Baseball

An American variation on the English girls' sport of rounders. Baseball lowers the skill factor considerably by using a bat almost twice the size of a rounders bat thus making striking the thrown ball much easier.

Interestingly, the sport has a 'world series' in which only one nation competes. Some cynics suggest this reflects the host nation's global awareness.

Chap number one: What-ho, Jeremy! The Yanks are playing rounders!
Chap number two: Goodness, no, Cedric, that is one of their sports, they call it baseball - look, no gals and the equipment makes it easier.
Chap number one: Bless their cotton socks.

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basketball

An American variation on the English girls' sport of netball. Netball is somewhat challenging as it places an emphasis upon throwing accuracy by forcing participants to stay on the spot in which they take possession of the ball. These rules were relaxed to allow the less-skilled-than-English-girls American players to run with the ball.

Chap number one: What-ho, Jeremy! The Yanks are playing netball!
Chap number two: Goodness, no, Cedric, that is one of their sports, they call it basketball - look, no gals and the rules are relaxed!
Chap number one: Bless their cotton socks.

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