A baseball is the ball used in the sport of baseball. It consists of a rubber or cork center wrapped in yarn and covered with white natural horsehide or...

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several...

In baseball, when the ball is alive (or in play), the game can proceed. The pitcher may pitch the ball, the batter may attempt to hit such a pitch, baserunners...

Look up Ball, ball, or balls in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A ball is a spherical round object with various uses. Ball(s) or The Ball may also refer...

In the sports of baseball and softball, a batted ball is a pitch that has been contacted by the batter's bat. Batted balls are either fair or foul, and...

the origins of baseball has been the subject of debate and controversy for more than a century. Baseball and the other modern bat, ball, and running games...

hitting a small, hard ball with a bat, players kick an inflated rubber ball; this makes it more accessible to young children. As in baseball, teams alternate...

A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term can also be used as a...

In the sport of baseball, small ball is an informal term for an offensive strategy in which the batting team emphasizes placing runners on base and then...

Look up dead ball in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dead ball is a term in many ball sports in which the ball is deemed temporarily not playable, and...

variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released...

In major league baseball, the dead-ball era refers to a period from about 1900 to 1920 in which run scoring was low and home runs were rare in comparison...

In baseball, the strike zone is the area of space through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike even if the batter does not swing. The...

to modern baseball. In some areas, including Philadelphia and along the Ohio River and Mississippi River—the local game was called Town Ball. In other...

In baseball, a catcher is charged with a passed ball when he fails to hold or control a legally pitched ball that, with ordinary effort, should have been...

Wiffle ball is a scaled back variation of baseball that was developed in 1953 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Originally, it was intended to be played in confined...

been included in the National Baseball Hall of Fame as the first mother-daughter ball-retrieving duo in baseball. Ball boys are stationed around the field...

A ballpark, or baseball park, is a type of sports venue where baseball is played. The playing field is divided into two field sections called the infield...

them from further scoring. The best known modern bat-and-ball games are cricket and baseball, with common roots in the 18th-century games played in England...

Tee-ball (also teeball, tee ball or T-ball) is a team sport based on a simplified form of baseball or softball. It is intended as an introduction for children...

as his description of where he liked to hit the baseball. The third baseman (5) fields a batted ball and throws to the second baseman (4) to force out...

include the Baseball World Cup and the World Baseball Classic, which was first held in 2006. The evolution of baseball from older bat-and-ball games is difficult...

Japanese-style baseball, or rubber-ball baseball, (Japanese: 軟式野球, romanized: Nanshiki yakyū, lit. 'soft baseball') is a game that was created in Japan...

strikes are a strikeout, and three outs end a half-inning. Baseball evolved out of bat-and-ball games in the mid-19th century, and its modern rules are based...

An emery ball is an illegal pitch in baseball, in which the ball has been altered by scuffing it with a rough surface, such as an emery board or sandpaper...

Beep baseball is a form of baseball which can be played by people who are visually impaired, using a ball that beeps. The National Beep Baseball Association...

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sports within multiple categories, including: Bat-and-ball games, such as cricket and baseball. Invasion games, such as football and basketball. Net and...

a baseball pitch thrown to minimize the spin of the ball in flight, causing an erratic, unpredictable motion. The air flow over a seam of the ball causes...

Baseball and cricket are the best-known members of a family of related bat-and-ball games. Both have fields that are 400 feet (120 m) or more in diameter...