Baseball History The first recorded baseball contest took place a in 1846. Cartwright's Knickerbockers lost to the New York Baseball Club in a game at the Elysian Fields, in Hoboken, New Jersey. These amateur games became more frequent and more popular. In 1857, a convention of amateur teams was called to discuss rules and other issues. Twenty five teams from the northeast sent delegates. The following year, they formed the National Association of Base Ball Players, the first organized baseball league. In its first year of operation, the league supported itself by occasionally charging fans for admission. The future looked very bright. In 1869, the Cincinnati Red Stockings decided to become a completely professional team. Brothers Harry and George Wright recruited the best players from around the country, and beat all comers. The Cincinnati team won sixty-five games and lost none. The idea of paid players quickly caught on. Some wanted baseball to remain an amateur endeavor, but there was no way they could compete with the professional teams. The amateur teams began to fade away as the best players became professionals. In 1871, the National Association became the first professional baseball league. Read more about the history by clicking the following.baseball history cont.

Baseball Knowledge

•Baseball is a game between two teams of nine players each, played on an enclosed field.

•A RUN (or SCORE) is the score made by an offensive player who advances from batter to runner and touches first, second, third and home bases in that order. The order of the bases is in a counter-clockwise direction around the square from home to first, etc.

•A BATTER is an offensive player who takes his position in the batter's box and attempts to hit a ball thrown to him by the pitcher.

•PITCHER is the fielder designated to deliver the pitch to the batter. The pitcher pitches the ball to the batter and the batter attempts to hit the pitch and become a runner. The defense attempts to catch the ball after it is hit and put the batter and/or runners out.

•A PITCH is a ball delivered to the batter by the pitcher.

•Youth leagues use a 60-foot square field.

•The objective of each team is to win by scoring more runs than the opponent.

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•Regulation game consists of nine INNINGS, unless extended because of a tie score, or shortened (1) because the home team needs none of its half of the ninth inning or only a fraction of it.(Little league -6 innings

•An INNING is that portion of a game within which the teams alternate on offense and defense and in which there are three OUTS for each team. Each team's time at bat is a half-inning.

•A GROUND BALL is a batted ball that rolls or bounces close to the ground.

•A FIELDER is any defensive player.

•An INFIELDER is a fielder who occupies a position in the infield.

•An OUTFIELDER is a fielder who occupies a position in the outfield, which is the area of the playing field most distant from home base

Baseball fundamentals necessary to be successful.

Throwing

Fielding

Hitting

Base Running

• See some of these fundamentals in the highlights on the following slide.

Baseball Equipment

Famous Baseball Players in History

• Babe Ruth

• Jackie Robinson

• Hank Aaron

• Willie Mays • Joe DiMaggio

Famous Negro League Players

• Cool Papa Bell

• Satchel Paige

• Josh Gibson

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Famous Baseball Parks• Est. 1914 home of the

Chicago Cubs

Est. September 1911 home of the Boston Red Sox

Est. April 18, 1923, "The House That Ruth Built" home of the New York Yankees

Est. May 12, 1966

• Est. 1914 home of the Chicago Cubs

Est. September 1911 home of the Boston Red Sox

Est. April 18, 1923, "The House That Ruth Built" home of the New York Yankees

Est. May 12, 1966

Baseball

1. A _________(or SCORE) is the score made by an offensive player who advances from batter to runner and touches first, second, third and home bases in that order. The order of the bases is in a counter-clockwise direction around the square from home to first, etc.

2. A ____________is an offensive player who takes his position in the batter's box and attempts to hit a ball thrown to him by the pitcher.

3. ______________is the fielder designated to deliver the pitch to the batter. The pitcher pitches the ball to the batter and the batter attempts to hit the pitch and become a runner. The defense attempts to catch the ball after it is hit and put the batter and/or runners out.

4. A ________________is a ball delivered to the batter by the pitcher.

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5. Regulation game consists of nine __________unless extended because of a tie score, or shortened (1) because the home team needs none of its half of

the ninth inning or only a fraction of it.

6. Little league game consist of ________ innings.

7. An INNING is that portion of a game within which the teams alternate on offense and defense and in which there are three __________for each team.

Each team's time at bat is a________ __________.

8. A _______________is a batted ball that rolls or bounces close to the ground.

9. An __________is a fielder who occupies a position in the infield.

10. An _________is a fielder who occupies a position in the outfield, which is the area of the playing field most distant from home base.

11. What are the positions colored in red on the next slide?

Baseball Equipment

• 13. Name one famous major league baseball player past or present.

• 14. Name one Negro league famous baseball player.

• 15. Who is the all time leading home run hitter in baseball?

• 16. Who was the first player of color in baseball?

Nicknames

• 17. Match the nicknames with the player.

George Herman Ruth___ a. Say hay kid

Willie Mays___ b. Yankee clipper

Joe DiMaggio___ c. Babe

Hank Aaron___ d. Asthma

Satchel Paige___ e. The Hammer

Calculating Averages

FUNBRAIN Math Baseball

Mighty Casey

• Casey at the Bat

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Baseball Games