American Baseball (Thai Style)

Hmmm... American Baseball (Thai Style), is it as good as the Italian spaghetti made Thai style? Yeah. It definitely makes me smile.

Today I joined a 7th grade class for PE and was pretty hyped to find that it was a game that I was familiar with.... baseball. Do catch that I said I was familiar with it and not good at it. But comparing myself to others who haven't grown up with the stereotypical image of playing in baseball fields on hot summer days was a new experience.

What I found for best laughter today was the word, "foul". Everything was a foul. If the pitcher pitched bad what was supposed to be a "ball" was a "foul". If the runner up made a bad swing it was called a "foul" not a "strike". It gets even better when a hit was actually a foul. It was not a foul but a hit.

"Wing! Wing! (Run! Run!)" The students would yell.

That could be the end and it would be good laughs and all but that isn't the end. Sometimes two boys would end up on a base. Other times a girl would be out and return to the base as though she was still in the game. But enough with the humorous critism... they don't know

... is it true that this stuff runs in American's blood? I didn't really think so. Even if so it's good to get a Thai taste of something American. It makes me thankful for what I do know and able to bear similar games where I am the fool.

Mai bpen rai!