Baseball appeared in the USA at the beginning of the 19 century. The first official match was held in 1820 in New York.
The name of the game consists of two English words meaning "base" and "ball"
According to the rules, it is played by 2 teams, 9 athletes each. They alternately become defenders and attackers.The main players are:
Pitcher.
An athlete throwing a ball.
Batter
He needs to hit the ball and run around all the bases.
Catcher.
Catches the pitcher's balls. His task is to help the pitcher take the batter out of the game.
At the moment, baseball is played in more than 120 countries around the world. Baseball is most popular in the USA, Cuba, Japan, China and Korea.