1. American Cultural
Conversations :
Baseball 101

2. Baseball 101
• History
• How the Game is Played
• Baseball today

7. “Never let the fear of
striking out get in your
way.”

8. “Today I consider myself the luckiest
man on the face of this earth.”

13. LEAGUES

15. How the Game is Played

19. • At Bats (AB): The official number of times the player
has taken the plate as a batter, not counting walks or
sacrifices.
• Runs (R): The number of times a batter has crossed
home plate.
• Home Runs (HR): The number of hits that resulted in
a home run.
• Strikeouts (SO): The number of times a batter has
swung and missed on three pitches.

20. Baseball Today

26. •Bottom of the 9th
•Swinging for the Fences
•On Deck
•Hit it out of the park
•Bases – Going all the way