Off topic - cricket ball
arnold140@verizon.net (Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:36:24 PDT)

John:

Well if you look closely it appears both of us were kind of right.

There's a range to the size of the different projectiles.

Arnold

On 07/06/12, John T Lonsdale wrote:

Well who'da thunked that? I couldn't have been more wrong - sorry Arnold.
I played cricket a lot for 20 years and my (false) memory had the cricket
ball bigger than a baseball. Maybe it got downsized like Cadbury's Cream
Eggs and Magnum ice cream bars?

Best,

J.

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By definition, a baseball is "9 to 9.25 inches or 22.86 to 23.495
centimeters in circumference." That means that the diameter is between
2.864788975 and 2.944366447 inches or 7.276564 and 7.478691 centimeters
(an average of 2.904577711 inches or 7.377627 centimeters).

What is the size of cricket ball?

The ball, when new, shall weigh not less than 5 1/2 ounces/155.9g, nor
more than 5 3/4 ounces/163g, and shall measure not less than 8 13/16
in/22.4cm, nor more than 9 in/22.9cm in circumference.
Arnold
Never liked baseball, the real ball is round and kicked around by folks
wearing shorts.