The Off Topic Topic

[Syt]

My DVD rests with a few others with an ex-girlfriend.

[Razgovory]

My DVD rests with a few others with an ex-girlfriend.

Well you could always dig'em back up.

[Josquius]

Watching Space Jam. I remember that film was awesome when I was a kid.
The baseball bit I couldn't remember. Brings to mind something I've wondered about in the past - so in baseball you can choose not to try to hit a ball and then it doesn't count as a strike unless...something? A foul is only a foul if you stand still?
And the umpire is on the batting teams side or is the point there that it was all a fix for Jordan?

[Syt]

If the pitch is outside the strike zone and the batter doesn't swing, then it's not a strike but a ball. 4 balls earn you a walk, i.e. you get to advance to first base.

A foul is when you hit the ball, but it ends up outside the extended lines between home base and 3rd and 1st base, respectively.  A foul is considered a strike, but only if you have less than two strikes, i.e. you can't strike out on a foul. You can still be put out on a foul if an opposing player catches the ball before it hits the ground,  IIRC.

[Josquius]

Huh. Fall ball means something different in baseball. Didn't realise that.

But if you move when the ball is outside of the strike zone it still counts as a strike?

[Syt]

But if you move when the ball is outside of the strike zone it still counts as a strike?

Yes. Which is why pitchers use pitches that change direction to make it hard for the batter to see whether it's inside or outside the zone (plus fastballs that are thrown for maximum velocity). A lot of psyhology goes into the duel between pitcher and batter.

[The Brain]

My DVD rests with a few others with an ex-girlfriend.

Well you could always dig'em back up.

Badaddum-ti... wait he's serious isn't he?

[merithyn]

Watching Space Jam. I remember that film was awesome when I was a kid.
The baseball bit I couldn't remember. Brings to mind something I've wondered about in the past - so in baseball you can choose not to try to hit a ball and then it doesn't count as a strike unless...something? A foul is only a foul if you stand still?
And the umpire is on the batting teams side or is the point there that it was all a fix for Jordan?

If the pitch is outside the strike zone and the batter doesn't swing, then it's not a strike but a ball. 4 balls earn you a walk, i.e. you get to advance to first base.

A foul is when you hit the ball, but it ends up outside the extended lines between home base and 3rd and 1st base, respectively.  A foul is considered a strike, but only if you have less than two strikes, i.e. you can't strike out on a foul. You can still be put out on a foul if an opposing player catches the ball before it hits the ground,  IIRC.

This is interesting, watching a Germany explain to Brit about an American sport.

I Languish.

[mongers]

This is interesting, watching a Germany explain to Brit about an American sport.

I Languish.

Though Syt is in part culturally American. 

[Josquius]

Explains the time I was roped in to play baseball in Japan. Kid threw the ball miles out but still I only got 3 chances to try to hit it. In rounders and cricket you don't have that rule.

[Iormlund]

My DVD rests with a few others with an ex-girlfriend.

Well you could always dig'em back up.

[Admiral Yi]

Huh. Fall ball means something different in baseball. Didn't realise that.

But if you move when the ball is outside of the strike zone it still counts as a strike?

Not if you just move, you have to swing the bat.

There's also the check swing, when the batter starts his swing but changes his mind and tries to stop.  The rule is if the head of the bat goes out past the front of the plate it's a swing.  If he stops before then it's not a swing.

[Syt]

[Grey Fox]

Is that a pork chop or a chicken thigh?

[Malthus]

My son spotted the raisins on hamburger picture - his reaction was hilarious.

I asked him if he would like them served that way, he remarked that they reminded him of dark maggots. 😄

(He actually likes raisins, but hates when they are added to things like bread - he always picks them out to eat separate.)