Consequently, baseball has sustained more of a legacy or history than most other sports, because like other sports the rules have not altered considerably.
-Baseball is played among two teams with nine players on each team to start.
-The baseball field has several umpires to monitor the game. Normally there are four umpires in major league games. Depending on the league and the significance of the game up to six may perform official duties.
-There are four bases. These bases are numbered counter-clockwise, first, second and third bases are soft and raised a bit from the ground. Along with the home plate (the fourth plate) they form a diamond.
- The premise of the game is mainly between the pitcher and the batter. The pitcher throws, the batter tries to hit. The catcher for the opposite team crouches behind the batter to catch the ball. Behind the catcher is the home pate umpire. The pitcher can only take one step backward and one forward while pitching the ball. The pitcher and the catcher work in cahoots (through a series of hand signals) to throw off the batter.
-Every half-inning, the aim of the defending team is to “out” three team players of the opposing team. There are a number of ways to accomplish this such as catching a batted ball in the air, forced outs, tag outs and strikes.
-After the team in the field has terminated three players from the opposite team, that half of the inning is completed then the two teams switch. A total inning means that each team’s side have had a turn at three outs being on the offensive.
-In order to score more runs than the opposing team a batter must become a base runner, connecting to all bases (in one or more plays) until they reach home plate. The objective of each batter is to allow base runners to score or to become a base runner them selves. The batter tries to hit the ball between the baselines in a manner so that the defending players cannot get to it.
-A base runner that has touched all bases and reaches home base without being tagged out scores a run (or point). In an fenced in field, a “fair ball” that goes over the fence is automatically a home run, which enables the batter and all runners to get to all the bases and score. A home run hit while all the bases are full (bases loaded) is called a “grand slam”.
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