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Baseball
Baseball is a sport played between two teams usually of nine
players each. It is a bat-and-ball game in which a pitcher
throws (pitches) a hard, fist-sized, leather-covered ball
toward a batter on the opposing team. The batter attempts
to hit the baseball with a tapered cylindrical bat, made of
wood (as required in professional baseball) or a variety of
other materials (as allowed in many nonprofessional games).
A team scores runs only when batting, by advancing its players—primarily
via hits—counterclockwise past a series of four markers
called bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square,
or "diamond."
The game, played without time restriction, is structured around
nine segments called innings. In each inning, both teams are
given the opportunity to bat and score runs; a team's half-inning
ends when outs are recorded against three of its players.
Baseball on both the professional
and amateur levels is popular in North America, Central America,
parts of South America, parts of the Caribbean, and East Asia.
The modern version of the game developed in North America
beginning in the eighteenth century. The consensus of historians
is that it evolved from bat-and-ball games, such as rounders,
brought to the continent by British and Irish immigrants.
By the late nineteenth century, baseball was widely recognized
as the national sport of the United States. The game is sometimes
referred to as hardball to differentiate it from similar sports
such as softball.
Origins of baseball
The distinct evolution of baseball from among the various
bat-and-ball games is difficult to trace with precision. While
there has been general agreement that modern baseball is a
North American development from the older game rounders, the
2006 book Baseball Before We Knew It: A Search for the Roots
of the Game, by David Block, argues against that notion.
Recently, the sport has begun
to grow in popularity in those nations, most notably in Australia,
which won a surprise silver medal in the 2004 Olympic Games.
Baseball's type of game includes
some throwing skills, hitting skills and catching skills.
When you throw, you are called the "pitcher". Hitting
is called the "batter". The catcher is behind the
batter to catch the stray balls . There are spots in baseball
where people play, centerfield, outfield, right field are
the outfielders. then there are the infielders 1st base 2nd
base and3rd base. Baseball is a very active game. Many people
like baseball. |
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