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Children playing baseball.

Baseball game

Children playing baseball.

The batter and catcher playing baseball.

Baseball game

The batter and catcher playing baseball.

"Base Ball is a field game played principally in the United States. It originated in the English school-boy game of "rounders;" but it has been so improved and so generally played as to merit its name of "the National game of America." The plaing of baseball has become largely a business or a "profession," and skilled players receive large salaries. As an amateur game, however, it is also most popular."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Baseball Diamond

"Base Ball is a field game played principally in the United States. It originated in the English school-boy…

A boy playing baseball

Baseball

A boy playing baseball

Men looking at a baseball bat

Bat

Men looking at a baseball bat

Chadwick was a sportswriter about baseball and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Henry Chadwick

Chadwick was a sportswriter about baseball and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Spaulding was a baseball enthusiast from Chicago and invented many safety precautions for baseball players.

Al Spaulding

Spaulding was a baseball enthusiast from Chicago and invented many safety precautions for baseball players.

A heavy club, used in playing ball.

Bat

A heavy club, used in playing ball.

Any round body, or one nearly so.

Ball

Any round body, or one nearly so.

Man pitching a baseball.

Pitcher

Man pitching a baseball.

A boy playing baseball.

Boy playing baseball

A boy playing baseball.

A game of baseball seen from the left side of home plate.

Baseball

A game of baseball seen from the left side of home plate.

A game of baseball seen from the right of home plate. It shows the batter and the catcher.

Batter

A game of baseball seen from the right of home plate. It shows the batter and the catcher.

A view of the catcher in a game of baseball.

Catcher

A view of the catcher in a game of baseball.

A man trying to touch the base before the baseman catches the pass.

Base

A man trying to touch the base before the baseman catches the pass.

A man trying to catch a ground ball.

Fielder

A man trying to catch a ground ball.

An outfielder trying to catch a pop fly.

Outfielder

An outfielder trying to catch a pop fly.

A player attempting to slide in to base.

Sliding

A player attempting to slide in to base.

A boy catching a baseball.

Boy Catching

A boy catching a baseball.

A pitcher having had just thrown the baseball.

Baseball Pitcher

A pitcher having had just thrown the baseball.

A baseball player ready at bat.

Baseball Player

A baseball player ready at bat.

A billiard cue, a baseball bat, a tennis racket, all the instruments used in golf, are hammers.

A Hammer for Play

A billiard cue, a baseball bat, a tennis racket, all the instruments used in golf, are hammers.

The Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula, is a small icterid blackbird which is on average 18 cm long and weighs 34 g. This bird received its name from the fact that the male's colors resemble those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore. The Baltimore Orioles, a Major League Baseball team in Baltimore, Maryland, were named after this bird. It is also the state bird of Maryland.

Baltimore Oriole

The Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula, is a small icterid blackbird which is on average 18 cm long and…

A boy on his way to the baseball field. Younger boys wave to him as he walks along.

Baseball Uniform

A boy on his way to the baseball field. Younger boys wave to him as he walks along.

An umpire flips a coin and calls out, "heads or tails!" as the children look on.

Baseball, Heads or Tails

An umpire flips a coin and calls out, "heads or tails!" as the children look on.

Score 9 to 9 &mdash; last inning. The <u>heaviest</u> batter up.

Baseball in Jungleville 1

Score 9 to 9 — last inning. The heaviest batter up.

A "skyscraper" throw to first. &mdash; "He's good for second!"

Baseball in Jungleville 2

A "skyscraper" throw to first. — "He's good for second!"

Rounding Third. "Good boy Elly! <u>Now</u> check your trunk for home!"

Baseball in Jungleville 3

Rounding Third. "Good boy Elly! Now check your trunk for home!"

Won by a nose! Score 10 to 9

Baseball in Jungleville 4

Won by a nose! Score 10 to 9

An illustration of a boy in a baseball uniform holding a bat and glove.

Boy in Baseball Uniform

An illustration of a boy in a baseball uniform holding a bat and glove.

This is an illustration of a baseball game. Baseball is played on a large field that has four bases laid out in a square, positioned like a diamond, whose outlines mark the course a runner must take to score. Teams alternate positions as batters and fielders, exchanging places when three members of the batting team are put out. Batters try to hit a pitched ball out of reach of the fielding team and complete a circuit around the bases in order to score a run.

Baseball Game Illustration

This is an illustration of a baseball game. Baseball is played on a large field that has four bases…

A baseball glove or mitt is a large leather glove that baseball players on the defending team are allowed to wear to assist them in catching and fielding balls hit by a batter, or thrown by a teammate.

Catchers Mitt

A baseball glove or mitt is a large leather glove that baseball players on the defending team are allowed…

sports.the protective equipment, usually made of steel or plastic, that guards the face, as the steel cage worn by a baseball catcher or the molded plastic covering worn by a hockey goalkeeper.

Elastic Facemask

sports.the protective equipment, usually made of steel or plastic, that guards the face, as the steel…