Andre Cathcart
Mrs. Kenney
C Block History
4 May 2017
Research Paper

Sports is one of the world's main entertainments. The fact that baseball has changed very much to become what it is today,just for the players and the fans. During tough times at war or any tough time at all baseball has been there for its country. There for Baseball is Considered to be America's favorite pastime because it is a homegrown sport that has continued to provide entertainment during difficult times. Baseball has been changed many times over the years, mostly for safety, but some for core rules and structure of the game. For instance “helmets were added into the game of baseball around all leagues for safety in 1956.” (McCloud, 22) Baseball today is a sport …show more content…
The innings are divided into two sections the top and the bottom. During each section, the teams take turns at batting. In order to end the other team's turn at bat, the other team must get three of the opposing team's batters or runners out. To get a player out the team must tag the person out, throw the ball to the base before the runner gets there, or catch a fly ball. The team with the most players scoring at the end of nine innings wins. A play starts when the pitcher "standing 60ft 6in away" (Encarta, 3) throws the ball across the plate where the batter on the opposing team stands. In order to get on base, the batter tries to hit the ball into the field. Another way the batter can get on base is being thrown four unhittable balls located outside the strike zone are called balls. The strike zone is from the knees of the batter to the letters across the front of his uniform. If the ball is thrown across this area is considered a strike and the batter receives three strikes before they are done with their turn at bat. Players score runs by hitting the ball and running around four bases before a player in the field can put them out. Batters and runners can be put out in a variety of ways. Baseball is played on a level field, with a playing area that is divided into the infield and the outfield. Together, these two areas make up fair territory. The rest of the field is called foul territory. The infield is a …show more content…
The Civil War was a hard time for America, but baseball made it all worthwhile baseball made everyone come together as one or should I say two because of course, you would only cheer for your team. It may get Rowdy in the stands for who made when who's going to lose who's the better team but it still made them all happy. When days like “July 4th during the Civil War there were no weapons allowed just Bat, balls, candy fireworks, children laughing everyone having fun with a game of baseball.” (Gerard 1) baseball was one thing during the 1900’s make people happy people come together, stay strong and have hope. America’s pastime started out as an amateur sport with an unorganized set of rules. It has become more and more complex as time went on. By the time the first league, which was the National league, was started in 1876, the rules had already started to change. In the first 15 years of baseball, the league brought the rules about ball construction, stats, the size of the batters box and materials used for bases. It was also a time for deciding the ages of the team players. These were the early years of the construction of the rules and games. In the next chapter of baseball, baseball had become populated with stars (such as Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and Babe Ruth) and it grew in popularity. New players that would shatter the previous records would reel in fans. The excitement of viewing those great