Divine intervention-* hit by cricket pitch

[w8liftinglady]

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In this four picture sequence U.S. President George W. Bush is seen being hit by a cricket pitch during a cricket workshop with players from the Islamabad College for Boys at the U.S. embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday,

[Arugula Latte]

1. Bwaaaa!

[misternormal]

2. Gotta be smarter than the ball George... n/t

[liberal N proud]

3. They should have hit him with the bat

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

4. "Bush hit by cricket pitch on grassy knoll"...

...Ap thinks it's the Zapruder film, and must be studied frame-by-frame...

[Skidmore]

5. Well, they'll be making space for one more in Gitmo now.

Gotta have been a terraist.

[mrfrapp]

6. I don't get it

I don't get it. It looks to me as though he was hit by the ball.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. They'll learn one day, Mr. Frapp

[mrfrapp]

14. LOL

I'm glad you said that and not me

[JohnnyRingo]

7. I would think that's what would happen at least 60% of the time

Anywhere in the world at least 2 out of three pitchers would bean him and say "oops, sorry".
Some would throw it harder than others.

I'd like a chance at it, reminds me of a carnival attraction involving a vat of water.

[gratuitous]

9. From the pictures, Bush got off pretty lightly

There's a reason politicians are asked to throw out the first ball and not take the first swing at a baseball game. Can you imagine Sal "The Barber" Maglie (one of the all-time great nicknames) on the hill looking down at Little Lord Pissypants? They'd have to take the poor fucker to Johns Hopkins to surgically remove the spheroid from his ear.

[LizMoonstar]

10. too true.

I know B&R is keeping his 85mph fastball in shape....

[Random_Australian]

16. 85 mph fastball? SOFT! (ie. slow)

In cricket Shoab Ahktar has got above 100 mph !

[LizMoonstar]

19. well, this is after the elbow injury.

by baseball standards, that's pretty good, especially since he has a curveball without coaching.

plus, iirc, the cricket ball is smaller and firmer, and i believe it's also a different movement - so different set of standards for speed.

sorry, i've got to defend my sweetthing's baseball honor

[malaise]

11. That's why they're using a tennis ball

Akhtar should have been the bowler

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

8. Gee, I wish I could pitch to him.

[TahitiNut]

13. It's a LEGAL throw by the bowler in cricket - it's a common tactic.

It's one of the ways to get a batsman dismissed (batter out) in cricket and all bowlers will throw at the batsman when it's to their advantage. That's why batsmen wear helmets with chin straps and other padding.

It's LEGAL!

[Spider Jerusalem]

15. Ouch. That must've hurt.

How does one get hit by a cricket pitch, anyway? Did he fall again?

(note: In cricket, the "pitch" is the part of the playing field in the centre with the wickets at either end. Thrown balls are "bowled". The subject line is a little odd-sounding.)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

17. I'm concerned about what later happened to the the boy who hit him....

Gitmo?

[smirkymonkey]

18. I won't be satisfied until someone beats him senseless with a

cricket bat.