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Vanderbilt-Pakistan Lesson 8. April 2013. Baseball in America. In America, most often women play “softball,” which is very similar to baseball except the ball is bigger and less dense in softball. . HOW TO PLAY
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Vanderbilt-Pakistan Lesson 8 April 2013
In America, most often women play “softball,” which is very similar to baseball except the ball is bigger and less dense in softball.
HOW TO PLAY • 4 bases: First base (rightmost white square), second base, third base, and a home run (biggest white square). Players run across the bases in a counterclockwise fashion. • 2 teams, 9 players each • The teams switch off “batting” and “fielding” A cricket game usually runs twice as long as a baseball game.
The pitcher stands here. (In cricket there are 2 pitchers) The batter (the person who has the baseball bat and will attempt to hit the baseball thrown by the pitcher) stands here. The catcher stands behind the batter. The catcher catches the ball if the batter fails to hit the ball.
After the ball has been hit, it flies out into the field or it rolls on the ground. If someone catches the ball in midair, the batter is out and the runners must return to their original base. If someone catches the ball while it’s rolling on the ground and the opposing team manages to throw the ball fast enough so that it touches one of the runners that is not on a base, that runner is OUT.
If the batter hits the ball and it stays in the bounds of the field, he will run to first base. If his teammate is on first base, his teammate must try to get to second or third base, because you cannot have more than one person on each base. As soon as someone gets to home base, that counts as one “run” or one point. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins the game.
UMPIRE: the person who enforces the rules in a game. In movies, often the umpire will say things like “Three strikes, you’rrrrrrre OUT!” and jerk his thumb behind him.
“Take Me Out to the Ball Game” Traditionally sung during the seventh inning of a baseball game. Sometimes the audience replaces “home team” with the team name. "Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack, I don't care if I never get back, Let me root, root, root for the home team, If they don't win it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out, At the old ball game."
