Baseball

Baseball is a Terran bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each who take turns batting and fielding.

The offense attempts to score runs by hitting a ball that is thrown by the pitcher with a bat swung by the batter, then running counter-clockwise around a series of four bases: first, second, third, and home plate. A run is scored when a player advances around the bases and returns to home plate.

Evolving from older bat-and-ball games, an early form of baseball was being played in England by the mid-18th century CE. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the Pre-Astro version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. Baseball was popular in North America and parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and East Asia.

This game was exported to the stars by its many Terran fans and the rules adjusted for local conditions. Although there are no Union wide leagues, many Homo Galactus systems have intrasystem leagues.