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.
A game is composed of nine innings, and the team with the greater number of runs at the end of the game wins. Baseball has no game clock, although almost all 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, where the modern version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States.