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Baseball is a sport played with a bat and ball. It is between two teams, each of which has nine players. The winner of the game is the team that has scored more runs at the end of nine innings. Runs are scored by hitting a thrown ball with the bat and then running to touch as many bases as possible before the ball can be caught and thrown back. The bases are arranged in a 90-foot square called a baseball diamond.
The batting team takes turns facing the pitcher of the opposing team who stands in the middle of the diamond on the pitcher’s mound. The pitcher is backed by the other eight players on his team who are arrayed in such a way as to retrieve the ball quickly after it is hit. Their goal is to stop players from getting on base (or advancing once they have gotten there). [...]
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