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    Baseball has been played in America for almost 200 years and is one of the country's most popular sports. A game is played between two teams who alternate batting and fielding. The offensive team tries to score runs by hitting the ball and running around four bases to make it home, while the defensive team tries to get three outs by catching balls in play or tagging runners. Games consist of nine innings with the goal of scoring more runs than the opposing team.

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    Baseball has been played in America for almost 200 years and is one of the country's most popular sports. A game is played between two teams who alternate batting and fielding. The offensive team tries to score runs by hitting the ball and running around four bases to make it home, while the defensive team tries to get three outs by catching balls in play or tagging runners. Games consist of nine innings with the goal of scoring more runs than the opposing team.

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    A Game of Baseball
    by Katie Clark

    Baseball has been played in America


    Baseball
    for almost 200 years. No one knows exactly
    how the game got started, but today it is one
    of the most popular sports in the country.

    Each baseball game is played between


    two teams. The teams take turns at bat and
    playing the outfield. When a team is at bat,
    players try to hit the ball and run to base. Once on base, they try to score a run, or a
    point, by making it to home plate.

    If a player on base gets tagged, they are considered out. If a player hits the ball
    and the other team catches it, the batter is considered out. When a team gets three
    outs it is time for the teams to switch places.

    The team in the outfield works together to pitch, catch the ball, and tag runners
    out. They want to keep the opposite team from scoring runs or making points.

    These rounds are called innings. There are nine innings in a game.

    The game of baseball is played with a bat and a ball. There are also gloves, bases,
    and a pitcher’s mound.

    The team in the outfield puts nine players on the field. This includes a pitcher
    who stands on the pitcher’s mound. It also includes a catcher who stands behind home
    plate. The other players are at the bases or in the outfield.

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    Baseball is played on a baseball diamond. This is the shape of the field. If a batter
    hits the ball outside the lines of the baseball diamond, the ball is called a foul ball. The
    batter must try again. If the batter swings at the ball and misses, it is called a strike.
    When the batter gets three strikes the player is considered out.

    If the batter hits the ball and it stays inside the bounds, the player can run to first
    base. If the ball hasn’t been recovered by the other team when the batter gets to first
    base, the batter can try to make it to second base. The batter tries to make it to first,
    second, and third base before running all the way to home base.

    When a batter hits the ball all the way past the outfield it is called a home run. The
    player gets to run to all the bases without fear of being called out. It is an automatic
    point for the team.

    Baseball is considered an American sport because that is where it was first


    invented. It’s a fun sport to play, and it’s also a great sport to watch!

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    A Game of Baseball
    1) How is a point scored in baseball?

    2) Which of the following is not true of baseball?

    a) Baseball was invented in America.

    b) If the batter swings at the ball and misses it once, he gets out.

    c) There can be as many as nine innings in a game.

    d) A home run is when a batter hits the ball past the outfield.

    3) Define the following baseball terms from the passage.

    Home run -

    Pitcher’s mound -

    Strike -

    4) Complete the paragraph.

    in America more than two centuries ago, baseball is one of the most

    played sport today. To score a , it is a must that the

    batsman runs to bases and makes it to .

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    A Game of Baseball
    1) How is a point scored in baseball?

    A point is scored, when the batter hits the ball, runs to the three bases,

    and from there makes it to the home plate.

    2) Which of the following is not true of baseball?

    a) Baseball was invented in America.

    b) If the batter swings at the ball and misses it once, he gets out.

    c) There can be as many as nine innings in a game.

    d) A home run is when a batter hits the ball past the outfield.

    3) Define the following baseball terms from the passage.

    Home run - When a batter hits the ball all the way past the outfield,
    it is called a home run.

    Pitcher’s mound - The place where the pitcher stands when throwing
    the pitch.

    Strike - If the batter swings at the ball and misses it, it is called
    a strike.

    4) Complete the paragraph.

    Originated in America more than two centuries ago, baseball is one of the most

    widely played sport today. To score a point , it is a must that the

    batsman runs to bases and makes it to home plate .

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