Baseball Americas Favorite Pastime

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Baseball- Americas Favorite Pastime
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Origins

• The game of baseball was based on the game of
  Rounders.
• First set of rules were created in 1845 by
  Alexander Cartwright.
• The first baseball game was recorded in 1846.
• The two teams that played that day were the
  Cartwright Knickerbockers and the New York
  Baseball Club.

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The Rules of Today

• The traditional baseball game last nine innings.
• If the game is tied after the bottom half of the
  ninth inning, then the game goes into extra
  innings. The game ends in two ways
• The away team scores a run and prevents the home
  team from scoring
• OR
• The home team scores a run

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The Rules of Today (cont.)

• A baseball team consists of nine players on the
  field.
• They include
• 1 catcher
• 1 first baseman
• 1 second baseman
• 1 third baseman
• 1 shortstop
• 3 outfielders
• 1 pitcher

Centerfielder
Right Fielder
Left Fielder
Second Baseman
Shortstop
First Baseman
Third Baseman
Pitcher
Catcher
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Influential People In Baseball

• 42

• Jackie Robinson
• Robinsons jersey number 42 is retired
  throughout Major League Baseball.
• The only player who still wears the 42 is New
  York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera.

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Influential People in Baseball (cont.)

• Barry Bonds
• In 2001, Bonds broke the single season home run
  record by hitting 73 home runs.
• The record was formerly owned by Mark McGwire (70
  home runs).
• Today, Bonds is considered one of the poster boys
  for the Steroid Era.

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Game Modifications

• Pitchers Hand-Out
• Once the ball is in play, the fielders must get
  the ball the pitcher before the runner reaches
  first base. If the ball does not get to the
  pitcher in time, the runner is safe.
• If the runner reaches first base, they must get
  halfway to the next base to try and reach the
  next base before the pitcher gets the ball. If
  the pitcher gets the ball and the runner is not
  halfway, the runner must stay or go back to the
  base previous.

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Game Modifications (cont.)

• Right Field Automatic Out
• If teams do not have enough players for an entire
  team, the teams can decide to use right field as
  an automatic out.
• If a batter hits the ball to the right side of
  the field, it is an automatic out, regardless if
  the ball is hit over the wall or not.
• Teams can also put left field as an automatic out
  to make the game more challenging.