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Explore The Origins Of Baseball In Depth

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Baseball is an extremely traditional sport. It holds a lot of history that contributes to its growth and influence in America and around the world. The game remains a firm favourite to this day, and its origins provide fascinating insight into why.

Overview

Baseball is played with a wooden bat, a ball, and leather gloves. There are two teams of nine players each on the pitch -or field- with four white bases in a diamond shape – hence the term baseball diamond.

Teams alternate positions as batters or offense and fielders or defense.