Yes cricket is an excuse to drink. Search beer snake on YouTube. Listening to Moike talk about sports he doesn’t know anything about is painful; at least Sven admits he doesn’t know anything. It’s the Australians who mostly embarrass England at cricket nowadays not India. Cricket is huge everywhere the British empire was except Canada/USA although interestingly enough the first international cricket match was USA vs. Canada. Cricket still has a huge cultural presence in England even though association football dominates in terms of fan attendance and TV ratings. The Ashes series against Australia is always of intense interest in… Read more »
Golf and cricket as organized sports both originated in the 1700s in Scotland and England respectively; maybe if you compare cricket to golf instead of baseball it will make more sense. Here’s a video from Lord’s in 1948 that captures the spirit of the thing.
Lord’s is to cricket as St. Andrew’s is to golf. The Baseball Hall of Fame did a collaboration with Lord’s (Marylebone Cricket Club) museum which had an exhibit on baseball history and in turn Lord’s loaned the BHoF an exhibit on cricket history which I saw at the BHoF about 15 years ago. Nobody but myself was looking at the cricket exhibit. Most people go to things like the BHoF to see things they already know, not to learn new things. One little kid kept saying “that’s so wrong!” when walking past the cricket exhibit. The peas must not touch… Read more »
Ehlay Chalet
January 19, 2024 6:52 pm
It’s anuddah snoah
Rape Rat
January 19, 2024 6:51 pm
“Americans like football because it’s like war.”
Isn’t that why people like games?
Sportsball is analogous to war, or to hunting. Animals we kill for sport are game animals. Medieval jousting was sport as preparation for war.
American gridiron football consists of brief spurts of violence interspersed between long periods of meetings, consultations and litigations. So a lot like war. It is a sport perfectly in tune with 20th century rise of the military industrial complex. Whereas baseball is more in tune with 19th century agrarian USA.
good
January 19, 2024 5:42 pm
They do make a type of maple syrup that is in a leaf shaped bottle, I would be OK with that being on the flag. LOL
Agelaius Phoeniceus
January 19, 2024 5:03 pm
The Confederate battle flag has a diagonal cross like the Scottish flag, which has a white diagonal cross on a blue background. I don’t know if this is a coincidence. A lot of Scots went to the South.
BenMatlock
January 19, 2024 4:20 pm
I want a flag with a dragon or a phoenix or some awesome animal, maybe a griffon.
They’re both relatively simple games people just don’t understand or don’t want to understand if they didn’t grow up with it.
Nemesis
January 19, 2024 12:46 pm
Putting those little window flags on your car makes you look like a fucking idiot.
ChefMarv
January 19, 2024 12:38 pm
The ostensible reason Canada changed the flag in 1968 was to accomodate the ensuing flood of browns, not so much against colonialism as the last iteration of it (cuckier) had an emblem for the natives too. Yet, it was seen as too exclusive for the new would be Canadians.
Truckingdude2023
January 19, 2024 12:33 pm
l the American flag should change the Stars to the stars of David. I’m sure that will happen pretty soon
Deep dive about cricket on the show pls and thanks
🦢The Autiste formerly known as Swampy🦢
January 19, 2024 11:57 am
Mike and Sven give the worst explanation of Cricket in history. Something I never thought I’d hear on PitC…
Soldier of 4chan
January 19, 2024 11:56 am
Agreed, very patriotic!
1337Pogrommer
January 19, 2024 11:55 am
Cricket is the best bat and ball sport
🦢The Autiste formerly known as Swampy🦢
January 19, 2024 11:31 am
Wednesday: Sven does ~10 minutes of interruptions in a corny pirate voice.
Sven the asks a question with only one answer: Did I make a fool of myself?
The Audience: That’s why we love, Sven ole’ sport…
Last edited 11 months ago by 🦢The Autiste formerly known as Swampy🦢
The cricket talk is definitely gun-spergery, handle-tube-clip tier.
Maybe Sven would like the Canadian flag if it looked like this:
https://images.app.goo.gl/aCr7ZK7w6CR7Eysx7
wait till Sven hears about the 12th man…
Yes cricket is an excuse to drink. Search beer snake on YouTube. Listening to Moike talk about sports he doesn’t know anything about is painful; at least Sven admits he doesn’t know anything. It’s the Australians who mostly embarrass England at cricket nowadays not India. Cricket is huge everywhere the British empire was except Canada/USA although interestingly enough the first international cricket match was USA vs. Canada. Cricket still has a huge cultural presence in England even though association football dominates in terms of fan attendance and TV ratings. The Ashes series against Australia is always of intense interest in… Read more »
Golf and cricket as organized sports both originated in the 1700s in Scotland and England respectively; maybe if you compare cricket to golf instead of baseball it will make more sense. Here’s a video from Lord’s in 1948 that captures the spirit of the thing.
https://youtu.be/l-xXMHXUMZg?si=6Y9TmFiA6uRDAiF_
Lord’s is to cricket as St. Andrew’s is to golf. The Baseball Hall of Fame did a collaboration with Lord’s (Marylebone Cricket Club) museum which had an exhibit on baseball history and in turn Lord’s loaned the BHoF an exhibit on cricket history which I saw at the BHoF about 15 years ago. Nobody but myself was looking at the cricket exhibit. Most people go to things like the BHoF to see things they already know, not to learn new things. One little kid kept saying “that’s so wrong!” when walking past the cricket exhibit. The peas must not touch… Read more »
It’s anuddah snoah
“Americans like football because it’s like war.”
Isn’t that why people like games?
Sportsball is analogous to war, or to hunting. Animals we kill for sport are game animals. Medieval jousting was sport as preparation for war.
American gridiron football consists of brief spurts of violence interspersed between long periods of meetings, consultations and litigations. So a lot like war. It is a sport perfectly in tune with 20th century rise of the military industrial complex. Whereas baseball is more in tune with 19th century agrarian USA.
They do make a type of maple syrup that is in a leaf shaped bottle, I would be OK with that being on the flag. LOL
The Confederate battle flag has a diagonal cross like the Scottish flag, which has a white diagonal cross on a blue background. I don’t know if this is a coincidence. A lot of Scots went to the South.
I want a flag with a dragon or a phoenix or some awesome animal, maybe a griffon.
The Welsh flag perhaps: 2560px-Flag_of_Wales_(1959).svg.png (2560×1707) (wikimedia.org)
As a Englishman I can tell you most people can’t watch cricket but enjoy playing or remember enjoying playing it at school.
Wickets are the metal things you knock the balls through in croquet, a true gentleman’s game.
Those Confederate statues were more “No, no, no Republicans” than “No, no, no darkies.” They liked darkies, darkie is actually a term of affection.
Only niggers have rain guards on their car. Does Sven have a gold chain license plate holder too ?
Please to be closing wicket.
Watching the boys be confused by cricket is equal parts annoying and hilarious.
And of course baseball is simple. Americans play it. :^)
Cricket is the #1 sport in India. That’s all you need to know.
If you’re a grug. Maybe it’s all you need to know.
They’re both relatively simple games people just don’t understand or don’t want to understand if they didn’t grow up with it.
Putting those little window flags on your car makes you look like a fucking idiot.
The ostensible reason Canada changed the flag in 1968 was to accomodate the ensuing flood of browns, not so much against colonialism as the last iteration of it (cuckier) had an emblem for the natives too. Yet, it was seen as too exclusive for the new would be Canadians.
l the American flag should change the Stars to the stars of David. I’m sure that will happen pretty soon
https://youtu.be/tYrue4oXCbo
what cricket looks like to most people
Almost Monty Python tier lol
Friday show best show
Deep dive about cricket on the show pls and thanks
Mike and Sven give the worst explanation of Cricket in history. Something I never thought I’d hear on PitC…
Agreed, very patriotic!
Cricket is the best bat and ball sport
Wednesday: Sven does ~10 minutes of interruptions in a corny pirate voice.
Sven the asks a question with only one answer: Did I make a fool of myself?
The Audience: That’s why we love, Sven ole’ sport…
Rugby Union is the best sport.
Association Football is best Football.
You talking about AFL footy?
oi that’s a sticky wicket
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