Baseball

n. type of game played with a bat and a ball and four stations that players must reach in order to score

Baseball is a sport played between two teams usually of nine players each. It is a bat-and-ball game in which a pitcher throws (pitches) a hard, fist-sized, leather-covered ball toward a batter on the opposing team. The batter attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered cylindrical bat, made of wood (as required in professional baseball) or a variety of other materials (as allowed in many nonprofessional games). A team scores runs only when batting, by advancing its players--primarily via hits, walks, and the opposition team's fielding errors--counterclockwise past a series of three markers called bases and touching home plate arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or "diamond." The game is structured around nine segments called innings. In each inning, both teams are given the opportunity to bat and score runs; a team's half-inning ends when three outs are recorded against that team. There is no time limit - each game lasts as long or as short as necessary to determine a winner.
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Noun
1. a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
(synonym) baseball game, ball
(hypernym) ball game, ballgame
(hyponym) daisy cutter
(class) away, outside
2. a ball used in playing baseball
(hypernym) ball

n. baseball, type of game played with a bat and a ball and four stations that players must reach in order to score; hardball

n. baseball, type of game played with a bat and a ball and four stations that players must reach in order to score