• Culture

    Welcome!

    When I first discovered cricket in 2016, I had one singular use in mind for it. It needed to be something baseball-like that I could watch all winter until spring training started up again. Now that baseball is back on…

  • Creative,  Rules,  Wow

    Fun from Bangladesh

    Here's a three-minute video that any cricket fan would find cool -- but for someone new to the sport, there's a ton of interesting stuff to be learned from it. This is from a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match from…

  • Culture,  Linguistics,  Literacy

    Jargon

    There was an Amica Insurance ad on semi-recently that showed two guys using all sorts of cricket jargon around a very confused American. The joke being that with its bizarre lexicon, cricket was beyond the comprehension of anyone that didn't…

  • Baseball,  Design,  Memorabilia

    Got Him. Got Him. Need Him.

    I learned to read by collecting baseball cards. I was busy reading about guys' stats and backgrounds while other kids were boringly plodding through lines like, "See Jane run." (And look at me now!) For many kids and kids-at-heart, collecting…

  • Baseball,  Rules

    Boundary Catches

    Some of the greatest catches in baseball history involve a fielder flying into the crowd or over a fence with blatant disregard for self-preservation in order to make the catch. Last year's head-over-heels grab by Austin Jackson as he tumbled…