared to learn what was going on.

Soccer is a good background game, too. As Bill Simmons noted, you can have a game up while you work, only taking care to look up when you hear the crowd get excited. You see the shot on goal and then go back to work, with the hum of the (hopefully vuvuzela-free) crowd as pleasant white noise to help you concentrate.