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A cultural comparison of two national games—cricket, English in origin, and American baseball—written from the viewpoint of a top-class practitioner of both codes. E.T. Smith, the young Cambridge University and Kent batsman, has spent the winters since 1998 in Spring Training with the New York... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mike Piazza: Former catcher and star hitter of the New York Mets
- Lou Gehrig: Legendary Yankee ballplayer who was tragically struck down by a fatal disease, called Gehrig's disease after him, while still an active player.
- Wendell: Add a description of this character.
- Bradman: Legendary Australian cricketer famous for averaging 99 in test cricket
- Bobby Valentine
- Babe Ruth: One of the greatest baseball players of all time. Played for Boston Red Sox initially but achieved maximum fame playing for the New York Yankees, starting off their dynasty. A prodigious hitter he could easily have played a pitcher. Famous for his wild antics and his magnanimous nature.
- Paul Nixon
- Roger Clemens: One of the greatest pitchers of all times known as the Rocket. Played for the Toronto Blue Jays, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. Winner of multiple World Series titles and CY Young awards.
- Benitez
- Joe Torre
- Matthew Fleming: Former Kent all rounder and captain who had a distinguished county career and a brief international one. Was the nephew of the Ian Fleming, the creator of the James Bond character.
- Hernandez
- Frankie Dettori
- Dave Fulton
- Jim Bouton
- Colin Cowdrey: One of England's greatest cricketers. His was made a Lord for his services to the game. Remembered for making a successful comeback at the age of 40 to help his country against the ferocious West Indian fast bowlers.
- Mark Mcgwire: The hitter who broke Roger Maris' long standing record from maximum home runs in a single season. Admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs. Represented the St Louis Cardinals.
- Mark Ealham
- Matt Walker
First Sentence edit
Cricket and baseball are like parents and their teenage children: they have so much in common and yet remain a total mystery to each other.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 796
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