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 Baseball
Baseball
is a team sport in which a fist-sized ball is thrown and
hit with a bat. Scoring involves running and touching
markers on the ground called bases. The ball itself is
called a baseball. Baseball is sometimes called hardball
to differentiate it from the closely related sport of
softball and other similar games. Baseball is popular in
the Americas and East Asia. In Japan, the Dominican
Republic, Cuba, Panama, South Korea, Taiwan and some
other countries, it is the most popular sport by any
measurement. In the United States, baseball has often
been called the national pastime, and the total
attendance for Major League games is more than that of
all other American professional team sports combined.
Among American television viewers, however, it has been
surpassed in popularity by American football and car
racing. Although the three most popular team sports in
North America are ball games (baseball, basketball and
American football), baseball's popularity grew so great
that the word "ballgame" in the United States almost
always refers to a game of baseball, and "ballpark" to a
baseball field. |
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 Gameplay
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 on the league and the importance of the
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 Baseball's
unique style
American football, basketball, ice hockey and soccer all use
a clock, and fans must often watch games end as one team
kills the clock rather than compete directly against the
opposing team. In contrast, baseball has no clock; a team
cannot win without getting the last batter out, and a rally
can start at any time. |
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 Statistics
As with many sports, and perhaps even more so, statistics
are very important to baseball. Statistics have been kept
for the Major Leagues since their creation, and presumably
statistics were around even before that. |
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 History
Baseball is thought to be a direct descendant of cricket,
rounders, and town ball, though the game's origins are
uncertain. Alexander Cartwright published the first known
list of rules in 1845 to meet the demands of the already
popular sport, and today's rules of baseball have evolved
from them. |
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 Equipment
and clothing
Visit this page to view all about the traditional and latest
equipments available today. You can also enquire and compare
prices of equipments of your need available in various
online stores. |
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