Baseball: Who Does What?

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KNOWING THE GAME Baseball is a game that changes with every pitch A ball here or a strike there can change the game in an endless variety of ways What should a player in the field do when a ball is hit to the outfield with runners on base What should the runner on base do With so many possibilities how does a player know what to do on each play They have lots of practice how to play the game when they were kids and worked hard to become great players But it’s never too late to learn how to play baseball Ballplayers know their positions because they learned 4 BASEBALL ORIGINS No one knows exactly how baseball was invented It’s believed baseball’s rules came from two English sports cricket and rounders But the rules and number of players on the field changed many times over the years Eventually they settled on nine innings or periods and nine players for each team