Baseball games can last awhile. If a game is tied after nine innings, extra innings are played.
Wow really? 9 is long enough already, I dont know much about baseball, can you inform me?
Definitely! Usually baseball games are 9 innings, however, softball and high school games are typically 7 innings..
Makes sense, gotta keep it a bit shorter snce they can take so long.
Haha yes, and the visiting team always bats first.
How does the game work exactly? Is scored based off how many people make a full run around?
Yes, and that is called a "run" actually. So you're on the right track. Players from each team hit a ball that is being tossed at them with a lightweight bat.
And the batter missing a swing is a strike right?
Strike zone
In baseball, the strike zone is the volume of space through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike, if the batter does not swing. The strike zone is defined as the volume of space above home plate and between the batter's knees and the midpoint of their torso. Whether a pitch passes through the zone is decided by an umpire, who is generally positioned behind the catcher.
Strikes are desirable for the pitcher and the fielding team, as three strikes result in a
Extra innings
Extra innings is the extension of a baseball or softball game in order to break a tie.
Ordinarily, a baseball game consists of nine innings (in softball and high school baseball games there are typically seven innings; in Little League Baseball, six), each of which is divided into halves: the visiting team bats first, after which the home team takes its turn at bat. However, if the score remains tied at the end of the regulation number of complete innings, the rules provide that