Baseball is a
bat-and-ball sport. After batters
hit a thrown
ball, they and any teammates who are on a
base can try to advance to another base, scoring a
run when they return to the
home plate. The
batting team hits against the
pitcher of the
fielding team, which tries to get players
out (off the field), usually by
striking them out, catching a hit ball, throwing to a base that players have to run to, or tagging them with the ball between bases. After three outs, the teams trade places, and after three more, the next
inning begins. Professional games last at least into the ninth inning. Evolving from older bat-and-ball games, an early form of baseball was being played in England by the mid-eighteenth century. This game and the related
rounders were brought by British and Irish immigrants to North America, where the
modern version of baseball developed. By the late nineteenth century, baseball was widely recognized as the
national sport of the United States. Baseball has become popular in North America and parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, particularly
Japan. (
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2005 – The
NASA space probe Deep Impact impacted the
nucleus of the comet
Tempel 1(impact pictured), excavating debris from its interior so that its composition could be studied.
The title page to State Arms of the Union, a book illustrated by Henry Mitchell and published by
Louis Prang that shows historically accurate renderings of coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876. Designs of state coats of arms or seals have generally been authorized by a provision in the
state constitution or a
legislative act. An impression of the Great Seal of a state (or its coat of arms) has long been required on official documents, as this is the emblem that certifies the authenticity of a given document or that the authority of the state is invested in said document.
Illustration: Henry Mitchell; restoration:
Andrew Shiva
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Baseball is a
bat-and-ball sport. After batters
hit a thrown
ball, they and any teammates who are on a
base can try to advance to another base, scoring a
run when they return to the
home plate. The
batting team hits against the
pitcher of the
fielding team, which tries to get players
out (off the field), usually by
striking them out, catching a hit ball, throwing to a base that players have to run to, or tagging them with the ball between bases. After three outs, the teams trade places, and after three more, the next
inning begins. Professional games last at least into the ninth inning. Evolving from older bat-and-ball games, an early form of baseball was being played in England by the mid-eighteenth century. This game and the related
rounders were brought by British and Irish immigrants to North America, where the
modern version of baseball developed. By the late nineteenth century, baseball was widely recognized as the
national sport of the United States. Baseball has become popular in North America and parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, particularly
Japan. (
Full article...)
2005 – The
NASA space probe Deep Impact impacted the
nucleus of the comet
Tempel 1(impact pictured), excavating debris from its interior so that its composition could be studied.
The title page to State Arms of the Union, a book illustrated by Henry Mitchell and published by
Louis Prang that shows historically accurate renderings of coats of arms of the U.S. states from 1876. Designs of state coats of arms or seals have generally been authorized by a provision in the
state constitution or a
legislative act. An impression of the Great Seal of a state (or its coat of arms) has long been required on official documents, as this is the emblem that certifies the authenticity of a given document or that the authority of the state is invested in said document.
Illustration: Henry Mitchell; restoration:
Andrew Shiva
This Wikipedia is written in
English. Started in 2001 (2001), it currently contains
5,435,364 articles.
Many other Wikipedias are available; some of the largest are listed below.