Baseball 7 th Inning stretch: Baseball today The Dugout: How many player are there anyways? Fist Inning: When did people start playing? Trading Cards: Facts about the game

The Dugout: Players on the team There are 9 fielding positions – Catcher – Pitcher – First Base – Second Base – Third Base – Shortstop – Right Field – Center Field – Left Field Back to BASEBALL

Fist Inning: Baseball’s Beginnings People in America have been playing forms of baseball since the1700’s, such as “Town Ball” It was first formally called Baseball in 1791 First MLB team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1869 First world series was in 1903 between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Americans Back to BASEBALL

7 th Inning Stretch: The game today As of today the Cleveland Indians have the most wins this season Lance Berkman is leading MLB in RBI’s with 27 There are currently 30 Major League Baseball teams Pick 2 players from different teams and create trading cards for each of them using Big Huge LabsBig Huge Labs Back to BASEBALL

Trading Cards: Facts Shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. did not miss one game in 16 years of playing, that’s 2,632 games The distance from home plate to the pitchers mound is 60 feet 6 inches Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap and changed it every two innings Test your baseball knowledge Back to BASEBALL