Baseball- Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take

turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called
the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objectives
of the offensive team (batting team) are to hit the ball into the field of play, and to run the
bases—having its runners advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called
"runs". The objective of the defensive team (fielding team) is to prevent batters from becoming
runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases.[2] A run is scored when a runner
legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate (the place where the player
started as a batter). The team that scores the most runs by the end of the game is the winner.

The first objective of the batting team is to have a player reach first base safely. A player on the
batting team who reaches first base without being called "out" can attempt to advance to
subsequent bases as a runner, either immediately or during teammates' turns batting. The fielding
team tries to prevent runs by getting batters or runners "out", which forces them out of the field
of play. Both the pitcher and fielders have methods of getting the batting team's players out. The
opposing teams switch back and forth between batting and fielding; the batting team's turn to bat
is over once the fielding team records three outs. One turn batting for each team constitutes
an inning. A game is usually composed of nine innings, and the team with the greater number of
runs at the end of the game wins. If scores are tied at the end of nine innings, extra innings are
usually played. Baseball has no game clock, although most games end in the ninth inning.

Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-
18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern
version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national
sport of the United States. Baseball is popular in North America and parts of Central and South
America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, particularly in Japan and South Korea.
Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-
18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern
version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport
of the United States. Baseball is popular in North America and parts of Central and South
America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, particularly in Japan and South Korea.

In the United States and Canada, professional Major League Baseball (MLB) teams are divided
into the National League (NL) and American League (AL), each with three divisions: East,
West, and Central. The MLB champion is determined by playoffs that culminate in the World
Series. The top level of play is similarly split in Japan between the Central and Pacific Leagues
and in Cuba between the West League and East League. The World Baseball Classic, organized
by the World Baseball Softball Confederation, is the major international competition of the sport
and attracts the top national teams from around the world.
1. Setting up a team:
 Gather nine players. You will need at least nine people to be able to field a team
for defense. It is possible to play with fewer people, but you will need to expand
each player’s coverage on the field. This may make it difficult for players to reach
the ball after it’s hit though, so get as close to nine as possible.
 Assign the pitcher and catcher. The pitcher is the player who stands in the
middle of the field and throws the ball to the batter. The catcher will be squatting
just behind the batter at home plate to catch the ball if the batter doesn’t hit it.
 Select the infielders. The players in the infield (or the diamond) protect the
bases. There should be a player stationed at first, second and third base, and they
will be referred to as “basemen.” Make a fourth player the shortstop, which is a
roving position backs up the basemen and helps catch balls in the infield.
 Choose the outfielders. The three players in the outfield are the right fielder,
center fielder, and left fielder. They’re responsible for catching fly balls in the
outfield and chasing down ground balls that make it past the infield.
2. Setting up the field:
 Place the bases on the field. There are four bases (first, second, third and home
plate), which are “safe spots” for runners during the game. They’re canvas or
rubber-covered bags set up in a square, though it’s more commonly referred to as
a diamond.
 Set up the pitcher’s mound. The pitcher stands on a mound of dirt on the center
on the diamond, approximately 60 feet (18 meters) from home plate. On the
mound, place a small rubber plate, where the pitcher will throw from.
 Paint the foul lines. A baseball that’s hit and lands to the left of third base or the
right of first base (as seen from home plate) is considered a “foul ball,” which
invalidates the play. The foul lines extend from home plate out to the first and
third bases, and then beyond in the outfield.
 Paint the batter’s boxes. The batter stands either on the left side of home plate or
the right side, depending on which is their dominant hand. Paint a 4-foot by 6 foot
91.2 meters by 1.8 meters) box on both sides of home plate.
 Paint the catcher’s box. Just behind home plate, paint a small box where the
catcher and umpire (an impartial judge) will squat or stand and watch the ball
after pitcher throws it.
3. Playing Offense:
 Send a batter to the plate. A batter will approach home plate and stand to the
side of it in one of the batter’s boxes, waiting for the pitcher to throw the ball.
Batters may take practice swings until the pitcher is ready to begin.
 Watch the ball as it’s pitched. The batter must try to predict whether the ball
will be hittable. They can decide whether to swing and attempt to hit the ball, or
to not swing, and allow the catcher behind them to catch it. If a legal hit is not
made, the umpire will make one of three calls – a strike, a ball, or a foul ball.
  Swing the bat. While standing with your feet parallel and knees slightly bent,
hold the bat upright at the base with two hands. Swiftly bring it forward in a fluid
motion, and at the same time, shift your weight from your back foot to your front
foot.
 Run the bases. While the hit ball is moving across the field, either through the air
or along the ground, the batter (who is now called the “runner”) drops the bat and
runs as fast as possible towards first base. As long as the runner doesn’t get an
“out,” they can stop at first base or keep going until its no longer safe.
 Steal bases. In most instances, the runner won’t be able to complete an entire
circuit of the bases on a single play, so they must stop at a base and wait for the
next batter to step up to the plate. However, at any time, the runner may attempt
to “steal” the next base by running to it as soon as the pitcher has pitched to the
batter.
 Load bases. Only one runner is allowed on each base at any time. When all three
bases have a runner, the offensive team is said to have the “bases loaded,”
meaning the next fair hit or walk will necessarily result in either a run or an out.
 Hit a home run. Sometimes, the batter hits the ball so hard or so well that they
are able to run around the entire diamond before getting an out, scoring a run on
the first hit. This is a called a “home run.” Most home runs are they result of the
ball being hit past the fence at the back of the outfield, at which point it’s
completely out of play and all the fielding team can do is watch.
 Drive forward with regular plays. Home runs are fun, but not common enough
to be relied upon as a means of winning the game. Instead, focus on learning how
far to stop and wait, you can stay in play longer and raise your chances of scoring
a run.
 Avoid getting three “outs.” Once three batters/runners have gotten outs, the
game shifts, with the defense and offense switching places. While you’re the
defense team, you will not be able to score any runs.
4. Playing Defense
 Pitch the ball. The pitchers will stand on the pitcher’s mound and throw the ball
toward the hitter, attempting to get an out. Pitchers often use fastballs, curveballs,
changeups, and slider to confound batters.
 Try to catch the ball after its hit. Once the batter hits the ball. It will either fly
through the air or it will roll along the ground. The defensive team, which is
spread out across the infield and the outfield (the grass beyond the diamond), will
attempt to catch the ball before it hits the ground. This automatically gives the
batter an out and they can’t proceed to run the bases.
 Try to tag runners out. As long as they have the ball in hand, a defensive player
can tag a runners as they are circling the bases, and the runner will then be out. Or
a baseman (the person in charge of guarding a base) can catch a passed ball and
step one foot on the base in order to get an out for a forced runner who was
approaching the base.
 Get multiple runners out at once. when the field is set up just right, the fielders
may be able to pull off a double play or even a triple play, in which they get two
or three outs on a single play.
 Keep playing until the correct number of innings is reached. As opposed to
basketball and many other team sports, baseball doesn’t have a clock or timer.
Instead. The game is played until all innings are completed. At the end of the last
inning, whichever team scored the most runs wins.
5. Equipment