Baseball Rules and Regulations for a Beginner

If someone is new in Baseball and wants to start playing baseball, it will be a bit difficult for him to memorize the rule. It is not as simple as football or another sport. Baseball rules are a bit complex and complicated, moreover, rules and regulations of baseball are categorized for different ages and leagues. For beginners, the given below rules may help a starter to understand the game.

• Two teams play here, one is called offense and another one is called defense. They alternate each other after first half finishes.
• Each team consists of 9 players.
• The Goal can be scored by making more runs than the opposition, can be achieved through one circuit of four bases, placed on the diamond.
• The equipment required to play baseball are bat, baseball, helmet (Different for batters, first base runner), guards for a pitcher, infielder and outfielder gloves, Special gloves for the defense shin guards, knee cups etc.
• The adjacent part of the field nearest to the four bases are called infield and the grassy parts are called outfields. Generally. The bases are 90 feet apart on the diamond. The size of the field varies.
• Offending Team: This team bat and its nine players stick to an order to bat. If the batter hits the pitched ball in the field, the batter runs and can run as many bases as he can until the ball arrives from the defense team. A batter gets three strikes. Runs are scored when a batter successfully completes the circuit of the diamond. There are three outs in an inning. If a batter hits the ball over the outfield, it's a home run and he can circle the four bases.
• Defense Positions: Instead of pitcher in the middle of the field and the catcher in one end, the infielders stands as a first baseman, second baseman, shortstop (Between second and third Base) and the third baseman. There are three outfielders in three corners.
• In terms of equipment, for catchers the top choice is normally from Under Armour.
• There are nine innings and each team should get three outs in each half of the innings. Each inning is divided into two parts, in one part, offense team bats and defense team fields and in the next part, the teams do the alternatives, one bat and one ball.
• Defense Team:  Defense team can out a batter by: Force out, strike out, fly out, tag out.

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