Baseball

Baseball is popular in the America and East Asia. In Japan, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Panama, South Korea, Taiwan and other countries and regions is one of the most popular sports. In the United States, baseball has long been regarded informally as national entertainment, all spectators at baseball games in the league is about equal to that of all professional sports teams put together. However, among American viewers, baseball was surpassed in popularity (the TV audience) for football and motor racing.

Because of it's popularity, basketball is one of the sports where people use to bet at  online sports betting websites.

         Baseball is a team game where a ball is thrown a fist size defensive player called a pitcher and offensive player is hit with a stick Batter round, smooth, called round, bat. Even the ball is called baseball. Batter score is performed by running away and reach a series of four signs located on the ground called bases. In English, baseball is sometimes called Hardball to distinguish it from softball, which is closely related, and other similar games.

                Baseball is played by two teams composed of nine players each on a baseball field, usually under the supervision of one or more arbitrators appointed officials .

             The main league games are usually four referees, to six (minimum one) may officiate meetings, according to the league and the importance of the match.There are four bases. Numbered in counterclockwise direction, first, second and third base are seats (sometimes called bags) in a square with sides of 38 cm (15 in), which is low height above ground level with the fourth base (home plate) form a square with sides of 27.4 m (90 feet), named diamond. The fourth base (home base, Eng.) Is a pentagonal rubber slab known as the home plate. The landis divided into two main areas: infield.  Contains four bases, and beyond the two adjacent sides of the "diamond" is the outfield.

                   America is certainly the country where baseball was the most resounding success, becoming the national sport and is watched by millions.

               The first mention of the term baseball was found in a booklet published in England in 1744. It occurs in both a group of boys who played baseball, and a detailed description of the sport.
                 A first list of official rules of the game was published by Alexander Cartwright in 1845. Today, although they have been modernized, they are basically the same. In 1995, the team of juniors (10-12years) was European vice-champion.
               In 2004, the group of juniors participating in European Championship Baseball and get 6th place.
               In 2005, seniors participate in the European Federation Cup and qualifying for the group of values.

                Baseball has become a professional sport in America relatively quickly - in 1865  and National League baseball came a few years later.
               In the twentieth century, baseball has been modernized considerably, becoming  a more defensive sport, one of the increasingly offensive to the players is to hit the ball with as much power.
               Although U.S. is a specific sport, he became popular in other countries. Since the 1920s and 1930s, professional baseball leagues have emerged in many countries in Europe,  Asia or Africa.
                International Baseball Federation was founded in 1938 and 2004, the Federation 

include not less than 112 Member States.

                Baseball made ​​its official debut at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona in 1992.
                Baseball requires not only physical strength but also skill, speed and agility of movement response ... qualities that children and sturdy and should develop.

                  Both teams are, one by one, to attack (the bat) and defense. Run the game is  enrolling sites. A run is when one of the attacking team players (from the bat) completely through the route (the 1 - base 2 -base 3) and go back to home plate. Meanwhile, the defense is trying to pull the game forward, bringing the ball to that before it get there (for example, if  a forward run to the 2 and bring the ball to the2 defense before he gets there, striker is out of the game).

Inning's
        The game is not half, but "'innings" in number 9. An inning consists of two halves. In the first half (top half) a team is attacking and one defending. In the second half (bottom half), the other team goes on the attack. A half inning ends after three players of the attacking team are eliminated.

Pitching
         So, every inning, the team has a pitcher of defense ("servant") to throw the ball  with the bat, until three of them are eliminated. A player at bat may be removed after three "strikes". A strike is when the pitcher throws the ball and the Batter's right fails to hit right. If the pitcher does not throw in the right (say, throw a ball to the left too), is called "ball" and 4 ball's at from the bat is automatically switched to the 1.

Batting
        The player's goal is to succeed with the bat hitting the ball correctly, what is called a hit. A hit occurs when the ball hit the Batter is not caught by any device before reaching the earth and the Batter's successfully manages to reach the base 1. If a defender catches the ball before it fall, does not hit, and the Batter is removed.
If the Batter's manages to hit the ball, he started running toward a base, which is called ...

Running
        So, after a successful hit, Batter bat aside and let the runner is. He must come to the defense to bring before the next ball there. If it fails, is removed. If successful, continue to run to the 2, and so on,up to home plate. In case you get, say, the base 2 and stops there (because there would have three chances to reach the ball before),go to bat next Batter, and when it succeeds in a hit and started running towards  the 1, Batter's  from the the two runs to 3, and so in order to get back to home plate. When a Batter get to home plate is called a run and win his team a point.

Fielding
        Meanwhile, when running forwards to various bases, defendersmust bring the ball to the forwards that before. This process is called Fielding. Typically, each base is "covered" by a defenderand the other defenders on the field throwing the ball to them, to eliminate the attackers.

Home run - when the Batter's manages to hit the ball so well that’s ends in the stands. In this case, as defenders were not as runner eliminate them, all runners found at various bases and  reach home plate scores. A home run is therefore 1 to 4 points for the team that manages it (depending on the number of runner from the base)

Walk - if the picther throw four balls outside  correct area ( four balls, as I said earlier), is called the walk and the Batter is automatically switched to the 1.

Steal - sometimes runners May hot foot may try to steal a base: that is to run to the next even when  the pitcher is preparing to throw to the Batter. It's risky for either pitcher or catcher can catch phase and they can remove him from the game before reaching the respective
   

Strike-out - when you remove Batter Pitcher with 3 strikes