Can someone explain me football and baseball???

disneytati

disneytati

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Hi, guys!

I've searched the web, but haven't found anything simple enough for me to understand... As I've never watched a single baseball or american football game, I have in my mind some pieces of images that I just don't understad, like:

- why do baseball players run? what's the objective of the game, hit the ball as far as possible, or is there a certain point the ball should go? how are points counted?

- why do football players knock each other down? they seem to have a goal to throw the ball through, but it all ends when a guy gets at a certain part of the field, even without throwing the ball...:veryconfu

Could you guys help me out?
 
unkadug

unkadug

Follower of "Saget"The Cult
I'm still trying to figure baseball out. It seems they keep changing the rules, and the rules change from one league to another ! :hammer:

Surely someone here can put it in a nutshell for you. :wave:
 
magicfan

magicfan

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Baseball - Let's see if I can explain it easily without too much detail
The goal is to score runs (points). When the pitcher pitches the ball, you try to hit it. If you miss the ball, you get a strike. If you don't swing it's either a ball or a strike. That depends on whether or not the ball was in the strike zone (I believe from the batter's elbows to his knees; the pitch must also be over home plate). If you get 4 balls during your at-bat, you get a walk (free pass to first base). If you get 3 strikes, you're out.
There are 9 innings to a game. Each inning goes on till there are 3 outs. Then you switch from offense to defense (or the other way around). An inning consists of each team batting until they get three outs. The visiting team always bats first.
Back to batting. When you hit the ball, you want it to stay in play (inside the foul lines). If you hit a foul ball (outside the foul lines), you get a strike. If you hit a foul ball with 2 strikes already, you don't get a strike, you're still batting.
Once you hit it, you try to make it to the next base before the ball gets there. If either the person playing the base you're headed to gets the ball while standing on the base or you get tagged with the ball, you're out. Also, if the ball is caught before it hits the ground, you're out. You try to advance around the bases to home plate. If you hit a fair (inside the foul lines) ball and it goes over the fence, it's a home run. You advance around all bases and score a run. Anyone else one base also goes home.
The team with the most runs after nine innings win. If the game is tied, you go into extra innings until one team is ahead at the end of an inning.

I hope this helps. Sorry if it's confusing
 
magicfan

magicfan

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I forgot. A run (point) is scored when you all the way back to home plate.

You first must get to first base, second base, and third base.

Complicated at first, but very easy to understand
 
disneytati

disneytati

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magicfan said:
Baseball - Let's see if I can explain it easily without too much detail
The goal is to score runs (points). When the pitcher pitches the ball, you try to hit it. If you miss the ball, you get a strike. If you don't swing it's either a ball or a strike. That depends on whether or not the ball was in the strike zone (I believe from the batter's elbows to his knees; the pitch must also be over home plate). If you get 4 balls during your at-bat, you get a walk (free pass to first base). If you get 3 strikes, you're out.
There are 9 innings to a game. Each inning goes on till there are 3 outs. Then you switch from offense to defense (or the other way around). An inning consists of each team batting until they get three outs. The visiting team always bats first.
Back to batting. When you hit the ball, you want it to stay in play (inside the foul lines). If you hit a foul ball (outside the foul lines), you get a strike. If you hit a foul ball with 2 strikes already, you don't get a strike, you're still batting.
Once you hit it, you try to make it to the next base before the ball gets there. If either the person playing the base you're headed to gets the ball while standing on the base or you get tagged with the ball, you're out. Also, if the ball is caught before it hits the ground, you're out. You try to advance around the bases to home plate. If you hit a fair (inside the foul lines) ball and it goes over the fence, it's a home run. You advance around all bases and score a run. Anyone else one base also goes home.
The team with the most runs after nine innings win. If the game is tied, you go into extra innings until one team is ahead at the end of an inning.

I hope this helps. Sorry if it's confusing
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Thanks a lot for the explanation! It's still kinda confusing to me... like... base... these are the little squares on the ground, right? And let me see if i understood. The pitcher and the catcher are from the same team, I mean, the guy who hits the ball has to run and get somewhere before the guy of the opposite team catches the ball, right? Another question: what "fence" is this? Is it inside the foul lines? So the ball is never supposed to go out of the field?
 
imagineer boy

imagineer boy

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disneytati said:
Thanks a lot for the explanation! It's still kinda confusing to me... like... base... these are the little squares on the ground, right? And let me see if i understood. The pitcher and the catcher are from the same team,
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Yes, the catcher and pitcher are on the same team. Every player who is not batting, and is on the field gaurding the bases ( yes the three white squares ) and in the outfield are on the same team.

disneytati said:
I mean, the guy who hits the ball has to run and get somewhere before the guy of the opposite team catches the ball, right?
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No, if someone on the other team catches the ball before it hits the ground, you're automatically out. If you hit the ball, and it hits or rolls on the ground a few times, you have to get on base before someone on the opposing team throws a ball to the person guarding the base. If the ball gets there before you do, you're out. If you make it before the ball gets there, you're safe. You're safe at every single base, and can run to another base when someone hits a ball, but you have to run if someone is on another base behind you. You can also steal bases while a pitcher is pitching to a hitter, but you have to be quick, because the catcher can throw you out sometimes.

disneytati said:
Another question: what "fence" is this? Is it inside the foul lines? So the ball is never supposed to go out of the field?
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The fence is the fence bordering the outfield. Usually, that's where the seats are for the crowd. If the ball is hit in the air into the seats and out of the field, then its a homerun. And yes, it is in between the foul lines. If it bouces and goes into the seats, then its an automatic double, meaning you can freely run to two bases.

And one more thing I forgot, if you get a hit, and its long enough ( but not out of the park ) but its still a long way away, you can run to as many bases as you can, before a player on the out field throws it in. Usually, players who get these types of hits, get doubles, meaning, they can get to two bases before the ball is thrown in. Rarely do they ever get a triple, which is running all the way to third base.

Its a little confusing, yes. When I was a kid, it took me a little while to completely understand the rules. But if you look over these rules, and watch a game for yourself, you can get a good understanding of it. Trust me though, baseball's no where near as hard to understand as football. I still don't even know all of the statistics of it.:lol:
 
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CaptainMichael

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The first thing that you should know about football is that it is the greatest sport known to man.

Now, let's get to the basics.

A football field is 100 yards long and divided by yard lines. Midfield is at the 50. At each end of the field, there is an end zone with a goalpost (which you referenced in your op). This goalpost is for field goals (3 points made by kicking the ball through the middle) or for an extra point which is attempted after a touchdown.

The game is separated into 4, 15 minute quarters and two halves. Each half is 30 minutes and is separated into 2 quarters. Teams switch sides after each quarter.

The game begins with a kickoff. Decided by a coin toss, one team will receive the ball, and the other will kick it. At the beginning of the 2nd half/3rd quarter, it will be the opposite.

There is an offense and a defense. The offense is lead by the player known as a Quarterback or QB. A player known as the Center snaps the ball to the QB when the QB asks for it. Once the ball is snapped, players are allowed to move (If either side jumps prematurely, it is a 5 yard penalty). At this point, the QB can either choose to pass (throw) the ball to the Wide Receiver (WR), Tight End (TE), Running Back (RB), or Full Back (FB), or hand the ball off to the RB or FB for them to run. This is what makes the QB very important. He has to be able to read what the defense is planning to do and play the ball accordingly. If he misreads the defense, the offense could end up losing yardage, or he could throw an interception (where the defense catches the ball the QB throws). The objective of the offense is to get to the other team’s end zone. The offense starts off with 4 downs. To get a new set of downs, they must advance the ball at least 10 yards. Usually, if teams cannot pick up the 10 yards, after playing 3rd down, they opt to punt (kick) the ball to the other team, or if they are close enough to the opponent’s goal post (within 45-50 yards), they will opt to kick a field goal and try to score 3 points. By reaching the end zone, the offense scores a touchdown (6 points). The offense can then opt to either kick the extra point through the goal post to make the score 7, or go for a 2pt conversion to make the score 8. A 2pt conversion is like scoring a touchdown again. You get one chance and you snap the ball 2 yards from the goal line. Teams usually only go for 2pt conversions when they absolutely have to. Extra points are much easier to achieve. After the scoring team completes the extra point, they then kick off to the other team which now plays offense.

If no one has won by the end of the 4th quarter, the teams go into overtime. Overtime can be handled many different ways.




This is a very, very basic outline, and it may be very confusing. The best way to learn about football is to watch it. There are many penalties, techniques, strategies, plays, and scenarios to be learned.
 
disneytati

disneytati

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WOW!!! Thanks a lot for the great explanations!!! Football seems easier to understand than baseball... Although I can't understand the rules very clearly, I think I got it. I had heard of that word "quarterback".. in a movie, I guess. I saw parts of football on TV, like just some scenes... lots of guys jumping on someone to knock him down... lol They do that to stop the guy from running with the ball and getting to the end zone, right?

As for baseball.... I'll try to watch it. With the idea you guys gave me, I think I'll understand it better. It's too much running around, throwing balls at the same time... But well, thanks to you guys, now I know there are 3 bases... and that the hitter is on a team and the other guys are on the other team! lol I am still a bit confused about where the ball can or cannot go... but I think I can solve that while watching the game.
 
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CaptainMichael

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disneytati said:
WOW!!! Thanks a lot for the great explanations!!! Football seems easier to understand than baseball... Although I can't understand the rules very clearly, I think I got it. I had heard of that word "quarterback".. in a movie, I guess. I saw parts of football on TV, like just some scenes... lots of guys jumping on someone to knock him down... lol They do that to stop the guy from running with the ball and getting to the end zone, right?
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Yep, you've got it. :sohappy:
 
barnum42

barnum42

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disneytati said:
:lol: I have no idea at all about cricket!
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Essentially this is what it's about:

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

:lol:
 
Number_6

Number_6

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barnum42 said:
Essentially this is what it's about:

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!

:lol:
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Incredibly, I understood all of that. :D

Of course, it helps that I've seen Cricket played before...
 

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