Cricketer's name

Vinnington, if you or the team of law students that seems to be constantly at your elbow as you post these things can explain (a) cricket's LBW law, (b) how a declaration works or (c) any 5 of the 10 means of dismissal without looking them up , then I'll take your cavilling seriously.

Wasn't there an Eoin in Lord of the Rings, pronounced a-o-in?

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Googled it; apparently it was Éowyn. Is that the same name?

Why is it that that the baseballers still wear the "uniform" of the 1920s (or thereabouts... I mean, striped this and that, and long-sleeved this and that, with no real updates relating to what is easier to wear in order to play better baseball, and so on)...

You have some strange notions. In the first place, the Yankees wear stripes (as their "home" uniform) and until recently so did the Mets, but they're about the only ones. In the second place, baseball uniforms are short-sleeved nowadays. Many baseball players wear long-sleeved garments under their uniforms during night games or when the weather is cool (and it's cool just about everywhere by the time the baseball season ends) but that's up to the individual player.

Baseball uniforms are very well suited to the game, which involves a great deal of standing around (both on sunny afternoons in Florida and chilly evenings in San Francisco) interrupted by bursts of frenetic activity (running, sliding, diving). It seems likely that if there were "easier" clothes for playing baseball they would have been adopted some time ago. What, specifically, did you have in mind?

#40 -- I take it that means that you don't know baseball any better than I know cricket (in particular, the concept of a declaration has always seemed bizarre to me, indicating that I probably misunderstand it completely) and that neither of us is therefore in a position to make this judgment.

I want to repeat that complexity is no virtue in a game. Useless complexity is a positive vice (which is why the American League should do away with the designated hitter).

How could I have forgotten hit by pitch? I believe a dropped third strike would be scored a passed ball or wild pitch, so I guess that's just a difference in terms.

I was stretching a bit when it came to obstruction. I was thinking of a ball hit up the first base line and the pitcher or first baseman obstructing the batter/runner. But upon reflection, I realized that obstruction is scored as an error, so that wouldn't count.

Regarding uniforms, they wore flannel in the old days, so that's an obvious upgrade. And back in the 70s, the White Sox wore shorts for some games. They looked like a bunch of fools wearing pajamas, and the experiment was short lived. See Photo. I'll stick with the Yankee pin stripes.

the rules of the game, which are decided by a quorum of the House of Lords

It occurred to me last night that it used to be the Marylebone Cricket Club that decided these things. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some international body doing it today.

Eoin Jess of Aberdeen was pronounced "Ian".
Great young player, saw him many times

I've also seen Eoin "Bomber" Liston play for Ireland in an International Rules match against Australia at Croke Park in 1984

The governing body of international cricket is the ICC, based in Dubai