Baseball is sometimes called hardball to differentiate it from the closely related sport of softball and other similar games. Although originating in Britain, Baseball is most popular in the Americas and East Asia. In Japan, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Panama, Venezuela, South Korea, and Taiwan, it is one of the most popular sports by any measurement. In the United States, baseball has long been regarded as more than just a "major sport" - it is the national pastime and Major League Baseball has been given ...

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• Baseball - Time element
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• Baseball - Strategy and goals
• Baseball - The uniqueness of each baseball park
• Baseball - Statistics
• Baseball - History
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The Baseball-Bundesliga is the elite competition for the sport of baseball in Germany. In the Baseball-Bundesliga, the men's German championships is determined anually. The list of German baseball teams contains a list of teams currently playing in the Bundesliga. ...

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A simplified version of the rules of baseball is at simplified baseball rules. Also visit www.mlb.com, the official web site of Major League Baseball in the United States, where you can view clips of baseball being played. Baseball - General structure. Baseball is played between two teams of nine players each on a baseball field, usually under the authority of one or more officials, called umpires. There are usually four umpires in major league games; up to six (and as few as one) may officiate depending o ...

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In 1920 the owners of Major League Baseball, in order to reestablish confidence of fans in the sport following the Black Sox Scandal, established the office of Commissioner of Baseball. Under the direction of the commissioner, he or she hires and maintains the sport's umpiring crews, and negotiates marketing, labor, and television contracts. The commissioner is chosen by a vote of the owners of the teams; it is said that current President of th ...

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Baseball around the world is played under three major rules codes, which differ only slightly. The North American professional leagues and many amateur leagues use the Official Baseball Rules, which are published to the public by The Sporting News; U.S. collegiate and college-age play is often covered by the baseball rulebook of the NCAA; and U.S. high school and high school-age baseball is governed by the NFHS rules. IBAF international teams, most leagues outside North America, and youth baseball organizations such as Little League, PONY League, and Cal Ripken League all play under sligh ...

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Baseball Stars is a 1989 baseball game that was produced for the NES by SNK. It became a major hit in many countries worldwide, particularly in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Baseball Stars - Features. Baseball Stars was one of the first sports games to have data memory, therefore players could create a team, configure a small baseball league, and play a whole season (all while the CPU stored cumulative statistics). Baseball Stars was also the first sports game to have the ...

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Paul Dickson says in his introduction to The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary, "The influence of baseball on American English at large is stunning and strong." No other sport has contributed so richly to American English as baseball. Slang terms (as distinct from jargon) have evolved a usage and meaning independent of baseball and are often used by those with little knowledge of the game. Many of these terms are deeply entrenched in the American psyche. The following are common American slang terms, each of ...

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A baseball glove or mitt is a large leather glove that baseball players on the defending team are allowed to wear to assist them in catching and fielding balls hit by a batter. Some say the first player to use a baseball glove was Doug Allison, a catcher for the Cincinnati Red Stockings, in 1870, due to an injured left hand. The first documented story of glove use however concerns Charles Waitt, a St. Louis outfielder-first baseman who in 1875 donned a pair of flesh-colored gloves. While glove usage was not accepted by a ...

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In baseball, a number of coaches assist in the smooth functioning of a team. The most prominent is the manager who determines the lineup and decides how to substitute players during the game. Beyond the manager, more than a half dozen coaches may assist the manager in running the team. Baseball is unique in that the manager and coaches all wear numbered uniforms similar to those of the players. The team is assisted by two on-field coaches when it is at bat. They are stationed near first and third base to signal and direct the r ...

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A baseball field is a playing field used for baseball. Professional fields are situated inside stadiums with seating for a large number of visitors. The starting point for much of the action on the field is home plate, which is a five-sided white rubber slab 17 inches by 8 1/2 by 12 by 12 by 8 1/2 inches. Next to each of the two parallel 8 1/2 inch sides is a batter's box. The point of home plate where the two 12 inch sides meet at right angles, is at one corner of a ninety-foot square. The other three corners of the square, in ...

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A baseball is a ball used primarily in the sport of the same name, baseball. It is generally approximately 9 inches (23 cm) nor more than 9 1/4 inches in circumference, and 5 ounces (142 g) in weight, sometimes balls may be used in children's leagues. Construction varies. Generally the core of the ball is cork, rubber, or a mixture of the two, and is sometimes layered. Around that are various linear materials including yarn and twine, sometimes wool is used. A leather cover is put on, in two pieces, and stitched together using 108 sti ...

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One subject often used as a metaphor for physical intimacy, especially to describe the level of intimacy achieved in intimate encounters or relationships, is the game of baseball. This analogy is primarily used by American adolescents to describe how far they have gone (or hope to go) on a date or in a dating relationship with a particular person. In the baseball metaphor, the intimate encounter or relationship itself is compared to the act of running the bases, where each progressive base indicates a more intimate level of contact, although ...

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In baseball, the count refers to the number of balls and strikes a batsman has in his current at bat. It is usually announced as a pair of numbers, for instance "3-0", with the first number being the number of balls and the second being the number of strikes. A 3-2 count—that is, one with the maximum number of balls and strikes in a given at bat—is referred to as a full count. A count of 1-1 or 2-2 is called even. An important part of baseball statistics is measuring which counts are most likely to produce fav

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A baseball bat is a smooth rod, often but not always wooden, used in the game of baseball to hit the ball after the ball is thrown by the pitcher. It is not more than 2 3/4 inches (70 mm) in diameter at the thickest part and not more than 42 inches (1067 mm) in length. The batter uses the bat two-handed to try to hit a pitched ball fair so that he may become a runner, advance bases, and ultimat ...

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1918 in baseball - January-March. 1918 in baseball - April-June. 1918 in baseball - July-September. 1918 in baseball - October-December. ...

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Japanese professional baseball consists of two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League. There are also two secondary-level professional minor leagues, the Eastern League and the Western League, that play shorter schedules. The professional season starts in late March or early April and ends in October with two or three all star games in July. In recent decades, the two leagues each scheduled 130, 135 or 140 regular season games with the best teams from each league going on to play in the "Nihon Series" or Japan Series. Prio ...

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1939 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds (4-0) All-Star Game, July 11 at Yankee Stadium: American League, 3-1 ...

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