Beamer (cricket) Beamer (cricket) In the terminology of the game of cricket, a beamer (less commonly beam ball) is a type of delivery in which the ball (bowled at a fast pace), without bouncing, passes above the batsman's waist height. Such a ball is often dangerously close to the batsman's head, due to the lack of control a bowler has over high full tosses. Worse, the batsman is expecting the ball to pitch on the wicket and therefore may not pick up the flight of the ball and may be struck by it. This type of delivery can result in injuries to
Album – Generic Flipper Album – Generic Flipper Album – Generic Flipper is the debut studio album by San Francisco-based punk rock band Flipper, released March 30, 1982 by Subterranean Records. In November 2007, "Blender" magazine ranked it No. 86 on their list of the 100 greatest "indie rock" albums of all time. It is also referred to as "Album", "Album: Generic", "Generic Flipper" and just "Generic". "Generic Flipper" was issued on CD for the first time by American Recordings (formerly Def American) in 1992 and later deleted. In 2008, the rights reverted to Flipper, and the album was reissued on December 9, 2008