"I knew if I had to hit it far, I hit that sucker far," he says. "You have to treat a cricket ball a bit like a baseball, as if you've got an allergy to leather" 'There's no way this game could be played in Philly because nobody is going to allow you to hold on to the bat' He adds: 'It's just an easy way to get your runs out.'
How do bikes and motorcycles stay up? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explain how to kick a ball into orbit, what’s going on with cricket, and the physics of bicycles.
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