Below you will find links to many of the worlds largest Baseball Rules Organizations and Governing Bodies. Click on the links below for more information about the organizations listed.
- Major League Baseball - Rules
- Little League Baseball - Rules
- American Amateur Baseball Congress (AABC)
- Babe Ruth Baseball - Rules
- Continental Amateur Baseball Association (CABA)
- Dixie Boys and Majors Baseball
- National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, Inc.
- Baseball Canada
- European Baseball Confederation
- International Baseball Federation
- Baseball Ireland
- National Amateur Baseball Federation (NABF)
Basic Rules of Baseball
Baseball,
considered as one of the national pastimes
in the US, derives
its
name from the four bases that form a diamond
(the infield) around the pitcher's mound. It
is a ball game played with
a bat and ball, by two teams each composed
of nine players. Baseball rules describe home
plate, where each batter stands when it is
their
turn
at bat;
there is also the first
base, second base, and third base. Each of the teams takes turns in the field
and at the bat, with the home team battling last. An inning is constituted
by one turn at bat for each team, while nine
innings constitute a game.
The rules of baseball call for
the player’s positions to include the pitcher,
the catcher, the first baseman, the second baseman,
the third baseman, the shortstop, the left fielder,
the center fielder, and the right fielder. When
one team is on the field, the other team takes
turns among its members, at batting the ball.
The object of the game is to score runs or keep the other team from scoring runs.
Runs are scored by the batter hitting the ball any place inside the foul lines
and then running to first, second, and third bases, consecutively, and then returning
to home base. Click any of the links above for the major governing bodies and
their baseball rules.
