The document provides information about the history and rules of baseball. It details that the first recorded baseball game took place in 1846. It defines key terms like a run being scored by a batter touching each base in order, a batter being the offensive player at bat, and a pitcher being the fielder who throws the ball. It also notes that a regulation game consists of 9 innings and covers other baseball fundamentals, skills, equipment, famous players, and quizzes on the topics.

2. The first recorded baseball
contest took place in 1846.

4. Baseball Knowledge
•Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport
played between two teams of nine
players each
•Baseball is a game between two
teams of nine players each,
played on an enclosed field

5. 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

6. 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

7. PITCHER is the
fielder
designated to
deliver the pitch
to the batter. PITCH is a ball
delivered to the
batter by the
pitcher.

8. Regulation game consists of 9 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.
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.

9. •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

11. Baseball fundamental SKILLS
Throwing Fielding
Batting
Hitting Base b running

12. Baseball Equipment

13. Famous Baseball Players in
History
 Babe Ruth
 Jackie Robinson
 Hank Aaron
 Willie Mays
 Joe DiMaggio

14.  Est. 1914 home of the
Chicago Cubs

15. Est. September 1911 home of the Boston Red Sox

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

17. Est. May 12, 1966

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

19. 5. Regulation game consists of how many innings?
6. Little league game consist of ________ innings.
7. What do you call the team at bat ?
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.

21. Baseball Equipment

22. Answers
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. __PITCHER__is the fielder designated to deliver the pitch to the batter.
4. A __PICTHis a ball delivered to the batter by the pitcher.

23. 5. Regulation game consists of how many innings? 9
6. Little league game consist of 6 innings.
7. What do you call the team at bat ? OFFENSIVE
8. A GROUND BALL_is a batted ball that rolls or
bounces close to the ground.
9. An ___INFIELDER______is a fielder who occupies a
position in the infield.
10. 10. An _OUTFIELDER_s a fielder who occupies a
position in the outfield, which is the area of the playing
field most distant from home base.