This article is 2 years old. The controversial figure whose memoir formed the basis of Leonardo DiCaprio's unhinged stockbroker in Martin Scorsese's Oscar-nominated black comedy The Wolf of Wall Street has revealed his debauched life of sex and drugs was even worse than shown in the film.
A baseball pitcher is getting ready to throw the ball. ERA in baseballs stands for âearned run average.â It is used to measure a pitcherâs performance and was originally created during the 1900s to rate the effectiveness of relief pitchers. Today, it is one of most widely recognized statistics used to assess a pitcherâs ability.
Understand the basic concepts of the game. Baseball is a team sport played on a special field over the course of several periods of play, called innings. Each inning is further divided into two parts, the âtopâ and the âbottom,â during which one team tries to score points while the other team defends the field. A baseball that's hit and lands to the left of third base or the right of first base (as seen from home plate) is considered a âfoul ball,â which invalidates the play. 2  Foul lines are usually painted on the field to show where the border is. 3  There are regulation distances that define a proper baseball infield.