The first recorded baseball contest took place in 1846.

Baseball Knowledge

•Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each

•Baseball is a game between two teams of nine players each, played on an enclosed field

RUN or SCORE is the score made by an offensive player who advances from batter to runner and touches first, second, third and home bases in that order. The order of the bases is in a counter-clockwise direction

A BATTER is an offensive player who takes his position

in the batter's box and attempts to hit a ball thrown

to him by the pitcher

PITCHER is the fielder

designated to deliver the pitch

to the batter. PITCH is a ball delivered to the

batter by the pitcher.

Regulation game consists of 9 INNINGS, unless extended because of a tie score, or shortened (1) because the home team needs none of its half of the ninth inning or only a fraction of it.

An INNING is that portion of a game within which the teams alternate on offense and defense and in which there are three OUTS for each team. Each team's time at bat is a half-inning.

•A GROUND BALL is a batted ball that rolls or bounces close to the ground.

•A FIELDER is any defensive player.

•An INFIELDER is a fielder who occupies a position in the infield.

•An OUTFIELDER is a fielder who occupies a position in the outfield, which is the area of the playing field most distant from home base

POSITION OF PLAYERS

Baseball fundamental SKILLS

Throwing Fielding

Hitting Base b running

Batting

Baseball Equipment

Famous Baseball Players in History

Babe Ruth

Jackie Robinson

Hank Aaron

Willie Mays Joe DiMaggio

Est. 1914 home of the Chicago Cubs

Est. September 1911 home of the Boston Red Sox

Est. April 18, 1923, "The House That Ruth Built" home of the New York Yankees

Est. May 12, 1966

Baseball QUIZ

1. A _________(or SCORE) is the score made by an offensive player who advances from batter to runner and touches first, second, third and home bases in that order.

2. A ____________is an offensive player who takes his position in the batter's box and attempts to hit a ball thrown to him by the pitcher.

3. ______________is the fielder designated to deliver the pitch to the batter.

4. A ________________is a ball delivered to the batter by the pitcher.

EYES ON YOUR PAPER

5. Regulation game consists of how many innings?

6. Little league game consist of ________ innings.

7. What do you call the team at bat ?

8. A _______________is a batted ball that rolls or bounces close to the ground.

9. An __________is a fielder who occupies a position in the infield.

10. An _________is a fielder who occupies a position in the outfield, which is the area of the playing field most distant

from home base.

Locate the players

EYES ON YOUR PAPER

Baseball Equipment

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EYES ON YOUR PAPER

1. A __RUN_______(or SCORE) is the score made by an offensive player who advances from batter to runner and touches first, second, third and home bases in that order.

2. A ____BATTER________is an offensive player who takes his position in the batter's box and attempts to hit a ball thrown to him by the pitcher.

3. __PITCHER__is the fielder designated to deliver the pitch to the batter.

4. A __PICTHis a ball delivered to the batter by the pitcher.

Answers

5. Regulation game consists of how many innings? 9

6. Little league game consist of 6 innings.

7. What do you call the team at bat ? OFFENSIVE

8. A GROUND BALL_is a batted ball that rolls or bounces close to the ground.

9. An ___INFIELDER______is a fielder who occupies a position in the infield.

10.10. An _OUTFIELDER_s a fielder who occupies a position in the outfield, which is the area of the playing

field most distant from home base.

Location the players

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