Baseball

12 July 2017 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, New York City, Sport Reading Time:  6 minutes

American cultural icons: Apple pie, baseball, and the American flag © USDA ARS - Scott Bauer

American cultural icons: Apple pie, baseball, and the American flag © USDA ARS – Scott Bauer

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each, who take turns batting and fielding (Baseball rules). The batting team attempts to score runs by hitting a ball that is thrown by the pitcher with a bat swung by the batter, then running counter-clockwise around a series of four bases: first, second, third, and home plate. A run is scored when a player advances around the bases and returns to home plate (Baseball positions).   read more…

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