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Understanding Baseball Rules and Skills

Baseball is a team sport played between two teams who alternate between offense and defense. In 1845, Alexander Cartwright created the modern version of baseball in Cooperstown, New York. There are nine players on each team. A game begins when the umpire says "play" and proceeds through innings, with the objective being to score more runs than the opponent by hitting a ball and running around four bases. Key skills in baseball include catching, throwing/pitching, fielding, hitting, and base running. Basic equipment includes gloves, bases, bats, and a baseball.

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Understanding Baseball Rules and Skills

Baseball is a team sport played between two teams who alternate between offense and defense. In 1845, Alexander Cartwright created the modern version of baseball in Cooperstown, New York. There are nine players on each team. A game begins when the umpire says "play" and proceeds through innings, with the objective being to score more runs than the opponent by hitting a ball and running around four bases. Key skills in baseball include catching, throwing/pitching, fielding, hitting, and base running. Basic equipment includes gloves, bases, bats, and a baseball.

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TEAM SPORT
Is a played by two
teamswho
alternately played
offensively and
defensively.

What is the nature
and background of
baseball?

Who invented the
game Baseball?
In year 1845

Alexander Cartwright
created the game Baseball
in
Cooperstown, New York

Number of
Players

Nine players
on each team

Conduct the Game

The game starts
when the chief
umpire says "PLAY”

The pitched ball outside
the strike zone is called
“ball”
a batter is awarded a free
walk of four fouls.
No. of inning

6-7 in High school
9 for professionals

One inning is completed
after each team makes
three outs.
What if is the score is
tied?

If the score is tied on the
agreed number of innings,
additional innings will be
played until one team’s
score is one higher than the
other.

Objective of the
Game
The goal is to score more

runs than the opponent.

Which is accomplished by
one regular trip of four bases
on the diamond.

Safety Measures
in Baseball

Do warm-up and
stretching activities.

Do not place the
gloves in front of your
face

Always look at the ball
when you are catching
and hitting

Do not throw the
bat after hitting

Wear prescribe uniform.

What are the facilities
and equipment used
in baseball?
Gloves

Bases
Bats
Baseball
Gloves


The first gloves is
made up of thin
cloth and only
covers the palm.

Kinds of Gloves

The catcher’s mitt is big
First baseman’s mitt is longer that
the other
Fielder's gloves and outfielders
glove is larger than an infielder’s
glove.

Bases

The first used in baseball was too
thick. That it always hurt the
players.

They replaced it with rock but the


players suffered from injury.
Bat


In professional baseball, the
only allowed bats are
wooden bats. The diameter
should be 2 2/4 inches and
with the length of not more
than 42 inches.

Baseball
It is made up of cork at the
center and wrapped with 120
yards of cotton
and 219 wool
yarn with the cover made up of
two cowhides that are stitched
together.

The ball weighs about 5 to 5.25


ounces with 9 to 9.25 inch
circumference
Whatare the
skills used in
baseball?

Catching
Throwing/Pitching
Fielding
Hitting
Base Running

Catching

It is the ability to get the ball
thrown to you.
The ability of the catcher to
catch quickly helps the catcher
to prevent the opposing player
to advance to the next base
Catcher ‘s mask

Body protector

Catcher ‘s mitt

Throwing

or
Pitching

The ability to throw precisely and
fast will make it hard for the
opposition to score and advance
runners.

It is perform by a pitcher.

Hitting

It is the most entertaining part of the
game.

It is hard to hit a ball with a round bat


if you are positioned into a limited
space and you have a split second to
react to a pitched ball.

Base Runner

A player who has
reached first base
successfully
Rules
 and
Regulation in
Baseball
A batter is out when:


He or she does not hit
three pitched balls in the
strike zone.

His or her batted ground
ball is fielded and thrown to
first base before he or she
reaches the same base.

A batted fly ball, is
caught by the fielder
A runner is out when:


A ball thrown to first
base is caught ahead of
the batter runner

He or she is tagged by
the fielder before or
upon reaching the base.
Note :

If a batter decides not to


hit a pitched ball that

passes within the strike
zone the umpire will rule
“strike one”

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