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Baseball is a game played between two teams consisting of nine players each. The object of the game is to score more runs (or points) than your opponent. The game is played with a small, leather ball and wooden bats. All the players in the "field" wear leather gloves. The field is actually a diamond consisting of grass and dirt with four "bases." A pitcher from one team throws the ball and a batter from the opposing team attempts to hit it. There are nine innings in a regulation game. An inning consists of each team getting a chance to hit the ball and score runs before making three "outs." Baseball is played throughout the world. In the United States, professional baseball, called the major...
Baseball is a game played between two teams consisting of nine players each. The object of the game is to score more runs (or points) than your opponent. The game is played with a small, leather ball and wooden bats. All the players in the "field" wear leather gloves. The field is actually a diamond consisting of grass and dirt with four "bases." A pitcher from one team throws the ball and a batter from the opposing team attempts to hit it. There are nine innings in a regulation game. An inning consists of each team getting a chance to hit the ball and score runs before making three "outs." Baseball is played throughout the world. In the United States, professional baseball, called the major leagues, is played in large stadiums. There are two leagues--American and National. A major-league season runs from April to October, with each team playing 162 games. It concludes with the World Series, where the best team from the National League plays the best team from the American League to decide the champion. There are references to baseball from the 1700s, but the game was not played in the United States until the late 1800s. The first pro team was formed in 1869. The National League was founded in 1876 and the American League in 1901. The first World Series was played in 1903. Baseball is played by people of all ages at numerous levels, including Little League, Babe Ruth League, High School, College and Minor League.
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Acosta lifts Guards to semifinals
GROSS PARK — It was relatively easy for the Bellarmine-Jefferson High softball team to score runs in bunches in its opening two games of the CIF Southern Section Division VII playoffs. In fact, the Guards crossed the plate 34 times and held their...
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Early woes sink Burroughs
TORRANCE — It was a disastrous showing in the early going by the Burroughs High softball team in its CIF Southern Section Division III game Tuesday against South Torrance that proved to be its undoing. Throughout the season, the Indians relied on...Tags: College Sports, Flu, Sports
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Bell-Jeff rolls on in playoffs, 16-0
INGLEWOOD — Until the offensive thunder finally broke in the later innings, the Bellarmine-Jefferson High softball team was getting by just fine on the lightning bolts flung by the arm of Mel Acosta. Backed by a one-run lead before she took the...Tags: Sports
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Burbank heads to quarters
MCCAMBRIDGE PARK — In five years at the helm, Burbank High softball Coach Nicole Drabecki has not seen a Bulldogs team advance further into the postseason than this year's installment. So when Caitlyn Brooks delivered her final strikeout of the...
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Rout is on for Guards
GROSS PARK — Revenge is on the mind of the Bellarmine-Jefferson High softball players this postseason after the Guards came up short in their attempt to win a CIF Southern Section Division VII title last year. That was bad news for the California...Tags: Sports, Manny Acosta
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Indians fend off Hawks
OLIVE PARK — Throughout most of the first five innings, the Burroughs High and Knight softball teams couldn't capitalize on their numerous scoring opportunities. In the sixth inning, things changed in a hurry as Burroughs seized its final chance....
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Brooks, Bulldogs bite down
THOUSAND OAKS — The Burbank High softball team isn't very representative of a typical No. 3 league squad in the CIF Southern Section playoffs. The Bulldogs were in the hunt for the Pacific League championship until the final regular-season game and...Tags: Tri-Valley Corporation, Concerts, Music, Sports, Entertainment
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Early surge leads Burbank
MCCAMBRIDGE PARK — A tweak in the lineup did the Burbank High softball team plenty of good Tuesday afternoon. On the eve of her team's CIF Southern Section Division III wild-card home contest against Arroyo Grande, Burbank Coach Nicole Drabecki...
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Indians stopped late
A season ago, the Burroughs High baseball team found itself involved in an underage drinking scandal leading to its season being cut short. That forced the Indians to primarily rebuild their program, which included bringing in a new coach. Under the...Tags: College Sports, Sports
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Dogs sunk in sixth
Clinging to a tie late in the game on the road, the Burbank High baseball team was hoping to stay close until its offense came up with a spark. But in the Bulldogs' CIF Southern Section Division II wild-card game Tuesday afternoon, it was opponent...Tags: College Baseball, Sports
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Pioneers lose opener
BOYS' VOLLEYBALL Ontario Christian d. Providence, 29-31, 25-15, 25-15, 25-11: The Pioneers couldn't get past the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division V playoffs, falling in the match Tuesday on the road. The Knights (17-4) won the Ambassador...Tags: Sports
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Burroughs takes control of league title
MCCAMBRIDGE PARK — Michelle Santiago knew when she felt the impact on her bat and watched the ball loft toward right field that she had done her job. Just a freshman, Santiago stepped into a pressure situation Thursday with one out in the rival...
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