>>>>I think it's actually a different kind of class system, generally based on money and success rather than heredity. There is no doubt the offspring start with a great advantage in life. (As Ann Richards famously said of the first President Bush, "He was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple").
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>>>And that baseball analogy passes me without a trace of understanding :-)
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>>Would someone please translate it into cricket terms?
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>Again putting animals into serious discussion...

That's what they call "animating a discussion".