Talk:Pesäpallo

Loaded bases

In pesäpallo, all runners are required to, well, run when the bases are loaded. Does the same apply to baseball? -- Kizor 14:34, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Yes, it does. ςפקιДИτς ☺ ☻ 03:31, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm replying to an ages-old post but no, not required. Our teacher recommended that if the bases were loaded and the batter was likely to cause two (or even three) outs, he could perform an illegal swing (not sure about the correct term) on his last strike, thus causing only the single out (himself) and letting a possibly better batter handle the situation. 212.68.15.66 (talk) 08:06, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

The same is possible in pesäpallo also. Basically, the runners are required to run, but if the batter hits an foul ball on last strike, he is only out, and the runners continue with the next batter. 85.217.20.68 (talk) 21:23, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Rename this article

This page should be moved and renamed to Pesäpallo. The game is called Pesäpallo in English. The term "Finnish Baseball" is essentially misleading. Sorsanmetsastaja 14:35, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

• I strongly agree matturn 00:04, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
• Agree also Rammer 13:06, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Moved to Pesäpallo because of three support votes and no oppose votes. JIP | Talk 14:09, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

joker/wild card player

I don't know the terminology used in English-speaking countries, but the text would flow much better if "joker" was renamed to "wild card player" or similar. --91.156.60.73 (talk) 10:09, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Finglish

Whoever wrote this apparently doesn't know what "river" means: A home run is scored when the batter reaches third base before the ball (the ball is in play even if it has bounced to the river near the field). --Espoo (talk) 14:11, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Fixed that part. --Dodi 8238 (talk) 10:28, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Contradiction on required running

One paragraph claims "When a batter makes a fair hit, unless it is the third strike, the batter must try to advance safely to the first base." But other say the exact opposite, that "a fair hit does not require the batter to reach base; all three strikes can be used before the batter must reach first base."

Since the latter is given twice, I have assumed the former is in error, and have removed it. But I would like someone who actually knows the sport to confirm. — trlkly 16:15, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

Origin of name

Is this in fact a Finnish word or combination thereof, or an adaptation of English "baseball" to Finnish phonology, akin to beisbol in Latin American Spanish? Solicitr (talk) 21:25, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

The word is a Finnish compound word. "Pesä" means nest and "pallo" ball. Stockmausen (talk) 21:46, 1 January 2019 (UTC)

Size of the ball

It seems that the ball is closer to the size of a tennis ball and not a soccer ball or hand ball. Is 8 inches/22 cm correct, or should it be 8 cm? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.27.182.119 (talk) 08:14, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

I believe you mistake circumference for diameter. A ball that has a circumference of 22 cm has a diameter of 7 cm, or 2.75 inch. I don't know about other Wikipedia sports articles, if they always describe ball sizes by circumference or sometimes by diameter of which the latter may be easier to relate to. Carlsson~svwiki (talk) 23:44, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

Improvements

This article is very interesting but definitely needs some work. There are a lot of uncited sections and paragraphs. Additionally, it could really use a "History" section. Tad Lincoln (talk) 15:26, 17 February 2024 (UTC)