Friday, January 28, 2011

Baseball Rules

By Tristan Gallow


Baseball is actually called Our country's Pastime. Having said that, you'd probably be blown away to be aware of exactly how many people aren't able to understand how the game is really played. Well, today will be your lucky day because Now i'm going to show you the guidelines of baseball.

First of all , you need to know regarding baseball is the factthat the offense try's to score "runs" over the defense. This is successfully done just as the pitcher throws a baseball at the catcher whilst an offensive player try's to hit that baseball by using a bat ( thiss will put the ball into play).

Generally if the offensive competitor does place the ball in play than the defense try's to field the ball and get the player which struck the ball out. In order to get the offensive participant out then the defense must throw the ball to another defensive player who is in contact with one of the three bases found on the baseball diamond prior to when the offensive competitor can get there.

In the event the defense gets the ball toward the base before the offensive performer may get there he then is considered out. In case the defense does not get the ball to the base prior to when the offensive performer will come he then is addressed as safe. Whenever the player who actually reached the base is called safe. His purpose is always to touch all three bases and reach home plate. If he does this than the attacking team has just has scored 1 run.

Each team gets 9 innings to end the game with the highest run total. Thus each team takes half an inning to play offense and half an inning to play defense. In the event that the score is tied after 9 innings then the game will be forced to go into extra innings.

This is only a brief overview of the rules of baseball. If you are still confused and you really want to learn how the game is played then it would probably be in your best interest to go out and try playing the game yourself. After all, the best way to learn something is to actually do it first.




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