Baseball and Softball 

by Kellie

Baseball is a team game. Only men play baseball at the Olympic Games. There are nine players on a baseball team. Baseball is played on a field called a diamond. In a baseball game, the two teams take turns at batting and fielding. The idea of the game is to hit the ball with a bat and run to a base. The players must run around all four bases to score a run. The team with the most runs wins.

Baseball Medals 2000

Country

G

S

B

Total

USA

1

0

0

1

Cuba

0

1

0

1

Korea

0

0

1

1

Total

1

1

1

3

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Softball

Softball is a team game. It is like baseball.  Only women play softball at the Olympic Games.  A softball team has nine players. The teams take turns batting and fielding. The idea of the game is to hit a ball with a bat and run to a base. The ball is very hard, so softball players must wear helmets. A player must run around all four bases to score a run. The team with the most runs wins. 

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