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    Baseball Rules

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    Baseball is played between two teams of 9 players each. The objective is to score more runs than the opposing team by hitting a pitched ball and running around four bases - home plate, first base, second base, and third base. There are 9 defensive fielding positions that players line up in, including pitcher, catcher, and various basemen and outfielders. Play begins with the visiting team batting first, with the pitcher throwing balls that the batter tries to hit into fair territory to advance bases and score runs. A batter is out after three strikes or four balls, and the next batter comes up until three outs are made by the batting team.

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    Baseball Rules

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    Baseball is played between two teams of 9 players each. The objective is to score more runs than the opposing team by hitting a pitched ball and running around four bases - home plate, first base, second base, and third base. There are 9 defensive fielding positions that players line up in, including pitcher, catcher, and various basemen and outfielders. Play begins with the visiting team batting first, with the pitcher throwing balls that the batter tries to hit into fair territory to advance bases and score runs. A batter is out after three strikes or four balls, and the next batter comes up until three outs are made by the batting team.

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    Baseball is played between two teams of 9 players each. The objective is to score more runs than the opposing team by hitting a pitched ball and running around four bases - home plate, first base, second base, and third base. There are 9 defensive fielding positions that players line up in, including pitcher, catcher, and various basemen and outfielders. Play begins with the visiting team batting first, with the pitcher throwing balls that the batter tries to hit into fair territory to advance bases and score runs. A batter is out after three strikes or four balls, and the next batter comes up until three outs are made by the batting team.

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    Baseball Rules

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    Baseball is played between two teams of 9 players each. The objective is to score more runs than the opposing team by hitting a pitched ball and running around four bases - home plate, first base, second base, and third base. There are 9 defensive fielding positions that players line up in, including pitcher, catcher, and various basemen and outfielders. Play begins with the visiting team batting first, with the pitcher throwing balls that the batter tries to hit into fair territory to advance bases and score runs. A batter is out after three strikes or four balls, and the next batter comes up until three outs are made by the batting team.

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    Object

    Baseball is played by two teams of 9 players each who try to score more runs than their
    opponent by rounding the bases and crossing home plate as many times as possible.

    The batting team stays up to bat until the fielding team puts out 3 batters.

    Playing Area

    Positions
    Players line up in the following positions:

    1. Pitcher – on the pitcher's mound


    2. Catcher - behind home plate
    3. 1st Baseman
    4. 2nd Baseman
    5. 3rd Baseman
    6. Shortstop – between 2nd and 3rd base
    7. Leftfielder – outfield behind 2nd and 3rd base
    8. Centerfielder – outfield behind 2nd base
    9. Rightfielder – outfield behind 1st and 2nd base
    Starting Play
    The visiting team bats first while the home team starts out in the field on defense. Each fielder lines
    up in one of the 9 fielding positions. The first batter steps into the batter's box and prepares to hit the
    pitch.

    Batting
    There is a batter's box on both sides of home plate. The batter may choose which side of the plate to
    hit from, but both of his feet must be inside the box.

    He attempts to score runs by hitting the ball when it's pitched to him. The batter may continue to hit
    until he:

     hits the ball in fair territory


     gets 3 strikes
     gets 4 balls

    Strikes
    The strike zone is the area between the batter's shoulders and knees. A "strike" is called by the
    umpire when the batter:

     fails to swing at a pitch that crosses the plate in the strike zone.
     swings at a pitch and misses.
     hits the ball out of bounds with fewer than two strikes against him.

    Once he gets 3 strikes he is out, and the next batter comes up to the plate.

    A batter can't strike out on a foul ball. If he has two strikes, there's no limit to the number of foul balls
    he is allowed to hit. He can only strike out on a swing and miss or a ball he fails to swing at in the
    strike zone.

    Balls
    A "ball" is a pitch that crosses the plate outside of the strike zone that the batter does not swing at. If
    a batter receives 4 balls, he gets to walk to first base. If a batter swings at a ball outside the strike
    zone and misses, he is called for a strike.

    Runner
    The batter becomes a runner when:
     he hits a ball in fair territory and runs to first base.
     he walks after 4 balls.
     he is hit by a pitch.
     the catcher drops the third strike. (If the batter is
    called for his 3rd strike but the catcher misses the
    ball, the batter may try to beat the ball to first base.)

    A runner can move to the next base if the ball is overthrown or after a wild pitch.

    A runner may overrun 1st base when he hits the ball as long as he turns out of bounds after he
    passes the base. Runners may not overrun any other base. If they do and are tagged while they are
    off the base, they are out.

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