baseball has three main things people need to know, so to help you learn them, here is a table that goes over what those rules are.
Strikes/balls |
Fouls |
Outs |
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| A ball is declared a strike if the batter either swings at it (up until just before passing the middle of your body) | If the ball goes past either of the white lines that stretch from home base past 1st and 3rd base, then it is declared a foul. | as discussed earlier, if an in-fielder has the ball and is on a base that you are going to, you are out | |||||||
| if the ball is in the figurative "strikezone", then it is considered a strik even if you dont swing | if the ball lands inside the white lines, but rolls past, it is considered a foul | If you are tagged by someone who has the ball, in the hand they tag you with, you are out | |||||||
| if you dont swing at the ball, and the ball is outside the strike zone, then it is considered a ball | if the ball is still in the air past the white lines, and the opposing team catches it, it is declared an out despite being past the white lines | If you get 3 strikes, you are out | |||||||
| if you get 4 balls, you get to "walk" a base, meaning you go to 1st base | the ball may bounce off the wall and land inside the lines this is a fair ball | if the ball is caught before it touches the ground, it is an out | |||||||
| if the ball is half way in the strike zone, it is a strike | if the ball bounces off a pole marking the foul line and ends up bouncing into fair play, it is considered a fair ball | after 3 outs, you switch sides | |||||||
the umpire in this situation is making a call on what happened in the play