Talk:Comparison of baseball and cricket

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“Home base” as official name for home?[edit]

Could someone source or refute the contention that the official name for home in baseball is “home base?“

I can’t personally rule out that it might exist as the official name in perhaps some arcane rulebook, but having played baseball for 12 years and followed it closely my whole life, in my experience calling it “home base“ would be reserved for newcomers to the sport or young children before they are corrected, much like talk of scoring a point, as opposed to a run. I have gone my whole life believing that the official longhand version is “home plate.“

And of course considering baseball in general is a public domain sort of thing, I doubt that even if it is “home base” in major league rules, for example, that could be seen as an official name as regards the sport at large. Cowboydan76 (talk) 00:28, 31 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The MLB Rulebook uses both: "home base" 48 times and "home plate" 47. At one point it says the distance between the pitcher’s plate and home base (the rear point of home plate) shall be 60 feet, 6 inches Spike 'em (talk) 13:57, 31 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Things that can be moved[edit]

There is a bullet list in the article that starts with "Left-handers and right-handers in fielding:". I think it ought to be possible to move most of the points regarding baseball in that bullet list to a separate article, and then link to it. Any ideas? GreekApple123 (talk) 21:26, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Section on Bowling/Pitching[edit]

"Cricket bowlers may throw the ball so that it bounces on the ground before reaching the batter at any height, ". This isn't correct. If you bounce the ball over the batsman's head then it's an unfair delivery and a no ball should be called by the umpire:

"21.10 Ball bouncing over head height of striker

The umpire shall call and signal No ball for any delivery which, after pitching, passes or would have passed over head height of the striker standing upright at the popping crease." https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-laws-of-cricket/no-ball

Also the use of the word "throw" in "Cricket bowlers may throw the ball.." is incorrect if we're using cricket parlance - the bowler delivering the ball by throwing is also a no ball. From the same reference above:

"21.3 Ball thrown or delivered underarm – action by umpires

21.3.1 After the bowler has entered his/her delivery stride, if in the opinion of either umpire the ball has been thrown or, unless permitted by agreement in 21.1.2, delivered underarm, that umpire shall call and signal No ball and, when the ball is dead, inform the other umpire of the reason for the call."

The comparison of cricket used[edit]

The main comparison to cricket seems to focus on one day international and T20 formats which misses what is probably either the most or second most popular style and is considered the most prestigious. This would require an addition of information in many areas of the article. Chazza898 (talk) 08:01, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]