Can anyone explain how a game of baseball is played?
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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 earlier 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.
In the United States, professional Major League Baseball teams are divided into the National League (NL) and American League (AL). Each league has three divisions: East, West, and Central. Every year, the champion of Major League Baseball is determined by playoffs culminating in the World Series. Four teams make the playoffs from each league: the three division leaders, plus one wild card team with the best record among the remaining teams in the league. In the National League, the pitcher is required to bat, per the traditional rules. In the American League, there is a tenth player, a designated hitter, who bats for the pitcher. Each major league team has a "farm system" of minor league teams at various levels. These teams allow younger players to gain experience against opponents with similar levels of skill. Also the rules:
The game starts out with the away team hitting. the pitcher of the team in the outfield (wich in this case is the home team) pitches the ball to the batter. if the pitcher pitches 4 balls that dont go in the batters box or gets hit it is a walk wich means that the batter gets to go to 1st base automatically. then he tries to hit it. there are 4 ways he can get out.
1. if the pitcher throws the ball in the strike zone 3 times it is 3 strikes and he is out.
2. if he hits it and a guy in the outfield catches it he is out.
3.if he hits it and the outfielders gets it to 1st base before he runs there he is out.
4. if someone tags him with the ball he is out.
if he hits it over the wall it is a home run and him and all other people on base automatically score. then the next person goes up to bat. if the guy on first wants to he can steal. how you do this is when th pitcher pitches the ball you run to 2nd base. you can also steal 3rd and if youre really really risky try to steal home.you can also get out if your forced to run to 2nd 3rd or home and they get the ball there before you get there or if you get tagged out. after 3 outs the teams switch. thn the same thing happens with the other team batting. when both teams bat it is 1 inning. after 9 innings the game is over and the team with the most runs wins. if their tied they go into extra innings wich means they keep playing inn ings until an innings over and one team has more runs than another. that team wins.
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s impossible to explain, rules of course yes, but is more that a sport, is a game, is like explaining poker.Anyway there is a book from de series "...for dummies"
Baseball for dummies, written by Johny Bench (a great catcher from Cincinnati Reds) that I would recomend.
Once you have some idea go with some friend to a real baseball park (Fenway, Yankee Stadium or Comiskey Park) Boston - NY - Chicago. Don't try Miami or Tampa Bay.
Even in Latinamerica, Santo Domingo or Caracas you can feel de power...
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the game starts out with the away team hitting. the pitcher of the team in the outfield (wich in this case is the home team) pitches the ball to the batter. if the pitcher pitches 4 balls that dont go in the batters box or gets hit it is a walk wich means that the batter gets to go to 1st base automatically. then he tries to hit it. there are 4 ways he can get out.1. if the pitcher throws the ball in the strike zone 3 times it is 3 strikes and he is out.
2. if he hits it and a guy in the outfield catches it he is out.
3.if he hits it and the outfielders gets it to 1st base before he runs there he is out.
4. if someone tags him with the ball he is out.
if he hits it over the wall it is a home run and him and all other people on base automatically score. then the next person goes up to bat. if the guy on first wants to he can steal. how you do this is when th pitcher pitches the ball you run to 2nd base. you can also steal 3rd and if youre really really risky try to steal home.you can also get out if your forced to run to 2nd 3rd or home and they get the ball there before you get there or if you get tagged out. after 3 outs the teams switch. thn the same thing happens with the other team batting. when both teams bat it is 1 inning. after 9 innings the game is over and the team with the most runs wins. if their tied they go into extra innings wich means they keep playing inn ings until an innings over and one team has more runs than another. that team wins.
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