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BASEBALL

1. INTRODUCTION2. AIM OF THE GAME3. ORIGINS4. BASIC RULES5. BASEBALL SKILLS6. BASEBALL PITCH7. BASEBALL TOOLS8. SCHOOL BASEBALL (SOFTBALL)9. TERMINOLOGY (USEFUL VOCABULARY)

2. AIM OF THE GAME

-Baseball is a team sport played between two teams of nine.- The aim is to score runs by hitting a ball and running around.- Each team alternates between batting and fielding. They switch whenever the fielding team record three outs.- One batting turn for each team makes an inning. In a professional gamethere are 9 innings.Therefore, a baseball game could last a few days.

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3. Origins

- An early form of baseball was being played in England by the mid-eighteenthcentury.

- This game was brought by British and Irish immigrants to North America,where the modern version of baseball developed .

- In the nineteenth century, baseball was recognized as the national sport of theUnited States. During the Second World War baseball became popular becauseof the soldiers of the EE.UU.

- Baseball on the professional, amateur, and youth levels is now popular inNorth America, parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean, andparts of East Asia.

- The game is sometimes referred to as hardball , in contrast to the derivativegame of softball .

- In North America, professional Major League Baseball (MLB) teams aredivided into the National League (NL) and American League (AL).

- In 1992, Barcelona, Baseball was official Olympic sport after a long story as anexhibition sport.

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4. BASEBALL RULES

Two teams with nine players which alternate between fielding andbatting.

The batting team must hit the ball and try to run past all three basesbefore the ball gets to the batter or to the base.

If they do a complete race they score a home run . The fielding team must try to get the ball back to the catcher or to a

fielder on one of the bases before the batter or another player hasreached a base.

The catcher has to put the ball on the home plate to eliminate a battingplayer.

A batter only has three attempts to hit the ball, if they dont hit the ballafter three attempts they would be eliminated. ( Strikes)

If the batting team scores three consecutive home runs an eliminatedbatter would be saved.

The strikeout : as described above, recorded against a batter who makesthree strikes before putting the ball into play or being awarded a freeadvance to first base.

The fly out : recorded against a batter who hits a ball in the air that iscaught by a fielder before it lands, whether or not the batter has run.

The ground out : before the batter who has hit the ball in fair territory canreach first base, a fielder touches the base while holding the ball.

The tag out : when a fielder touches a runner with the ball or a gloveholding the ball, while the runner is not touching a base.

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5. BASEBALL SKILLS

Pitching

The pitch is the act of throwing the ball towards the home plate to start play.Pitchers throw various different types of pitch to confuse the batter and to aidthe defending team in getting the batter out.

To obtain the variety, the pitcher changes his grip on the ball. The differentpitches incluye:

Fastball

Sinker Curveball Slider Screwball Changeup Knuckle Ball

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Batting

Batting is the act of facing the opposing pitcher by hitting the ball. In general,batters try to get hits. However, their primary objective is to avoid making an outand helping their team to score runs.

Batters vary in their behaviour at the plate. Some are aggressive hitters, oftenswinging at the first pitch. Others are patient, attempting to work the pitch countin order to observe all the types of pitches a pitcher will use, as well as trying toeliminate the pitcher when he is tired.

Different types of hitters include:

Power hitters Slap hitters Complete hitters Switch hitters Designated hitters

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5. BASEBALL PITCH

Basically, the baseball pitch is like a diamond consisting of three bases and a

home plate. (See picture below). It is also known as the baseball diamond or the baseball field.

- The game is played on a field whose primary boundaries are calledthe foul lines. Inside the foul lines we have the fair territory.

- The pitcher's mound is in the middle of the infield, with a rectangular rubber plate (the rubber) at its center. This is where the pitcher stands whenthrowing the pitch .

- Home plate , formally designated home base in the rules, is the final basethat a player must touch to score.

- The catcher covers home plate when a runner tries to score a run; he musttag the runner with the ball before the runner touches the home plate.

- The batter box is where the batter stands when ready to receive a pitch fromthe pitcher .

- The other three corners of the square, in anticlockwise order from home plate,are called first base , second base , and third base .

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6. Baseball Tools

There are three basic tools of baseball: the ball , the bat , and the glove or mitt :

The baseball is about the size of an adult's fist. It has a rubber center,and is covered in white cow hide.

The bat is a hitting tool, traditionally made of a single, solid piece of

wood; other materials are now commonly used for nonprofessionalgames.

The glove or mitt is a fielding tool, made of leather. The glove hasdifferent shapes to meet the specific needs of different fielding positions.

Protective helmets are also standard equipment for all batters.

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8. Vocabulary, terminology and expressions (Look up in a dictionary).

Batter:Fielder:Bases:Homerun:Strike:Home plate:Pitcher:A slide:Umpire:To Pitch:To score:Catcher:Pitcher:To catch:Inning:Mitt:Fly out:Tag out:Switch hitter:Batter box:Foul ball:Wild pitch: a great pitch (very fast)Swinging for the fences: trying to hit a homerunBazooka: a strong throwing arm

Big fly: A long home runHit a bullet: hit the ball very hard

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