Baseball+is+Cool

Baseball is Cool by Christian N.

Baseball is a game with nine players on the field: the pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, left fielder, center fielder, and the right fielder. It is played with a bat and a ball where the batter tries to hit the ball to get a base hit. Base hits can either be a single where you make it to first base, a double where you make it to second base, a triple where you make to third base, and the very best, a home run. A home run is where you hit the ball over the wall in the outfield or you have enough speed to round first, second, third, and run to home to score a run, along with the other runners to tag home plate to score a run. The best scoring hit you can get is a home run with three men on all three of the bases, or bases loaded which is called a grand slam. A run is like a point but in baseball it is called a run. The team with the most runs in the end is the winner. There are nine innings in a game, if not longer. If there is a tie, you go to extra innings. Innings are a portion of the game. There are two halves in an inning. The top, and the bottom. In the top, the visiting team bats, while the home team is in the field. In the bottom, The home team bats and the visiting team is in the field. It is also known as a side. An out is when a batter strikes out or hits a ground ball and it is fielded and the ball is thrown to first or if a runner or the batter is tagged out. A strikeout is within a series of the pitch count which holds how many balls and strikes there are, the maximum strikes are three which would be a strikeout, the most balls there are is four as you would then get a walk. A walk is when you get a free trip to first base. you can also get a walk by getting hit by the pitch which may hurt more than a walk but is still a free base. Strikes can be given by swinging and missing, swinging and hitting the ball into foul territory,or not swinging and the ball goes into the strike zone. Foul territory is the out of bounds area. The strike zone is a box [for example] if the ball goes out of the strike zone it would be a ball if it went in the strike zone it would be a strike. The defensive positions are the ones listed earllier but they are not the only ones on the field, like the batter, batter in the on deck circle, the umpires, base running coach, and some times crazy fans. The pitcher's job is to get the guy batting out any way possible. The catcher's job is to catch the incoming ball thrown by the pitcher, block it from going to the backstop [screen behind the home plate umpire], and throwing the base stealer out. the infielder's job is to get the ball and throw the ball to the first baseman [unless it is grounded to the first basemen then he may step on the base or throw it to the pitcher who should be running to first base]. The out fielder's job is to catch fly balls, throw the ball in to the infield, and the most tricky, rob the batter of a home run.

That is the game of baseball! I hope you try it!