BASEBALL

Baseball is a bat -and-ball game played between 2

teams of 9 players who take turns batting and fielding. It is

played on a large field covered natural or artificial

surfaces , except for the area called corridor line where

offensive players race tonreach the bases.

WHAT IS IT?

1. Foul line: 2 straight kines drawn on the groundfrom home plate to

the outfield fence.

2. Infield: is the baseball diamond plus a region behind it.

3. On deck circle: the position where the next batter wait.

4. Pitcher´s mound: is where the pitcher stands when throwing the

pitch.

5. Base: there are 4.One for each point in the diamond.

6. Coach`s box: is the space where the first base coach and third

coach stands.

SOME CONCEPTS

BASIC RULES• Outs:

Batter:

-When a batter get 3 strikes

-The ball is thrown to the first-basementand this touches the base with their foot

while the ball is in their glove or hand.

-Any member of the fielding team tags the batter with the ball or the glove

containing the ball before they get safely to first base.

Any base runner:

-The base runner is tagged out while off base.-The base runner is forced out before arriving at the next base.

• Strikes and fouls:

-A ball thrown into the strike zone that is not swung at but called a strike by the

umpire-A ball hit foul.

• He was born in Baltimore in 1895.

• He played in the Boston Red Sox and in

the New York Yankees.

• He did 714 home-runs, 1MVP, 7

championships of the MLB and he was

all-starfor 2 times.

BabeRuth

Willie Mays• He was born in Westfield in 1931.

• He played in the San Francisco

Giants and in the New York Mets .

• He did 660 home-runs, 2MVP, 1

championship of the MLB and 24

apprition in all-star.

• He was born in Riverside in 1964.

• He played in the Pittsburgh

Pirates and in the San Francisco

Giants.

• He did 762 home-runs, 7MVP

and he was all-star 14 times.

Barry Bonds

• He was born in San Diego in 1918.

• He played in the Boston Red Sox.

• He did 521 home-runs, 2MVP and

He appear in the all-star 19 times.

Ted Williams

He was born in Mobile in 1934.

He played in the Milwaukee and in

the Atlanta Braves.

He did 755 home-runs, 1MVP, 1

championship of the MLB and he

has a total of 24 all-stars

Hank Aaron