Bloodsports | HFY | A short Sci-Fi Story

[@pauldwalker]

this is the first time i found a game of baseball interesting. well done author! well done.

[@TS-bj8my]

LOL I was going to that as well!!!

[@smokinggnu6584]

First time for everything i guess. :D

[@moofymoo]

I have lived among humans for decades, but I still don't understand baseball.

[@chriscomp20]

Literally this. Lmao

[@wow-roblox8370]

@@moofymooyou have lived among humans for your entire life, I hope

[@Bossmodegoat]

The Amia are adorable. I’d love to see you continue writing about human interactions with them and other species in this universe.

[@nin2494]

the author isn't the creator of the YT channel, it's from the r/HFY (which means Humans, Fuck Yeah) subreddit, and the author is the user u/WRickWrites

[@Bossmodegoat]

@@nin2494 I know. I commented the same thing on his post. I just figured that he probably read the comments of these videos too

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

If there had been a mixed bag of British, Irish, New Zealanders, South Sea Islanders, French, Argentinians, Aussies, and South African scientists, they would have caused an intergalactic incident ending in a war crimes tribunal where they defended their right to play rugby, and explain that despite the punches thrown and vicious tackles, that it was NOT a war, it just looked like one!

[@CHMichael]

Wouldn't they play cricket? Baseball - cricket / football (us) - rugby .... playing soccer / football they would simply argue about the name

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

@@CHMichael Rugby can be a violent sport, unlike cricket. That's why I used rugby, not cricket.

[@ElFeN69WoLf]

Watching American football or hockey might traumatize more docile races

[@sandrosliske]

Bring back the biff

[@scottturcotte1860]

😂 LOL!!! Like the bumper sticker... give blood... play hockey! Rugby on ice with clubs?

[@yuyaplays9311]

I love this series of short stories. The author does a wonderful job and I look forward to more. You should definitely put these all into a playlist if you have not already.

[@scifistories1977]

I have a playlist containing all his work: Checkout All the other stories by u/WRickWrites in this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLkBGMBYRr0mGfLtO633JFDuJd_dehSle-

[@SovietReunionYT]

The Amia shared universe is my favorite thing about all these HFY stories.

[@Kevin-hq5ne]

That story gets a standing ovation

[@alivecoy]

standing aviation*

[@wow-roblox8370]

2:42 oh hey, it’s that story!

[@jeremiahadam19]

So that was a homerun 😂😂😂😂. This is a great story.

[@carnivorehippie8071]

As a baseball aficionado I must say that was awesome! Need a sequel where the Amia figure out how to adapt the game to Amia physiology and become just as fond of it as we are...

[@forksandspoons7272]

I don't know if anyone here has seen a Robin Williams movie called "Good morning Vietnam." He plays a civilian radio DJ during the Vietnam war. There's a scene where he's getting chewed out by an officer for breaking military rules. The officer points to the chevrons on his shoulder and yells "What does three up and three down mean to you?" He replies "End of an inning " the officer absolutely loses his mind at that point. The movie was typically hilarious and also a bit of tear jerker. If you're looking for a good flick, which also includes a fair amount of baseball, you could do a lot worse. Have a great day everyone. 👍

[@Myrcella_Rykker]

I loved that movie as a teen. Haven't seen in a long while, you just reminded me to go watch it again

[@forksandspoons7272]

@@Myrcella_Rykker I saw it in theater with my dad. He absolutely busted a gut on the three up and three down line. I was in little league at the time, but I didn't understand the reference. Simply a lack of understanding of common baseball vernacular. I did find it funny years later when I watched it again. Have a great day buddy and enjoy the movie. 👍

[@chrislauterbach8856]

I like the comment but three up two down would be a Sergeant First Class - SFC. He's not an officer, and the rank is on the sleeve or collar, not the shoulder.

[@AirbornChaos]

@@chrislauterbach8856 the line is "Three Up and Three Down." And although Master Sargent or First Sargent would have been an acceptable answer for that verbal statement, the Non-Commissioned Officer in question was a Sargent Major. Also, non-military minded persons could confuse the sleeve chevrons for being on one's, "shoulder," especially if they were in Scouts outside the US.

[@TS-bj8my]

A well narrated and unique story!

[@scifistories1977]

WRickWrites now has his own KZbin channel packed with even more stories. If you like his work, and he can write a great story! Please subscribe to his channel here: www.youtube.com/@WRickWrites-qy8pq

[@dd5219]

Casey At Bat….alien si-fi style. 😅 love it!

[@alp9532]

Good story very much enjoyed listening

[@droolingfangirl]

That ending cracked me up

[@Gregory-uv2pi]

Outstanding!

[@eochaid]

that's the most believable ending to a Story told by a Scientist i ever heard 🤣

[@outstretchedwings]

Wasn't expecting *that* plot twist!

[@jamesplyler3414]

Your voice and telling are so well, it makes the story great.

[@Erin-Thor]

I believe it’s an AI, a computer generated voice. And yes, it is impressive!

[@kennethoneill4176]

​@@Erin-Thoryeah I had a commercial come on after one story with the same voice

[@Unbekannter_Mann]

Mofo it's AI

[@MuwaUWU]

It's ai dawg

[@lindacarter457]

Thanks!

[@scifistories1977]

Thabk you Linda! That's amazing.

[@jefferynelson]

I am enjoying the Amia stories

[@stevenf1953]

I loved this story. I hope you have more soon.

[@GofuKyersen]

Brilliantly funny, humans again being casually yet precisely violent, under modest duress.

[@martyschrader]

Please give us some more like this. I want to hear about baseball!

[@james_baker]

nice ending. guess not everybody is in to baseball. 😹

[@harrygrimley4352]

Yep. Thanks for sharing this with us. Good

[@josheroh1514]

Perfectly encapsulates the annoying obsession of every baseball player/watcher ever. Relatable

[@floatylog771]

Watching fake football game from the aliens prespective was quite relatabel for me as an European.

[@Deco_2k]

But Nazia aren't the brightest creatures but unfortunately greed overcame caution

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

Baseball was invented by a man who loved cricket, and somehow thought his new game would encourage Americans to play cricket... pretty soon Americans forgot how to play cricket, and are now confused about the universal rules of cricket... what a shame. We had such high hopes for them.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

Well, maybe cricket will find a way in America… among the Indian diaspora there. USA apparently has a national cricket team made up of amateurs. Most of the players are Indian-Americans who worked in the tech sector.

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

@alexanderchristopher6237 There used to be a cricket community in Los Angeles made up of British actors and other expats. David Niven was one of them. Joseph O'Neill wrote a fictional book about a Dutchman who emigrates to New York and begins playing cricket again. The book is called 'Netherland'. It's more about his time in America and the people he meets than it is about cricket, though.

[@jester5ify]

We stop playing rounders at 10.

[@markschneider8815]

WT* is "rounders"?

[@a.mathis9454]

@@markschneider8815a British game from what I understand.

[@a.mathis9454]

@@markschneider8815similar to baseball, but also different. Rounders throw underhand like softball pitches.

[@jester5ify]

@@a.mathis9454 Where do you think 'baseball' comes from.

[@pp_is_smol]

⚠️British alert⚠️

[@larsharris]

I can attest that I look at things with what kind of a weapon would it make.

[@thebuddha4208]

If they think that’s weird, show them curling

[@lisear2926]

👏 Well Done 👏

[@TheRaptor1967]

So baseball CAN foster some useful skills! Not sure that's the lesson we really need to teach our children, but in extreme circumstances, yeah, possibly useful... lol.

[@danielfuentes1386]

Love it

[@WiredDragoon]

Someone really needs to start narrating Proximal Flame's "The Last Angel"...

[@radfordra]

Ben Sisko would be proud

[@danbingham3011]

This is good but I do wonder where they got all the equipment to play baseball on an alien planet where they have never played baseball.

[@glowells7134]

it's a good thing that you didn't have a football game that the aliens could watch, that would have driven them crazy. I've been following your video posts. The stories are very good. The narrating voice I have heard on television. advertising. It almost sounds like the same voice on 1010 WINS AM, am I correct?

[@Traumglanz]

It's Adman, some pretty popular AI voice.

[@iffracem]

As an Australian, baseball is incomprehensible to me, forget "aliens". It's so boring. Almost as boring as the 5 day Test Cricket a lot of Aussies play. So much "tradition" and "statistics", so little action and entertainment. Give me 80-90 minutes of rugby (League or Union, I'm not that fussy) or similar once a week and I'll be happy ( my 63yo bones won't let me play anymore, and I was never as good as my brain thought I was) and then I'll get on with my life, but jeez.. Baseball, Cricket... its just corporatised boredom

[@Erin-Thor]

Rugby can be brutal. I saw a team retaliate against a player for “spiking” one of their players. The guys hand was a broken mangled bloody mess. At another match I saw one player being followed by another, the player ahead planted a foot and raised his elbow effectively taking the other player out of the game as he was knocked out. I salute you Australian Rugby players, as an American I know I am not manly enough for that game. 😂

[@iffracem]

@@Erin-Thor You think us Aussies are tough at rugby? Take a look at the Kiwi's and South Africans, even the Fijians.. they make us look like old women at a knitting club!! Don't get me wrong, I can't stand the petty thugs who act as you describe (happens too often, even at international level) It's not needed. Although when it used to happen, righteous indignation and retribution was justified, now it's just too common, and replaces real skill at the game. They cause the "powers that be" to introduce new laws that dilute the passion and controlled ... um... brutality? Into something much less than it can be. But that's normal for humanity when money and profit takes hold I guess. Rugby League was the "professional" version (A gentleman's game played by thugs), Rugby Union (a thugs game played by gentlemen) was the amateur version, but people like me with a misplaced sense honour and values have been pushed aside... winning at all costs and making profit is now the way. Giving your best but still accepting being beaten by better players, and applauded for your efforts, is now a thing of the past. ( oh.. yeah.. "Get orf my Lawn! LOL)

[@Erin-Thor]

@@iffracem - Not only that, but we have now taken to ridiculing the losing players. You hear jeers, cussing, “LOSERS!” And worse being yelled. Not sure about Australia but here in the USA good sportsmanship is no more.

[@seanhewitt603]

Childrens' games sorely taken advantage of. That's what professional sports are. And the pro athletes are oversized children.

[@Erin-Thor]

@@seanhewitt603 - We are ALL oversized children, LOL! I absolutely refuse to grow up!

[@sparkeyjames]

apparently the person doing the artwork didn't know jack about baseball either.

[@kgrunenwald]

If you love it, you love it.

[@joseruba1081]

It’s funny that the story assumes all human scientists in the future are American. Why not cricket? Bocci? Hockey?

[@ssark9187]

Hey, Japanese also like to play Baseball.

[@tsm688]

american author of course. it didn't assume they were all americans, but the scientist who organized it obviously was

[@markwarrenseadog2349]

Damn Fine

[@furiouskaiser9914]

Ah, i too, as a fellow human, enjoy the game of home-sphere-carbon-lattice. 😅

[@cindaschuster6725]

😂💙👍

[@paulgreen2416]

Just as well he discovered Baseball instead of European Football 😄

[@david2869]

If he wanted to see humans attacking each other during a game, he should have watched hockey!

[@sandrosliske]

​@@david2869 or Rugby

[@spiritofthewolf15x]

SOunds like a pretty average Baseball game tbh.

[@mandolinic]

Great story! But it would have been better if they'd been playing cricket.

[@jeepingwiththelazyturtle1388]

Funny

[@AlphaMoist]

Would like to point out that Baseball originated with Stickball, a native american game that was, in fact, violent and sometimes deadly. Back in the day at least. It's much safer now, played it sometimes as a kid.

[@MarcZachman]

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[@Akram_El-Masry]

why baseball why scientists why not rugby and some soldiers probably from Mauri background