Have you ever played baseball?!

1ST, By Miss Chatter, June 2010

To Begin, you’ll need:

Two Teams of Nine A Bat, Baseball,

Baseball Mitts, and Four Bases.

Mitt on Dugout Steps, By Alan Turkus April18,2009 Red Bat, June 3, 2007, Melvin Schlubman

Field Lay out

Third Base

Second Base First Base

Home Plate

RFK, By Daniel Lobo, June 30, 2005

Infielders will put themselves in these positions:

RFK, By Daniel Lobo, June 30, 2005

Outfielders will place themselves in Right, Center, and Left Field behind the

Infielders.

LEFT

CENTER

RIGHT

RFK, By Daniel Lobo, June 30, 2005

The Pitcher and Catcher be

RFK, By Daniel Lobo, June 30,2005

One Team will play Defense

The other will play Offense and Bat First

Once the Defensive Team gets 3 outs

They get to Bat ( Offense )

To Score a Run: A player must run around all 3 bases and touch them all before touching Home Plate

Don’t get miss them or the run will not count!

To get on base:

A batter must hit the ball in the field

Then run to 1st The batter can

either run through 1st or advance to the next base

Jason Botts records the putout, by Brent Moore, April 17,2006

If the Batter hits the ball...

In the air and a defender catches it before it hits the ground YOU’RE OUT!

On the ground you must beat the throw to first or YOU’RE OUT!

Strike out! Another was to

get out3 Swings that miss.

3 balls pitched in the Strike Zone.

Hanlet Ramirez, By SD Dirk, July 21,2009

However…

4 balls out of the strike zone result in a WALK!

A WALK is a free walk to first

Advancing:

If the ball is hit on the ground the runner can advance

If the ball is hit in the air, you can only advance when the ball is caught by a defender.

If a defender tags you before you reach a base…

YOU’RE OUT

Tagging UP: You are on 3rd Ball is hit in the AIR! Put one foot on the bag Wait until the ball is caught then advance to try and SCORE!

LEAVE BEFORE THE BALL IS CAUGHT…

YOU’RE OUT!

Strikeout!, Lansing @ West Michigan, By Joel Dinda, April 27,2010

Now that you know the Basics and Rules of Baseball

LET’S PLAY BALL!!!