Baseball

Jorge B.

Per.6

06/03/2011

Baseball

In 1850 baseball started to grow in North America; especially in New York. It wasn’t until 1876 the National League was found. Later, the American league was found which agreed with the National League to formalized relation between them and the National Association of Professional Baseball league. Each league has three divisions, East, west, and central. Every year the major league champion is determined by playoff. 

Baseball is the leader sport in Cuba and Japan, and they have similar leagues that are split between two leagues, Japan’s Central and Pacific league and Cuba’s East and West league. In Japan Central and Pacific league the pitcher is required to bat. In American, Pacific, and both league in Cuba there are ten players, because one is designated to bat for the pitcher. In all league each team has an extra team so the new player can develop the skill and if they are doing good they can be transferred to the main team.

Baseball is a sport that is played with nine players and each team has from 25 to 30 players. In each team there are doctors, coaches, managers, and trainers. The stadium is very big. It has the shape of a diamond and has four bases. The player needs to run through all four bases to score runs, a player can stop in any of the bases and later advance when a teammate hit again. The team switch between batting and fielding if one team gets three outs. Baseball is base in inning; a professional game has nine innings. There are many ways that the fielding team can get out, one is that the batter swing three times without hitting that ball, another is to catch the ball without it touching the floor before catching it.

Every sport has equipment that protects the player if he gets hurt during the game. The most protected player in a baseball game catcher because a ball that the maximum speed is 90 mph could hit him. The catcher use a helmet that protect his face and his head, he uses a chest and leg protection, he uses a special glove to be able to catch without being hurt. The guy that is batting uses a helmet to protect his head and elbow protection as well. The rest of the player use uniform, normal gloves, and glasses; mostly the outfield player is the one who use glasses to be able to catch the ball avoid the sunlight.

Baseball is a sport that has a lot of fans, the global baseball institution celebrates a classic every four-years to see who is the best country at this sport. The top countries that join the classic every four-year are United State, Cuba, Japan, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, and Canada.