Rules of Baseball

How many bases are there in baseball (including home plate)?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

What happens if one person from the opposing team catches the ball in the air?

• the person is eliminated from that inning

• nothing

• the other team gets to bat

• the person hits again

What's the name of the person who throws the ball?

• hiter

• thrower

• pitcher

• none are correct

What's the name of this player in this picture?

• batter

• hitter

• outfielder

• 1 and 2 are correct

• 1, 2 and 3 are correct

When do we change teams?

• when there are 3 players eliminated (who got out)

• when there are 4 players eliminated (who got out)

• when there are 2 players eliminated (who got out)

• the referee says so

What do we call it when a batter hits the ball out of the park, touches all 3 bases, and gets back to homebase to score- without stopping?

• full run

• all run

• homerun

• full game

A regular game is composed of _______ innings?

• 9

• 11

• 13

• 15

Each inning is broken down into two parts. The ______ of the inning and the ________________ of the inning.

• top, middle

• top, bottom

• middle, bottom

• middle, the outside

An inning ends when the fielding team gets ___ players out on the other team.

• two

• three

• four

• five

The pitcher generally tries to throw the ball ______________________________.

• where the fielding players hang out

• within the strike zone

• at the batter

• over home plate

• both b and d