Baseball

Baseball by Thomas S

First, the field is shaped like a diamond. At the bottom point is where the home plate is. Home plate is where the batter stands, behind home plate is where the catcher plays, and behind him the umpire. At the right point of the diamond is first base, about four feet away from the base is where the first baseman plays and behind first base is where the right fielder plays. At the top of the diamond is where second base is located, about eight feet to the right of the base is where the second baseman plays, above second base is where the center fielder plays and about four feet to the left of second base is where the shortstop plays. At the left point of the diamond is where third base is, about four feet to the right of third base is where the third baseman plays and above third base is where the left fielder plays. In the midddle of the diamond is where the pitcher plays.

Second, records, there are lots of things in baseball to make records for, here are some of the records, Most Games- Pete Rose, Most Runs- Ty Cobb, Most Hits- Pete Rose, Most Total Bases- Hank Aaron, Most Doubles- Tris Speaker, Most Triples- Sam Crawford, Most Home Runs- Hank Aaron, Most R.B.I.'s- Hank Aaron, Most Stolen Bases- Rickey Henderson, Most Walks- Babe Ruth, Most Strikeouts- Reggie Jackson, Best Batting Average- Ty Cobb, Best Slugging Average- Babe Ruth. There are alot more records to earn in baseball. Some of these records have probably been beat by now.

Third, rules, the umpire is very important, he is the one who make all the calls which are strike, the batter swings and misses, the ball is in the strikezone but the batter doesn't swing, or the batter hits the ball into foul territory. Ball, the pitch is not in the strikezone and the batter doesn't swing. Out, the batter gets three strikes, the batter hits a fly ball and it gets caught, the pitcher throughs a pickoff throgh to one of the baseman and the runner doesn't get back to the base in time, or the ball beats a runner to that base. Walk, the batter gets four balls or gets hit by the pitch they get to go to first base, if there is somebody on first base they go to second base and the batter goes to first, if there is somebody on first and second then the person on second goes to third, the person on first goes to second, and the batter goes to first, if there is somebody on first, second, and third then the person on third goes to home plate and you score a run, the person on second goes to third, the person on first goes to second, and the batter goes to first. Those are the basics of baseball.