Baseball
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Etymology
Noun
baseball
- A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, causing a run. The team with the most runs after nine or more innings wins.
- The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
- A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.
Related terms
- baseball bat
- baseball diamond
- baseball game
- baseball player
- baseball stadium
- indoor baseball
Translations
- Chinese: 棒球 (bàngqiú)
- German: Baseball
- Finnish: Baseball (american), pesäpallo (finnish)
- Japanese: 野球 (やきゅう)
- Spanish: béisbol m
