Baseball

Baseball

Let's Play Ball! Baseball is an exciting game that is played all around the world. Players hit a ball with a bat. When you learn the rules, you can play the game.

What Is Baseball? Baseball is a game with two teams. A team has nine players. Baseball teams play in an open field. Players use a bat, a ball, gloves, and four bases.

A pitcher on one team throws the ball to a catcher on the same team. A batter on the other team hits the ball with the bat. The batter runs to first base, second base, and third base. The runner scores one point if he or she reaches the fourth base- home plate.

The Story of Baseball People have played baseball for hundreds of years. Long ago, people from England brought ball games to America.

The games were like baseball in many ways. Over time, people made new rules and the games became one game-baseball.