America's Favorite Pastime

Baseball is America’s pastime. Baseball is a sport that is played with a bat, glove, and a baseball. The sport is popular worldwide. Countries around the world have developed their own leagues and have created teams in the leagues to play against each other. The age group for baseball players range from the ages of 5 to about 65. Some leagues are created with age restrictions on them so that play levels can be fair. For example, 5 years olds playing together would be more fair than an 18 year old player playing against the 5 year old. The 18 year old would have a better skill set than the 5 year old so the play would be unfair. The most popular baseball league in the is the Major League Baseball (MLB). The MLB is where the best baseball players in the world play. However, there can be only so many players that can play in the majors, so there are also different leagues where players can play. Baseball is a popular sport because of how entertaining it is to play and to watch. The group of people that play baseball have certain attire, behavior, and values that distinguish themselves from others.

The three players in the outfield are for catching balls that make it pass the infield and chasing down ground balls. Other key players are the pitcher and the catcher. The pitchers job is to pitch the ball to the other team’s batter, and the catcher will be squatting just behind the batter at home plate to catch the ball if the batter doesn't hit it. The other team will be on offence with a batter.

Baseball also consists of many pieces of equipment. Baseball equipment includes the following: a hard ball which has a cork center and has a circumference of 9 in., a bat made out of wood or

According to a passage in the 19th Century Baseball website, author Eric Miklich writes that America’s pastime may have originated in Canada. Miklich tells the story of Dr. Adam E. Ford who wrote a letter about a game which had been played in 1838 which was described to have several key differences than baseball. Many people believe that baseball evolved from games played in England- mainly cricket and rounders. Others believe the German game of town ball is where it all started. October 6, 1845 was the first baseball game on record. One of the teams playing that day were the New York Knickerbockers. The Knickerbockers, led by “The Father of Baseball” Alexander Cartwright, are known today as the first official baseball team. Cartwright published the original rules of baseball (Miklich). Throughout the years, baseball has seen it’s fair share of great players and managers while evolving into the sport we know and love today, but not without controversy.

Every father loves getting to share his child’s first experience with baseball and playing catch with him for their first time. The history behind the game has such a humbling expression towards the game of baseball, which was first known as “rounder” earlier in the 1840’s in England until it was brought over in the US. In 1871 the Major League was born and by the 20th century most large cities in the US had professional baseball teams. The teams where divided into two leagues, American and National. During the season those teams would only play the teams in their leagues. Teams that succeeded the best during their season win what are called the “pennant” and those teams would meet in what is still to this day called the “World Series”. Baseball became of age in the early 1920’s; When Babe Ruth became a phenomenon at the game of baseball. Many wanted to fallow his footstep and become a great hero; such as the great Jackie Robinson did who was the first African American to play major league baseball. Prior to

Going…going…gone! As one of America’s greatest pastimes, baseball brings fans from around the world to support their players in competitive games against opposing teams. Known as the “Great American Game,” baseball has transformed history and influenced American culture for many years. Famous professional players, including Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Pete Rose, and countless others have impacted America in matters beyond the baseball field. Robinson, for example, shattered the racial barrier when he became the first African American to play on a professional sports team. Baseball is more than just a game, and it is a lifestyle that has defined my path after high school and molded my character.

Baseball, a game played between two teams of nine on a field with a diamond-shaped series of four bases. A prestige and unique game that is played all over the world but most beloved in the United States, hence, why people refer to it as the national pastime due to its tradition and popularity. Baseball consists of many complex rules and an extended history. In order for one to fall in love with the game such as America has, one must understand the rules and history of baseball.

To start off, baseball is a male sport, where two teams play against each other to see who scores more runs at the end of the game. The game consists of nine innings. When a team get three outs at batting or on the field, it is time for the other

Today men and women live equal lives. They have the same opportunities when it comes to jobs, voting, education, and practically any other entitlement that comes to mind. According to the Constitution, equality for women came about in 1920. That was the year women received the right to vote, and in their eyes received the right to be seen as an equal instead of a lesser person. However, to the dismay of many women, that idea was not entirely true. Women were still viewed differently than men by the public. This difference in perception can be seen by focusing on the job opportunities for a woman through the 1920s and up until World War II. Before World War II women were not supposed to work in the factories, instead they were supposed to work at home. During World War II however, many workingmen were drafted into the army, thus creating the necessity for women to step in and work in the factories and other higher-class jobs. Thrusting women into the working class emphatically changed the ideology that men and women were not equal, however, I argue that the greatest change of mind was not created by the women working in the factories, but by the women who were elected to substitute in to keep the game of baseball afloat. The female athletes who played baseball during World War II were brought in as a last resort to save baseball, forced to fulfill stereotypes, and taught how to act, but were still persevered through all of those strikes

Baseball is a common sport that is played as a team. The goal is to win by having more runs scored than the opposed team. There are nine positions on the field and each has a different job to do. The catcher is a very important position and played by the top skilled people in the MLB. One of the best catchers of all time, Gary Carter, was a greatly skilled man and lived to the fullest he could be in his career of baseball.

The article “America’s Pastime” by Robert S. Fay and Tom Pfannoch, teaches readers about the history of baseball. The first unofficial baseball games were played in the early 1800’s, these games otherwise known as “town ball”. One of the earliest organizations to influence modernized baseball was the knickerbockers, the knickerbockers put together a set of rules and gave the game structure which helped standardize how the game is played today. Soon after, the game spread throughout the country and gained popularity among players and spectators as well, which led to the professional sport of baseball. Following the professionalization of the sport many leagues were formed, the present day MLB (Major League Baseball) has been considered America’s

Lets take a look into why I believe that baseball has not only followed in the footsteps our “Great Country”, but is still “America’s Pastime.” Ask yourself, “is baseball our country’s sport, has it not evolved with our great nation?” The answer is yes, for many reasons. Lets take a look back in history, “President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared, ‘that all persons held as slaves’ within the rebellious states ‘are, and henceforward shall be free.’ Despite this expansive wording, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched

If a ball is hit on a line drive outfielder has to be ready and that were the mind and body come into play. You have to think how I am going to catch it, because the ball is going to come off the bat fast. I would show the kids to have your feet in ready position. You have to have your glove ready and you have to react has soon as the ball is hit. Catching fly balls are to me the hardest position to play in and I have to have my players ready in case that happens.

Baseball is a fun sport. Out of all sports it is my favorite. Even though baseball is fun, there are a lot of rules a player must follow, but below is a few of the basic.

Baseball has been an important aspect of my life. Ever since childhood, I’ve played the great game that I’ve come to love and hate. Though I have risen and fallen in my abilities, I still find a way to play the game. When I was a child, I started my experiences of baseball by playing catch with my father in the front yard of my house. We threw and we caught and we smacked our gloves the repeat the process once again. Playing catch gave us a way to relax, a way to talk, and a way to connect. When we threw to each other, it gave me a chance to train in my abilities and it gave my father a way to relive his own childhood. Yet, as time went on and my interests changed, playing catch became a thing in the past.