Rudy Giuliani...Traitor?

That's not what the rules I read say. All it says is that you get a half-rounder for reaching 2nd without getting put out and you get another half-rounder for reaching 4th without getting put out. Says nothing about stopping at 1st or 3rd on the way.

Must be American rules. Certainly ain't the way it's ever been played over here. And I've been verbally abused by enough gym teachers to know the difference. (I was never very good at rounders).

The rules I read are all on British web sites.

We're dumbing down, if that's true. I'll have to speak to daughter tomorrow to find out what the rules were when she was at school...

Okay, I don't see how anybody can score if they have to round all bases without stopping before reaching home.

In proper rounders as I played it at school, there are only three fielders. Manage to hit it far, or between them, and it's not that difficult.

Not that I ever managed it, as I said, I was crap at rounders...

Dude!! I work in the Bronx.. and the people here are pissed!!

Well according to the rules I found, there are actually supposed to be NINE fielders.

NINE fielders?

Shit...to get past them you need two batters and three runners...

There are nine fielders in baseball too, ya know.

To be fair, the pitcher is usually an awful player and the catcher is, well, behind the batter.

In any case, American sports are better because of the following reasons:

Baseball: the Chess of sports
Football: Cripplin' fun.
Basketball: Ain't never seen anyone break the net/glass in a soccer game.
Hockey: The hooligans are the players!

Sure, you have your versions, but they're all lamer. Rugby's not so bad, but there's not enough strategy involved.

Politically it's a bad move, you alienate your New York base, and are you really going to compete with Romney, Massachusetts is his home state.

But should baseball really decide your vote for president? :flow2:

And if it does, do you really want that person's vote?

Eh.

It speaks volumes about loyalty and how opportunistic someone is.

GO SOX!!!!!1!!

Actually if they're a baseball fan it speaks to how well they tolerate the tedious boredom of the presidency.

I just root for the home team.

What do you prefer...pitching or catching?

Rounders team: bowler, backstop, four bases... leaves three to actually field.
So I stand by my original post.
Spoke to daughter about the half-rounds. She thinks you might be right about those. But she loathed the game as much as I did, so can't remember properly.

Is loyalty not earned rather than merely bestowed? :flow2: