A game of...

What is this heavy robust man doing with this thin-at-one-end-fat-at-another funnny looking stick? His expresisons and posture says he is doing something very respectable... and sporty... Ok, there is another man throwing a small ball at him... standing so close! They almost seem like playing a kid-game like... "gilli-danda"? Ok!... this is baseball! :)

Any baseball-lovers out there, no offence intended! But, honestly and innocently, that was my first feeling when I had a look at the baseball game being broadcasted on TV in the hotel.

Baseball is a famous game, and the baseball players are popular. This is so apparent in their body-language, but seems so odd to an out-sider (Perhaps the feeling will be same for an American watching cricket). I mean..., how can you take pride in that funny looking posture before throwing (pitching?) the ball, where you just raise your one leg! The stick looks so thin, the ball so tiny, and the ground so small... while the players look unnecessary heavy built. Ok, ok, I know the ball is heavy and its not easy to hit the ball... but still, this is a game which appears to me seriously out of proportions!

Anyways, I think I will watch the game a little more, now that I have looked up the rules on the net, and try to change my opinion about it :)