James Whitehurst

I just found out the error rate in cricket is 43% 😭✌️ They barely catch half the balls. What an unserious sport

I’ve written to @premierleague Chief Executive Richard Masters demanding action on poverty chanting following Everton’s game against Chelsea. Everton & Liverpool supporters have endured this class prejudice for years. Mocking families who cannot afford to put food on the table is shameful. Through Fans Supporting Foodbanks, supporters stand together to feed our communities. The Premier League must show the same solidarity & leadership. Hunger doesn’t wear colours. It’s time our game acted like it. #RightToFood #HungerIsAPoliticalChoice

I played high-level baseball and high-level cricket. Hitting a cricket ball is dramatically easier. Not close. I was a left-handed hitter who played D1 baseball, got drafted, and spent two seasons in the minors (High-A and a cup of coffee in Double-A). I also played competitive cricket at a solid semi-pro/county second XI level after moving overseas, including against guys who had first-class and a couple of international appearances. Baseball: facing 94–97 mph with late life or a slider that started middle and finished off the plate was a nightmare. You have roughly 0.40 seconds. The bat is round. The sweet spot is tiny. Miss by half an inch and it’s a weak ground ball or a foul tip that still hurts. Even average big-league stuff made me look bad more often than not. Cricket: the bat is a wide, flat paddle. The ball is coming from further away (22 yards) and the effective reaction window feels longer. Even when a quick bowler was 88–92 mph with seam movement, the hitting area on a cricket bat is so large that making solid contact is much more forgiving. You can play late, use the pace, or just miss-hit and still find the gap because the face is so big. I scored plenty of runs against guys who bowled real heat and swing. The same stuff that would have had me swinging through air or chopping it into the ground in baseball was very hittable once I adjusted to the bounce and the bat face. The skill ceiling in cricket is real (footwork, playing late, handling swing and reverse swing, etc.), but pure ball-striking difficulty is not in the same universe as baseball. A competent baseball hitter with decent hand-eye can walk into a cricket net and start middling the ball almost immediately. The reverse is not true. I’ve seen good club cricket batters try baseball and get embarrassed by 90 mph straight fastballs with zero movement. Cricket fans love to say their sport is harder. On the pure act of hitting the ball hard and consistently, it isn’t. The equipment and the geometry make it far more forgiving. Baseball hitting is just a harder skill.

that’s cool anyways here’s @Lindor12BC frying cricket FC singlehandedly

I can’t stand these delusional cricket defenders. I’ve never seen a legit argument behind proving cricket to be more difficult. Baseball has 1000x more the strategy and smaller nuances that make the game a lot more difficult. Too many small games within the game, not just hitting

Not a single cricket player has made it to Double-A, which is two levels below pro. You'd think th3y would have figured out how to if it was so easy.

Nope, that’s not how taxes and price works. The price is determined by demand and supply. Companies charge the highest price they can given demand. A tax levied on *profits* does not affect a company’s cost ie supply. Taxes on *windfall* profits (like oil and gas) are the most efficient kind of tax there is.

At this point Bournemouth could sell the stadium and somehow come back with a better one.

Famous night for Bournemouth, who swamped an awful AC Milan and deserve to enjoy it. But we can’t ignore the elephant splashing around in the room. Report: theguardian.com/football/202…

What kind of fuck ass country has multi generational school shooting survivor families

Good news this for Bournemouth fans. Massive ground, massive fanbase, massive appreciation of their first ever home European game. 😂 #tinpot

Managed to get tickets with a couple mates for something to do on a Thursday evening… Mental to think this is their first home game in a European competition and 3 lads, with no ticket history, have managed to get tickets 😂

Fun times! Another Parliament refusing to do the most basic things to make the tax system fair.

New IMF forecasts tell you 2 things about UK economy. Firstly, the British economy has proved resilient in face of the Iran conflict: IMF have UK growth as joint second fastest in G7 this year (forget forecasts, in hard data we’ve seen the fastest growth in G7 so far this year)

What has the local fans done, please enlighten me?? Do you even understand that if the PL clubs negotiated their own individual TV deals like they do in Spain, Bournemouth won’t even be a PL team?? And man is asking me what the fuck have intentional fans done.

This really brought out the resentment English fans have for foreign fans. It doesn't seem like English fans recognise their luck and privilege to live in proximity to the best football in the world. Going to games doesn't make you a better fan, it makes you a fourtunate one

I know people are worried about fuel prices. And I get it. You get to the pump, watch the numbers climb, and wonder why it's costing so much more than it used to.   The reality is that global events are pushing up costs, and families here at home are feeling the impact.   But I won't accept that there's nothing I can do to help.   That's why from today, you'll be able to see petrol and diesel prices on Google Maps, compare nearby stations and find the cheapest option before you fill up.   It's a small change, but if there's a practical way to help people keep more money in their pocket, I'll do it.