I think baseball is my favorite game. Its just a few bats and balls .
how many players are involved?
It is two teams of nine players each who take turns batting and fielding.
That is a lot of players. How long do games last?
A hour or so in most cases, You score points by getting runs and hitting all the bases.
I expected longer. Do they wear uniforms?
They do! the game is composed of nine innings, and after that the team with the most runs wins.
That sounds fun! I need a team to play with
. 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,
" long and 1¼" thick as a standard. In Boston a bladeless hockey stick is often used for a halfball bat, and special bats and pre-cut balls 2½-3" in diameter are also manufactured for the sport.
Rules Players.
When three play, each plays for themselves rotating duties as pitcher, catcher and batter. With four players, two-person teams take turns batting and fielding. The two players act as pitcher and catcher while fielding, and alternate as batters when not. Tournaments usually use three