1. BASEBALL

2. INDEX
 1.History
 2.What is it? What is the goal in the baseball? What
are the rules?
 3. Baseball stars
 4.Equipment of baseball.
 5. Fields (diamonds) most important baseball.
 6. Competition.

3. 1- HISTORY
 It is a team sport played between two team of nine player each.
 It is considerated one of the most popular sports in United States, Japan,
Canada,South Korea, Taiwan, Cuba,Australia and Mexico.
 In ancient cultures, Persia,Egyptian and Greek were practiced games with
 a stick and a ball.
 Games of this style spread during the Middle Ages in Europe and similar
games were introduced by Europeans in their American colonies around
XVI century.

4.  The people think that baseball is a derivation of ``stool ball´´ practiced in
the Middle Ages and in turn ``stool ball´´ comes from rituals games
practiced in the ancient world.
 The first reference to the term ``baseball´´ ocurrs in 1744, less tan a
hundred years before the invention of Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown,
New York

5. 2.WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS THE GOAL IN BASEBALL?
WHAT ARE THE RULES?
 Competitive sport.
 Two teams (9 players each)
 It’s played in a big field( infield, outfield, fair, foul)
 The goal: achieve more runs than the other team.
 A match is divided in 9 inning(in an inning the two teams
have to play like the
defense and batting
team.

6.  The defense team, their position is the following:
 The batting team bat the ball,
thrown by the pitcher, and run to
arrive to the bases.
 When the defense team
eliminate 3 players become to be
the batting team( vice versa)
 A batter is eliminated by:
1.Three strike-out
2. A defense picks up the ball before the
batter arrive to the base.
3. A defense picks up the ball, before the ball falls to the land.

7. 3- BASEBALL STARS
 JOE DIMAGGIO
He was born in 1914, California. Joe was an American
baseball player in the major leagues and played all his life
in New York Yankees .
In 1941, Babe made the feat of getting 56 consecutives games
hitting one hits that began in May and ended in July. This brand is the biggest
feat in baseball history.
He was a ``outfielder`` endowed with a great throwing arm and was a student of
the movements of the pitcher, the batter and the score but in 1942, he had a injury in
one of their heels and returned after 65 encounters.

8.  Despite his injury he won three titles, was named the most valuable player and
he struck out 369 times in his career, also he attended 11 games of the star, and
was champion of the major leagues with Yankees team, finally he died in 1999.

9. FRANK ROBINSON
He was born in 1935, Washington.Frank played in the major league and
was elected member to the Hall of Fame baseball.
Robinson has a very successful career with five team: The Cincinnati Reds,
The Baltimore Orioles, The Angels Dodgers, The California Angels and
The Cleveland Indians.
He twice won the World Series, also he was
selected as most valuable player in history.
In 1966, his batting did the best of the season in the
American League.
He ended his career having participated in 2809 games also
Robbinson was the first African American manager, in
The Major leagues.

10.  A strike happens when the batter, doesn’t hit the ball or the
ball falls in foul area.
 When a batter hit the ball, and the ball leaves the field and
the batter makes a run, that is called home run.
 In a match never there is a draw.

11. 4. EQUIPMENT OF BASEBALL
 The equipment: bat, ball, glove, catcher’s mitt, batting
helmet, baseball cap, catcher's helmet, baseball
cleats(shoes), athletic cup and uniform.

12. 5- FIELDS (DIAMONS) MOST IMPORTANT BASEBALL.
YANKEE STADIUM AT&T PARK
WRIGLEY FIELD

13. CHASE FIELD FENWAY PARK
COMERICA PARK

14. 6.COMPETITIONS
 Mayor league baseball
Is the league of professional baseball of highest level.
The 2 more important are the National league and the
American league.
National: New york, L.A American: Detroit, New
York

15. Work realized by:
Rocío Galea y Lola Zambrano.
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