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The Order of Play For The Game Of: Baseball
The Order of Play For The Game Of: Baseball
BASEBALL
BEGINNERS EDITION
PLAY
BALL!
Batter steps
up to plate
Pitcher
throws
Y
Does
batter
swing?
Bat hits
ball?
N
Strike
zone?
Fair ball?
Y
Strike
<2?
Fly ball?
Y
Batter
becomes
runner
Strike
+1
Ball
+1
Strike
= 3?
Ball
= 4?
Caught by
fielder?
Runners
go to +1
base
Out
+1
Fielders try
to get ball to
someone
near runner
Batter goes
to dugout
Fielders
get ball near
runner? Y
N
Out
= 3?
base = 4
(home)?
Runner
already on
N (x) base? Y
Top of
inning?
Y
Bottom of
inning
Runner on
base +1
Score +1 for
running
team
Runner
goes to
+1 base
Fielder
tags runner
out? Y
N
Base = 4
(home)?
Runner
goes to
dugout
Teams
switch
sides
Inning
>=9?
N
Top of
inning
+1
Score
tied?
GAME
OVER!
Doug Stuart - INF385T SP09
Positions
Center
field
Fielders
e
in
Catcher
1st base
2nd base
3rd base
2nd
base
in
Pitcher
Left field
Center field
Right field
Right
field
l
ul
Fo
Basemen
1st
2nd
3rd
Shortstop
Left
field
Fo
ul
l
Left
Center
Right
STANDS ON/NEAR
Outfielders
Mound
Home plate
Batters/Runners
The
game
3rd
of baseball
base
is divided
temporally into
nine INNINGS.
Each inning has a top
and a bottom. The home
team always fields during
the top part of each inning,
and bats during the bottom part.
The
game
1st
of baseball
base
is an outdoor
sport, generally
played in the spring
and summer months.
Single games can last up
to four hours, with as many
as three games played in a row,
(commonly called a triple-header.)
Mound
Home
plate
THE WIND-UP...
BASEBALL
PLAY BALL!
The game is overseen by an umpire, who starts the game by calling out
Pitcher
out
throws
toward
whenever a
batter hits a
who
crouches
behind
stands
at
and
tries to
hit a
home
plate
to get
fair
ball
which
makes
him a
by tagging
the
all
b
l
Fou
ba
ll
Runner
while he isnt
on any
who then
runs
around the
not
bases
strikes
Fa
fair
ball
Catcher
Batter
Fo
ul
Fair
ball
all
ir b
balls
and certainly before
he reaches
home
plate
bases
to
get
to
home
plate
to
score
a
run
Penalties
4 balls = 1 walk
(batter gets to go to 1st base)
3 strikes = 1 out
(batter goes back to the dugout)
...THE PITCH!
Fielders