The popular game baseball is believed to have arrived by means of immigrants from Britain and Ireland, to the United States. According to popular belief, baseball is a game that originated in Ireland a few centuries back. Baseball is played between two competing teams – the batting team and the fielding team, where the team that scores the maximum ‘runs’ will win the game. The obvious goal of the game, hence, is to score more points than the competing team and these points are referred to as ‘runs’ in the baseball terminology.
By running through all the bases in the square shaped field called ‘diamond’, each of the nine member teams will attempt to score runs when they are batting. The process of running through the bases is called a ‘tour’. Starting from the home plate, a player will tour counter clockwise, until he arrives back to the home plate.
It is important to know the basic tolls or the basic equipment of baseball, when looking at how the game baseball is player. The tools are the bat, the ball, the mitt and the field.
The bat is an offensive tool made of wood or aluminum, is long and hard and has a diameter of about 5 centimeters with a handle of smaller diameter (about 1 inch).
The fist sized white colored, red laced spherical object used in baseball is called the ball. The mitt which is also known as gloves is worn as defensive baseball equipment and it is made of leather. Wearing the mitt helps in catching the ball. Also, depending upon the needs of the defending position of the player, the shapes of mitts can also differ.
The field on which baseball is played is in the shape of a diamond and its dimensions can change – depending on the players’ age.
There are a series of innings when playing baseball. Each of the innings are divided in to two halves. The nine defensive players will arrange themselves on the field at the beginning of each half-inning of the baseball match, with one defensive player standing at a designated spot in the centre called the mound while another defensive player – the ‘catcher’ will stand at the side of the home plate which is in the other side of the pitcher.
The game begins when the batter holding a bat stands at the home plate, hits the ball thrown at him and starts running towards the first base. Meanwhile, any runners who are already on the base will try to run to other additional bases. The catcher should catch the ball and return them to the pitcher, by this time.
Those were some of the basic information on baseball- one of the most popular games in the United States of America.
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April 14, 2009
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