Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and East Asia. The modern game was developed in the United States from early bat-and-ball games played in Britain, and it has become the national sport of the United States. It is a ball game in which a pitcher throws (pitches) a hard, fist-sized ball past the hitting area of a batter. The batter attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical bat made of wood (required in professional baseball or metal A team scores only when batting, by advancing counter-clockwise past a series of four markers called bases arranged at the corners of a diamond. Each base is 90 feet from the previous base. Baseball is sometimes called hardball to differentiate it from similar games such as softball.

Baseball at Its Best - A site about the history of baseball, including a word search, quiz and a dream team. Created by kids for kids.
Baseball Web Camp - Go to baseball camp online. Visit this site to learn about hitting, pitching, catching, running bases, and playing different field positions.
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Baseball: The Game and Beyond - Why does a curve ball curve? This site offers an inside look into the how's and whys of baseball.
Batter's Up Baseball - Answer math questions to score runs. Requires Macromedia Flash plug-in.
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Exploratorium's Science of Baseball - Explores the science behind the game. Explains why a curve ball curves, reaction time, and so forth.
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Jim Crane's Baseball Tips - Explanations and helpful hints about the skills of baseball, including hitting, pitching and catching.
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MLB Kid's Zone - Includes Shockwave games, moderated chats, photos, player profiles, scores, news, and audio and video clips.
National Baseball Hall of Fame - Includes a history of the Hall of Fame, rules for election, photos and short biographies of all Hall of Famers, games, and trivia quizzes.
Meta Description: [ The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum located in Cooperstown, New York. A shrine to baseball's greatest players, the Hall of Fame is committed to preserving and promoting the education of baseball history. ]
Shadowball: The Story of the Negro Leagues - Explore the history of baseball and learn how the first African Americans participated in the sport. Provides biographies of the great players and an interview with Dennis Biddle.
Tips and Training - Baseball - Tips on how to play the game.
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Totally Baseball - Learn about the equipment used and the official rules. Check out an interview with a real baseball broadcaster. Laugh at baseball humor, and test your knowledge with an online quiz.
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