Please someone explain to me rules of Baseball...!
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Baseball is always on late night over here and I watch it and i just dont get it. Can someone explain the rules to me please?
Like you hit the ball and if you hit out the arena you get a point? what happens if you hit it and like run to the 3rd base then complete the run on the next guys hit, is that a point?
I dont get the whole strike thing, like which throws are illegal? what happens if you do 3??? illegal throws??? how do you get a batsmen out except catching or throwing to the base before runner gets there
Also how many innings, how often you change pitcher? how many pitchers you allowed? how many batsmen are there before you change? how many batsmen, pitchers + fieldmen in a team :S
atm is the Mets vs Dodgers.
EDIT! - this dude is throwing the ball 92mph how the fuck can you hit that? Also he tricked the dude at first base and he ran and he threw it to the 2nd base dude and i think thats out? but after the 2nd base dude got the ball he start running towards first base with the ball and like pushed the runner out of the way wtf???
What is also a good score, like how many home runs.
I have played basic softball at school years ago.
thanks for any help :P
Baseball is always on late night over here and I watch it and i just dont get it. Can someone explain the rules to me please?
Like you hit the ball and if you hit out the arena you get a point? what happens if you hit it and like run to the 3rd base then complete the run on the next guys hit, is that a point?
I dont get the whole strike thing, like which throws are illegal? what happens if you do 3??? illegal throws??? how do you get a batsmen out except catching or throwing to the base before runner gets there
Also how many innings, how often you change pitcher? how many pitchers you allowed? how many batsmen are there before you change? how many batsmen, pitchers + fieldmen in a team :S
atm is the Mets vs Dodgers.
EDIT! - this dude is throwing the ball 92mph how the fuck can you hit that? Also he tricked the dude at first base and he ran and he threw it to the 2nd base dude and i think thats out? but after the 2nd base dude got the ball he start running towards first base with the ball and like pushed the runner out of the way wtf???
What is also a good score, like how many home runs.
I have played basic softball at school years ago.
thanks for any help :P
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haha, awesome comment right there.
you asked alot of questions... to save some people typing time, check out this link and read up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_rules
or just keep watching! by the 3rd or 5th game, you will pick up all of the basic rules and be able to follow/understand the game very easily. that is what i did with soccer!
just don't watch the mets. tune in to the yankees.
Soccer??? Ball goes in net. No handling. no kicking other players. Not very complex
not the NFL.
I know the game but I don't get why its the world sport and yet I find it so boring
hehe, true!
i had to learn more about the substitutions, offsides for some reason made no sense to me, extra time/injury time. that kind of stuff!
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Wow, don't know where to begin, lol.
First off, there are 9 innings. Each team bats and pitches once an inning. The home team bats the 'bottom,' or second, and away 'top,' or first. Top of the 2nd means away team batting home team pitching, bottom of the 2nd home team batting away team pitching.
The team batting wants to get as many runs home as possible, to win, nothing new here in the sports world. If a batter hits the ball, there goal is to run the bases, you have to go in order, 1st base [furthest right] 2nd base [top] 3rd base
if a defensive player catches the ball, there is an 'out.' Each team gets 3 allowed 'screwups,' AKA Outs, to score as many runs as possible. 3 outs means the inning is over.
A homerun clears the bases, and gets all the runners home freely. So if there is a runner on 1st and 2nd base, the team hitting the homerun would get 3 runs, or points. 1 for each person on base, and 1 for the person who hit it. If the batter hits it and only the person on second make it home, then the batting team only gets one run.
Another way to get an out is to have the pitcher throw the ball pass the batter 3 times in the 'strike zone.' The strike zone is an area the width of the plate, and about as low as your knees and about as high as your chest. If the pitcher throws it out of this zone, it is a 'ball,' if they throw 4 of these the batter gets to freely take first base. However, if the batter swings at these, they count as strikes.
If the batter hits the ball and no one catches it, they can still get an out by throwing it to the base the runner has to get to before they reach it.
Starting Pitches normally pitch 5 or more innings, a reliever or two to pitch the 6th and 7th, a 'setup' pitcher to pitch the 8th, and a closer to pitch the 9th.
Phew, haha. Not sure what I missed, but that was tougher than I originally thought. Anyone want to fill in where I missed?
NL games/NL home games- the pitchers bat
AL games/AL home games - they use a designed hitter.
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This is a great post!!!! My son and I were just talking about this last night. The ultimate question is how the fuck do they hit the ball at those speeds, with different types of pitches, and they can still direct the ball where they want it to go. Still blows my mind.
It's funny how a good portion of Americans know the rules to this sport but don't even watch it or have never played it. I love watching football and I know the basics, but definitely a more complicated game.
they just kept hitting the ball and running to a stick. wtf!
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Baseball 'arenas' are called stadiums over here,
If one player hits a home run, he scores one run,
if there are runners on base-they score also (ie: if two runners are on base, it would be a 3 run home run, one run for the person that hits it, and 2 for the other runners)
Each 'point' is a run
Yes, the runner has to touch home plate to score a run
There are 3 strikes, once the batter gets three strikes, he's OUT! If he hits a ball and someone catches it (on the other team) or throws it to a base and steps on that base, he's out. If he catches it and tags the runner, also-out!
You can change the pitcher any time but usually it happens when the pitcher isn't doing well (ie: giving up many runs) and then there is a closer who usually comes in to save the game at the end of it (for the team that has the lead)
Hope that helps!
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for instance, if there is a runner on FIRST base (furthest right) and the hitter hits the ball into the playing field, the runner on first MUST go to second. if the fielding team gets the ball and touches SECOND base before the runner that was running FROM first base, then he is out. and because this runner is "FORCED" to run to second, it is called a FORCE OUT.
BUT
let's say that instead of there being a runner on first base, he's on SECOND. and now the hitter hits the ball to a fielder, and he throws it to THIRD base (in an attempt to get the runner running from second out) the fielder must now physically TAG that runner since he is NOT FORCED to run from second base to third base. so technically, the runner on second doesn't even have to run to third base if he didn't think that he would make it safely. BUT he WOULD be forced to run to third base if there was another runner on FIRST while he was on SECOND.
some more facts:
there are 9 PLAYERS that play in a game. Defensively they are: Catcher (the one that catches the ball that the pitcher throws), Pitcher (throws ball to batters), First Baseman (plays by first base), Second Baseman (plays between first and second), Third Baseman (plays by third base), Shortstop (plays in between second base and third base). THESE PLAYERS ARE LOCATED IN THE INFIELD . There is also an OUTFIELD, these are the players that play closest to the walls that if a player hits over, are called HOME RUNS. THEY ARE (From left to right if are looking from HOME PLATE) Left Fielder, Center Fielder, and Right Fielder.
EDIT: I should point out that all defensive players (except pitcher and catcher) can play ANYWHERE they want, I only gave you the MOST common locations. players don't move very far from their typical spots anyways.
there are many different types of pitches, none of them are "illegal" EXCEPT those that a pitcher uses a "foreign substance" to throw it. the pitcher may not use anything except the chalk bag that is provided on the pitching mound.
oh, ALSO, when watching the game, you may see on your TV by the little "scorebox" something like "1-2 0 Outs" or "3-1 2 Outs" The FIRST NUMBER (the "1" in the first ex. and the "3" in the 2nd ex.) is the number of BALLS (don't laugh lol) the pitcher has thrown to the hitter. the SECOND NUMBER is the amount of STRIKES the pitcher has thrown. REMEMBER that BALLS are pitches OUT of the strike zone and STRIKES are IN the strike zone. 4 BALLS to any hitter and he gets a free pass to first base. 3 STRIKES to any hitter is an OUT. a hitter gets a STRIKE WHENEVER HE SWINGS AND MISSES OR HITS A FOUL BALL. but if he has TWO STRIKES, he CANNOT be called out if he hits another FOUL BALL. he can hit AS MANY foul balls as he is able to.
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if a BATTER hits the ball into the air and a fielder catches it BEFORE it hits the ground, that batter is OUT. ALSO, if there is a runner on ANY base when the batter hits the ball into the air, that runner MAY NOT advance any bases until the fielder has CAUGHT the ball. if the runner begins to run to the next base BEFORE the fielder caught the ball, then the fielders only need to get the ball to whichever fielder is closest to the base that the runner was at BEFORE the pitch was thrown in order to get him out. but, the runner may also try to run back to the base before the fielders touch the base with the ball.
when the runner waits for the fielder to catch the pop-fly (just a name given to a ball hit in the air, also called a "pop-out" or "fly-out" if the fielder catches it) and then advances to the next base, it is called TAGGING UP. this is often done with a runner going from THIRD BASE to HOME.
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Yeah, and the game last for 5 days!!
Great fun in the summer, sit in front of the TV with a beer, 5 days in a row
and they usually have at least 5 of these 5 day matches a summer!
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im gonna get through them now.
********EDIT***** - In cricket there are many many many types of deliveries ( bowls ) that a bowler can do, but in baseball what are examples? slow delivery or what :S
Football is so simple, just 2 goals and 11 each side and you just kick a ball without hurting each other and try to put it back in the oppositions goal for a goal.
-Offside rule is simple
-http://www.offside-ref.co.uk/laws/11-offside-rule/detailed/
Cricket is a complex one.
If you just visualise a cricket pitch which is 2 wickets in the centre and the rest just "outfield". A bowler will bowl the ball to the batsmen and the batsmen job is to hit the ball over the rope (edge of the grass outfield), that means he scores 6 runs, if it bounces before hand its 4 runs, and if he just hits it anywhere the batsmen can choose to run to the opposite end, thats why you see the batsmen running up and down, and yes so the "strike" does change unless they get 2 runs or something even.
Batsmen can be run out, so if a fielder throws the ball at the stumps or to his team mate to hit the wicket before the batsment gets his bat inside the "crease" where the batsmen stands at the wicket (basic explanation of that). They can also get out but hitting it with their bat in the air and someone catching it. The batsment can also be out by getting bowled, i.e he missing the ball as its too fast a delivery and the ball hits the stumps, he can also get out by himself by himself hitting the wicket. The important thing is the bails ontop of the wicket must fall off in all these caircumstances except catching or LBW.There is also the LBW - leg before wicket rule. As its unfair for a batsmen just to stand in the way of the wicket so he cant get out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leg_before_wicket < probably bet at explaining it
In One Day cricket there are 50 overs. 1 bowler bowls 6 balls in an over and they have a certain limit, i think one day is 10 overs and then there must be a new bowler. The bowler cannot bowl 10 overs in a row, 1 bowler bowls from one end and the other bowls from another end. After 6 balls the end changes, so the batsment at the other end is now on "strike". So one team will bat and make a score as much as they can or if they all get out ( 10 wickets taken) then the opposite team are in and try to beat the score which the other team just made.
Test cricket is played over 5 days, just a longer game and usually just wear white clothing! Its basically like one day but there are 80 overs in a day and they each have 2 innings and a bowler can bowl as many overs as he wants.
I hope this makes some sort of sense its a bloody complex game.
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If only we didn't have to sit and watch the score tick over on a computer for the first 3 days :( Saw a bit of WI v Aus in the pub couple of weekends ago. You see any of the Eng v NZ?
Summer tours are great. My Mum finally got into it a couple of years ago and I would get lots of phone calls asking about the rules. Definately a complicated sport when you get down to the details.
For anyone actually wanting to understand cricket whether the basics or more complex rules the bbc site has good info http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/rules_and_equipment/default.stm
so thats
baseball
us football
typical commentary
"thats his 17th home run, and thats not be done since 1949 where it was 86% humidity and the ball was 95% heavier than it is now... he's now hit a home run on every matchday where there has been 14 nurses sitting in row 14 of this stadium, which by the way is the 49th stadium not to have been built using man-made materials.. making it the 2nd longest stadium to construct with over 14,000 metric tons of concrete used for the foundations... and if you stretched these foundations they would go to Pluto and back 4 times"
that kinda thing
hahaha, as soon as i saw you had the last post on this thread i knew it would be comedy gold!
those were some of the best stats ive ever seen aswell, good work!
i saw the lunch break from old trafford the other week
WI v Australia is in the wrong time zone here!! midnight till 7am, and i don't have pay tv so i can't watch it!
Saw a bit of the IPL, some good cricket there! how about shane warne! great job!
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no, there is better stuff than the cheerleaders on late night television!
Synchronized Swimming for example!!
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please also add golf to this.
hit the ball. go find the ball. hit the ball again. go find the ball.