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Finnish Baseball Association called in Finnish
Suomen Pesäpalloliitto
Founded 1932
Game starts 1922
- first 10 years in Finland’s Football Association
- Father of the game is Lauri “Tahko“ Pihkala, who
developed game after he saw children playing baseball
in Boston year 1907.

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Finnish Baseball Association called in Finnish
Suomen Pesäpalloliitto
- players to complete 15200
- enthusiasts about 35000
- Clubs 300
- Teams 1000
- Womes’s serie spectators 670 / game
-- most popular in Finland

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Home page:
www.pesis.fi
In english:
http://www.pesis.fi/pesapalloliitto/international_site/
http://www.pesis.fi/pesapalloliitto/international_site/vocabulary/

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The game idea
- Two teams with 12 players
- Both teams have four offensive half and four defensive half in period
- The team that scores the most runs win the period
- In one game is two periods (one point / period), if a team wins both
periods it gets three points
- If both teams win a period, winner will be resolved with Super inning

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Field
- 3 field base and home base
- length 96 meters and width 42 meters
- backline (foul hit, if the ball cross the border

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Differences to American Baseball
- pitcher throw ball up
- we have backline (foul hit, in baseball
homerun)
- bases are in different places

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Our goals
- Everyone shall have the opportunity to play Finnish Baseball
- associations, schools, universities
- Enthusiasts 45 000 (children 20 000)
- Club activities competent and high-quality

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Activities of Finnish Baseball Association
- Competition system consists of five steps (man and woman)
- Young people, there are seven age groups
- 1000 teams
- Young people have four nationwide camps
- 5200 players
- We have 2 900 referees on education system
- Coaching education system (four steps)
- 20 000 condition player have own serie
- Associations has own education system