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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play beginning when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball that a player on the batting team, called the batter, tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs". The objective of the defensive team is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners advancing around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate.

Data Source : Wikipedia

• Entity:  Sport

• Highest governing body:  World Baseball Softball Confederation
• First played:  18Th-Century England (Predecessors), 19Th-Century United States (Modern Version)
• Contact:  Tagging-Only
• Team members:  9 Baseball Players, Pitcher, Catcher, First Baseman, Second Baseman, Third Baseman, Shortstop, Left Fielder, Center Fielder, Right Fielder
• Mixed gender:  Yes, Separate Competitions
• Type:  Team Sport, Bat-And-Ball
• Equipment:  Baseball, Baseball Bat, Baseball Glove, Batting Helmet, Catcher's Gear
• Venue:  Baseball Park, Baseball Field
• Country or region:  Worldwide (Most Prominent In The Americas And East Asia)
• Olympic:  Demonstration Sport: 1912, 1936, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1984 And 1988, Medal Sport: 1992–2008, 2020
• Wikidata description:  American-Originated Sport In Which Teams Compete To Score Runs By Hitting A Thrown Ball And Advancing Around Bases
• Wikidata label:  Baseball
• Wikidata aliases:  Baseball, America's Pastime, ⚾

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