The meeting at the top took place. In residence at Mouy, the team of Texas Playboys, from Austin, in the United States played well on Friday August 4th. This against a team composed mainly of players from Imperials, the Compiègne club. They also benefited from a friendly reinforcement of the Kraken of Amiens (Sum). They too are too happy to compete against people who have baseball in their skin./
“The Texas Playboys were to play in Auteuil (Yvelines) over the weekend,” explains Emilie Dubief, vice-president of the Compiègne sports association. “I contacted the organizer and he admitted to me that the Texans were staying at Mouy. He gave me the contacts. And American citizens have happily agreed to add an additional meeting to their program.
“We don’t take the lead”
If the match took place, the organizers feared the last minute cancellation. Half an hour before the match, it was pouring rain on Mouy. But a timid sun finally chased away the clouds. A hundred people also took advantage of this extraordinary attraction.
Note that it was indeed a “classic” baseball game. Even if it does not completely correspond to the philosophy behind the Texas Playboys.
“They practice the sandlot”, specifies Emilie Dubief. “It’s more like fun baseball where you don’t take the lead. But suddenly, we are not used to it in France…” But the important thing is to have fun.
But by the way, how do we play baseball there?
“There is one team that attacks and the other defends in turn,” explains Emilie Dubief. “For forwards, it’s all about scoring the maximum points by going around the bases. For the defending team, it is precisely necessary to prevent the attackers from making tricks by eliminating them in two ways. Be throwing the ball in a way that they can’t “beat”. Or taking them out before he hits base.
As for the duration of the match, it can vary from sometimes trying proportions. “The match can last 1h30, up to 3 or even 5 hours, assures Emilie Dubief. “The biggest games in MLB (Major League Baseball, the main US league – NDR), it can even be up to 6 hours. So people spend their Sundays in the field.
2023-08-05 14:49:20
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