Intro to Baseball A baseball explainer for those trying to get into the sport Baseball Basics

this is baseball basics intro to baseball baseball is game that's been around for more than 150 years but how does it work at fundamental level this video will explain the basics of baseball field and baseball game first let's take look at the field there's an infield shaped like diamond with four bases first base second base third base and Home Plate and then there's an outfield which spreads out towards wall or fence Fair territory inside these white lines is where most of the game action takes place outside the lines is called foul territory and is out of Play baseball game is played between two teams home team and an away away team the home team traditionally wears white while the away team traditionally wears gray the home team allows the away team to play offense first and hit which means the home team starts every game on defense in the field one team of nine players is on defense in the field there's the Outfield defense which includes left fielder center field Fielder and right fielder and then there's the infield defense which includes the pitcher on the pitcher's mound catcher behind home plate first baseman located near first base second baseman located near second base short stop in between second base and third base and third Basement close to Third Base the other team of nine players is on offense the offense goes up one at time to home plate as batters the Batters try to get on base mostly by hitting the balls thrown by the pitcher the batter's goal is to get all the way around the diamond they must go from first base to second base to third base and back to home plate to score run the defense tries to stop the offense from getting on base by getting outs in various ways after getting three outs it's the defense's turn to hit and the offense switches to the field to play defense this back and forth goes on for nine innings which are are split into half Innings every time team switches to offense or defense it marks new half inning for example the away team is always on offense in the top half of the first inning while the home team is always on defense in the bottom half of the first inning that switches the home team moves to offense while the away team moves to defense this continues throughout the game for all nine innings the team that has scored more runs at the end of nine innings wins the game and that was baseball basics intro to baseball