Friday, September 26, 2008

Baseball

Baseball is a bat and ball sport which is contested by a two teams and it is usually of nine players each. Players on one team take the turns into hitting them while the other team members tried to stop the running scores. The goal of a game is scoring more and more points which is called the runs. If you are interested to play the baseball game, then you need a helmet, a ball, bat, a baseball field, catcher's gear if you are a catcher and a uniform.

In the baseball, there are four basic tools such as the mitt, the field, the bat and the ball.

The bat in baseball is an offensive tool which is made up of wood and aluminum, but it is depending on the game being played. It is a long hard stick, which is about 2 inches in the diameter. The ball is about the size of the fist and white with red lacing. The game is played on a field, whose dimensions are depending on the age of the players.

In this game there are four empires up to six may be officiate which is depending on the league and the importance of the game.. The playing field is basically divided into three sections such as the infield which is containing four bases, for the defensive purposes and bounded by the four lines, the outfield is the grassed type of area which is beyond the infield grass line between the foul lines and the foul territory is an entire area from the outside foul lines.

The field is divided into four basis numbered counter-clockwise, first, second and third bases are cushions shaped as 15 in squares and the fourth base they form a square with sides of 90 feet.

Baseball became an Olympic sport in the 1992. In this game the Babe Ruth was one of the greatest baseball players of all the time.

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