Really no different than an undefeated wrestling team in our high school and then college wrestling with a little
epée fencing on the side. The body movement from the Samurai is perfect
everytime ("Teach your body strategy")or you do it over and over...and...Those players have
all read
A Book of Five Rings(Go Rin No Sho) by
MiyamotoMushashi-1645 and when they go forth to play Bushi...er
Bezboro, that isn't just a
bat they're 'a swingin',
it's the wooden training
katana also known as the
Bokken, an
equally deadly weapon in the hands of national hero
Mushashi, 'Kensei' or 'sword saint' to all of Nippon." Every Japanese businessman reads this this small tome, and its Zen aspects pervade the culture which we culturally(tried) "De-Bushido'd" after WWII during the occupation.(it is still illegal to own a
real Katana?). To a Nipponese player, the
bat is the
long sword; the
mit is the
short sword! An excerpt:"" In large scale strategy(the game) when the enemy embarks on an attack(at bat),if you make show of strongly suppressing his technique(your Cy Young winner), he will change his mind. (Alter his batting lineup quick-like) Then altering your spirit, defeat him with a VOID spirit(no hitter)...In single combat(pitcher vs batter)hold down the enemy's
strong intention(outta' the park BBY) with a suitable timing(sliders, curves and heat) and defeat him by forstalling him with this timing(nine innings). You must study this well".(Know each batter)""
Fergit von Clauscewitz!
We gotta get a copy of this to der Fuhrer before Barbarossa!
In short, they ain't jes' a' playin' 'ball at all ..and that's jes' 'not CRICKET'!
Tom Hanks says this is a simple game?... another Saki, Kranz!