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Aseball: Short Essay On Baseball: Category: On February 15, 2019 by Teamwork

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams on a field with four bases laid out in a diamond shape. The objective is for the offensive team to score more runs than the opposing team by hitting a pitched ball and running around the bases, while the defensive team aims to get players from the offensive team "out" to end their turn. It is very popular in countries like the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Though more common at the school and college level in India, baseball is slowly growing in popularity there as well with some Indian players signing with American teams.

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Aseball: Short Essay On Baseball: Category: On February 15, 2019 by Teamwork

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams on a field with four bases laid out in a diamond shape. The objective is for the offensive team to score more runs than the opposing team by hitting a pitched ball and running around the bases, while the defensive team aims to get players from the offensive team "out" to end their turn. It is very popular in countries like the United States, Japan, and South Korea. Though more common at the school and college level in India, baseball is slowly growing in popularity there as well with some Indian players signing with American teams.

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aseball: Short Essay on Baseball

Category: Essays and ParagraphsOn February 15, 2019 By Teamwork

Baseball is a game in which there are batting and pitching. Two teams can play this
game. It is a field game that is played with bats and a ball between two teams.

It is very popular especially in the US where it is considered the national game.


Countries like Japan and South Korea also play this game.

In India, though mostly played at school and college level, baseball is slowly gaining
popularity. Dinesh Patel and Rinku Ghosh are the two Indian baseball players, both of
them play for an American Baseball team.

In this sport, the player should hit the ball that throws the pitcher and then to run the
field in the clockwise, i.e., to run through the four bases that are marked on the field.
The goal of baseball is to prevent a player from the rival team from reaching the base,
i.e., hitting the ball.

It is believed that baseball comes from England. This sport, which was then called
rounders, was trendy among children. The oldest reference to this sport is from the mid-
18th century.

Baseball today

Baseball is a sport that is very popular in America and Canada. Nowadays, there are
two leagues – the national and American league. These leagues are divided into
three divisions – central, west and east. This sport was developed in other countries
such as Japan and Latin America. The biggest international competition in this sport is
called The World Baseball Classic.

How the game is played

The two teams each have nine players. One team take the offensive, that is the
batting and running, while the other team takes the defensive position that is pitching-
throwing the ball and defending.

The pitch is in the shape of a diamond with four ‘bases’ – first, second, third and fourth
base. Four players from the offensive team are present on the pitch at one base each.
The player in the batting position hits the pitched ball and runs to the second base while
the players at the other bases also move to the next base in an anti-clockwise direction
to make runs.

The other team tries to get the players out. Once three of the offensive players get ‘out’
the other team comes in to bat.

A match has nine innings, each of which is one turn of batting and one with the ball for
each team.

The objective of the game

The team that makes more runs at the end of the nine innings is the winner. The aim of
the offensive team to make as many runs as possible without getting out. The defensive
team tries to get as many players from the offensive as possible while defending the
pitch.

Conclusion  

Baseball is a fast-paced game that is gaining popularity besides the US and the South
Asian Countries where it is also popular.

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