Jai Alai… the fastest game in the world
Saturday, March 15th, 2008…that isn’t skeet shooting… (not that we’re saying skeet shooting is a sport).
That thing to the left is not the most uncomfortable (and rather proudly large) cup on the planet. It’s the instrument of death and destruction as brought to you by Spaniards. It’s worn with a glove and is used to hurl a small ball close to 200 mph at a wall (put it like that and the game sounds kinda silly *cough* Nascar *cough*). “Jai Alai”, meaning “Merry Festival” in the Basque language (Spain), is played in a “fronton” (an open-walled arena) and is pronounced “high lie” (like what you tell your parents when they smell something coming from your room…).
Get a nifty diagram and some sweet footage after the jump…