The game is each terribly British and, to Americans, terribly confusing. however it absolutely was once our national recreation, and its gaining fans on these shores.
"Good shot, Mouse!" comes a voice from atiny low crowd of spectators below AN canopy at the sting of a softball field in residential district Atlanta. it is a semi contest between the Tropical Sports Club and North Atlanta on a hot afternoon in early Oct, and a Tropical player has simply lofted a take aback the fence. however this is often a match, not a game; the player may be a batter, not a batter, and a ball tired over a fence may be a "six," not a home run. this might be a softball diamond, however the action on the field—sorry, the pitch—is cricket.
At one finish of the sunshade, an oversized West Indian girl is roasting jerk chicken in associate oil drum. there is spicy fish soup and Red Stripe brew. popular music booms out of the rear of a van. Between "balls"—pitches, in baseball—the men speak politics and dream life back on the island of Jamaica.
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"Good shot, Mouse!" comes a voice from atiny low crowd of spectators below AN canopy at the sting of a softball field in residential district Atlanta. it is a semi contest between the Tropical Sports Club and North Atlanta on a hot afternoon in early Oct, and a Tropical player has simply lofted a take aback the fence. however this is often a match, not a game; the player may be a batter, not a batter, and a ball tired over a fence may be a "six," not a home run. this might be a softball diamond, however the action on the field—sorry, the pitch—is cricket.
At one finish of the sunshade, an oversized West Indian girl is roasting jerk chicken in associate oil drum. there is spicy fish soup and Red Stripe brew. popular music booms out of the rear of a van. Between "balls"—pitches, in baseball—the men speak politics and dream life back on the island of Jamaica.
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