Basic Baseball Game Rules

Series Summary

Baseball is considered to be the great American pastime. With the excitement of a evening at the ballpark, with the crowd, the hot dogs, the lights, or the allure of an afternoon your dad, spent rooting for your favorite home run hero, baseball is a game that is easy to love. Longstanding ball clubs, with teams and stadiums in certain cities, have become rooted in the collective consciousness of American culture, holding strong sway in their respective regions, and referenced many times over in music, television and movies. Who’s to say what the real secret to baseball’s popularity is? With so many elements and such a rich history, baseball has, over its 250 plus years, developed from a mere sport to an American institution.

In this free sports instructional video series, learn the basics of how to play the game of baseball. Our expert ball player will walk you through some of the ins and outs of the game, including a general overview of the rules, how to hit a ball, how to catch, running the bases, pitching, glove and bat techniques, and more. So get your first taste of this great American sport, or learn some tips on how to improve your game. Play ball!

Video Transcript

" Hello! My name is Adrian Arceo and I'm here with expertvillage.com. Today we are going to talk about the game of baseball. Now baseball is played with two teams with at least 9 players on each team. An average game also lasts 9 innings and the inning is broken up into halves, and the halves are called the top of the inning and bottom of the inning. Now the top of the inning is for the visiting team to bat, and the bottom of the inning is for the home team to bat. Now each inning has 6 outs; 3 belong to the home team and 3 belong to the visiting team, and at the end of the day the team that wins is the one that scores the most runs after recording 27 outs. Now while the game is being played, you always have 1 team with only 9 players on the field defending and the other team with only 1 hitter at bat. As the game progresses, you tally up the run score in each inning and at the end of 9 inning, the team with the most runs wins. This is a brief overview of the game of baseball. "