Baseball

I have never played baseball. Or at least not a baseball game. I throw and catch a little bit with the boys. One time I threw the ball to Erik, he got upset because it was not a good throw. But then I heard Jack telling Erik: "It's OKEY, Aud is not a good thrower..." lol. I was just laughing, because I really don't know how to throw a ball very far! But I have understood that baseball is a very important sport in the US. And the boys really love it. So, I better learn the rules soon. After going to a couple of games I understand more and more. But for those that are not really familiar with baseball, here is a short explanation from Wikipedia...

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team (the batting team) take turns hitting against the pitcher of the other team (the fielding team), which tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance via a teammate's hit or other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the fielding team records three outs. One turn at bat for each team constitutes an inning; nine innings make up a professional game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins.(from Wikipedia)


Erik and Jack are playing in an all stars tournament. They had their first game on saturday and won 17-16...

Erik batting... He hit a home-run!

Jack bats left-handed...