Otto Von Blotto Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 Easy. Neither team takes 20 wickets and the team batting last doesn't get the runs, or it rains . But there's a lot more happens during those 5 days trying to win than a bunch of guys with bats not bothering to actually use them. And what's with those ridiculous gloves they wear? Catching a baseball barehanded is like a bloody tennis ball. Sorry, but that's pretty pansy to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris! Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 I know the cricket ball is hard but we use the gloves to not break our hands on 160km throws. Not wearing gloves may seem tough but how those hands feel after a game and even 10 years later? We only have one body, use it right and protect it, it is just a game. I used to play baseball in high school, I hate watching it. There is a lot of strategy and movement for better fielding and how and where to hit the ball, when to run, the same as cricket. A lot of signs are not broadcasted and are subtle, an open mouth, touch of the cap to signal who covers the base, etc. But sitting in the stadium with a 50k crowd and eating hot dogs and drinking Budweiser is not a bad day, but playing it is funnier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted August 3, 2019 Author Share Posted August 3, 2019 There is a technique for catching cricket balls that prevents hand injury, which could easily be used in baseball as well. Done properly your hands are not sore or injured, after one game or a hundred games. You basically move your hands with the ball as it makes contact rather than using hard hands which will cause injury. The wicketkeeper wears gloves because he catches 600 balls a day but the other fielders don't, so they aren't needed. I reckon it'd be coming off the bat pretty bloody quickly too, especially in the slips where I used to field, and other close in positions. Occasionally you get a stinger but not very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris! Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 You are forgetting the intricacies of baseball like turning a double play that calls for quick catch and release. Either way different games but similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 11 hours ago, Shamus O'Sean said: Hey @PaddyBrew2 This was a grain bill I bought from a fellow brewer. It was meant to be an 18L batch in the fermenter. GF software says Mash in 16L; Sparge with 10.7L. I have left the defaults in the software as they were, I assume GF would get their own equipment data correct? Glanced at my pre-boil volume, think it was around 20.5L. The sparge did take ages, I did it manually with a jug. GF heats wort to around 97 degrees during sparge. I might have had some losses during that time, not boiling, but plenty of vapour. Looking at your numbers, if I upped the mash and sparge by about 4L for each, I would get to a similar outcome to you. Cheers Shamus Shamus, to hit your target your total water volume should be 29l. 16l mash and 13l sparg. What are you using to heat your sparge water? I have a seperate urn that sits above my GF making my sparge process easier. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Yeah if you know how to catch the chances of injury are minimal. Played 15 years mostly in the gully and slips. I found the gully the hardest position as it was often hard to see the ball off the bat especially if they were going hard at it. Only one injury in 15 years with a broken finger and that was on a low fingers down catch with the ball and my hands impacting the ground simultaneously. Really miss the game and the banter with the boys but we all get old unfortunately. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Corner Brewing Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 10 hours ago, Otto Von Blotto said: team batting last doesn't get the runs Play the series in India and everyone gets the runs! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 12 hours ago, Beer Baron said: How can you play a game for 5 days and nobody wins........... Come on now BB1... 5 days and no result... that is a beautiful thing... an inherent part of the great game of Test Cricket and in this world of instant gratification may it live on for much longer. Mmm... as long as we win the Ashes No use in drawing any games there ; ) BB2 PS... and being on the beers for 5 days is great even if it is a draw (better with a win though). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenyinthewestofsydney Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Im a lover of all sports but there is nothing to compare in any sport with the tension and excitement when the game is in the 5th day and final session and all 3 results are on the table. Well 4 if you count a tie but thats only happened twice in 150 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Titan said: Shamus, to hit your target your total water volume should be 29l. 16l mash and 13l sparg. What are you using to heat your sparge water? I have a seperate urn that sits above my GF making my sparge process easier. Hi Titan I have checked the calculations and the Mash 16L & Sparge 10.7L are what the instructions say to use. I must be getting more water absorption in the grain (crush too fine?). Plus the tardy sparge duration while the GF was heated to around 96 degrees - not boiling but still generating steam = lost water. How do you get the 13L sparge volume? I heat my sparge water in a 20L Big W pot on an portable induction cooker. Had to use a jug because I am waiting on a delivery of silicon tube that should have come last week. Once I have the tube, I will then be able to drain my pot via a ball valve I have fitted to the pot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 I would watch the cricket but the pommie football season just kicked off and that takes priority over everything 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Norris! said: You are forgetting the intricacies of baseball like turning a double play that calls for quick catch and release. Either way different games but similar. I always found it quicker catching in both hands and throwing it because it's already in your throwing hand straight away, rather than having to pick it out of a glove first. I'm not saying there aren't tactics and whatever, but I find cricket different, to me there's more guile, intimidation/mind games, nuance and subtlety involved. At least in the longer form of the game anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 On 8/3/2019 at 10:20 AM, Otto Von Blotto said: You're not alone in that mate. Zero interest in those movies here. The 2015 & onward ones are very ordinary (IMHO). Too much CGI & the stories are crap. It's the JJ Abrams influences. The first 6 George Lucas orchestrated & directed one's are still awesome! Cheers, Lusty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 9 minutes ago, Beerlust said: The 2015 & onward ones are very ordinary (IMHO). Too much CGI & the stories are crap. It's the JJ Abrams influences. The first 6 George Lucas orchestrated & directed one's are still awesome! Cheers, Lusty. They peaked with Empire and it was all downhill from there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyBrew2 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 The ones with jaja binks were atrocious. The first three were awesome. The recent ones have been ok. I really liked the recent prequel to the very first one (number 4) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzala Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 I reckon Rogue One is the best of the recent ones. Best SW robot by far... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 I like action movies with ridiculous amounts of shooting and people beating the piss out of each other 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 1 minute ago, Beer Baron said: I like action movies with ridiculous amounts of shooting and people beating the piss out of each other Like Rambo....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Just now, The Captain!! said: Like Rambo....... I have never seen Rambo...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 1 minute ago, Beer Baron said: I have never seen Rambo...... Yeah right. So many people die in the movie it’s out of control. If you like that sort of thing, I’d recommend it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, The Captain!! said: Yeah right. So many people die in the movie it’s out of control. If you like that sort of thing, I’d recommend it I’m a disgrace to action movies. I haven’t seen many of the classics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 who said this to me... nudge nudge… back to topic?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Beer Baron said: I’m a disgrace to action movies. I haven’t seen many of the classics It’s the “modern” one I’m taking about. When Stallone was say 60. Ha ha ha. Anyway, yeah back on topic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Rambo got me into action movies, seen all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 15 hours ago, Shamus O'Sean said: How do you get the 13L sparge volume? I used to do the same as you and top up post boil with a couple of litres. Then i had a look at mash thickness. I think GF calc uses a standard value of 2.7 ltrs per kilo when its more like 3.4. The extra 2 or 3 litres at sparge will also extract more of your sugars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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