On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:54:32 -0800, "Anthony Buckland"
wrote:
>"troll" wrote in message
>news:5984ca3f-4d19-4c2b-9bee-da6b4c661b18@t34g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
>> ...
>> What if the Summer Olympics were to decide to
>> drop baseball and add cricket? Would it inspire
>> trans-oceanic flame wars on soc.history.what-if?
>
>It depends where the next Summer Games are to be
>held. Outside North America, most host nations would
>think it made good sense. Other than, maybe, Japan.
>Baseball properly requires purpose-built stadia not
>adaptable to cricket. Cricket requires seating and a
>largish grass field, found all over the place, including
>North America, where North American football can easily
>be persuaded to forego its early season or training.
>Baseball has virtually no international rivalry, except
>in years when the Toronto team has a shot at the
>World Series (has won twice); cricket is a whole big
>other story.
>
Don't forget Latin America and Taiwan.
Certainly had there been a major move for cricket in the Olympics it
could have been a demonstration sport in Sydney where I've heard they
play the game.
You could make an equally good case for rugby as an Olympic sport -
which is played in much more of Europe than is cricket. |
