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Baseball
Baseball: bat-and-ball sport, two teams of nine, nine innings, MLB's 162-game season. Origins via debunked 1839 Doubleday myth and 1905 Mills Commission; Hall of Fame in Cooperstown since 1939.
Baseball (ball)
Baseball (ball): the regulated sphere of cork-and-rubber core, yarn windings, and stitched leather cover used in baseball; 5 to 5.25 oz, 9 to 9.25 inches, 108 stitches; MLB and NPB versions differ in seam height.
Baseball (TV series)
Baseball, also known as Ken Burns Baseball, is a 1994 PBS documentary series by Ken Burns telling baseball's history in nine two-hour episodes called "innings," drawing 43 million viewers.
Baseball America
Baseball America, also called BA, is an American baseball media company founded by Allan Simpson in February 1981, bought by Miles Wolff in 1982 and moved to Durham, NC, known for draft, prospect, minor league, and college baseball coverage.
Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic baseball tournament at Tokyo 2020, held 28 July–7 August 2021; six teams competed, with Japan winning gold over the United States and the Dominican Republic taking bronze.
Baseball at the 2026 Asian Games
Baseball at the 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya), held 21-27 September 2026 in Okazaki and Toyohashi, Japan: eight teams, won by South Korea, which beat Japan 3-1 in the final for a fifth straight title; Chinese Taipei took bronze.
Baseball at the Summer Olympics
Baseball at the Summer Olympics: men's Olympic tournament, demonstration sport 1900-1988, official medal sport 1992-2008 and at Tokyo 2020 and LA 2028, paired with softball, Cuba leads medals.
Baseball bat
Baseball bat: the batter's club, solid wood in MLB (max 2.61 in diameter, 42 in long), aluminum/composite elsewhere; BBCOR and USABat/USSSA standards, sweet spot physics, and 2025 torpedo bats.
Baseball Canada
Baseball Canada, legally the Canadian Federation of Amateur Baseball, is the national governing body for amateur baseball in Canada, incorporated in Ottawa in 1964 and running nine national championships each summer.
Baseball cards
Baseball cards are trading cards showing baseball players, originally given away in cigarette and candy packs from the 1860s and now a collectibles market with individual sales in the millions.
Baseball color line
The Baseball color line, or Baseball color barrier, was a period of segregation that lasted roughly six decades, ending when Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Baseball field
Baseball field, or diamond: the playing area for baseball, with a fixed 90-foot square infield, 60 ft 6 in pitching distance, and variable outfield dimensions set by each ballpark.
Baseball glove
Baseball glove (mitt): padded leather or synthetic hand covering worn by fielders, first seen in the 1860s, patented from 1877, given its web pocket by Bill Doak in 1919, and modernized by Wilson's 1957 A2000.
Baseball in Japan
Baseball in Japan (yakyū, 野球): introduced 1872 by Horace Wilson; NPB two-league pro circuit since 1950; Koshien high school tournaments; about 70 Japanese players in MLB since Murakami 1964; WBC champions 2006, 2009, 2023.
Baseball metaphors for sex
Baseball metaphors for sex, or the bases, are American slang mapping intimacy stages to baseball: first base kissing, third base genital contact, home run intercourse; post-WWII origin, now used ironically by Gen Z.
Baseball positions
Baseball positions: the nine defensive spots (pitcher, catcher, infielders, outfielders) with scorebook numbers 1-9, positional difficulty order, 2023 shift restrictions, and the designated hitter role.
Baseball statistics
Baseball statistics: measurements of player and team performance, from Henry Chadwick's 1859 box score to batting average, OPS, ERA, sabermetrics, WAR (fWAR vs bWAR), and Statcast expected stats like xwOBA.
Baseball Tonight
Baseball Tonight is ESPN's Major League Baseball studio show, debuting March 19, 1990 as a nightly highlights program; since 2017 it airs as Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown, a one-hour Sunday Night Baseball pregame.
Baseball World Cup
The Baseball World Cup, also known as the World Cup of Baseball, was an international baseball tournament organized by the International Baseball Federation and held 39 times from 1938 to 2011.
Baseball/softball (olympedia_sports SBL)
Baseball/softball (Olympedia code SBL) is one Olympic sport with men's baseball and women's softball disciplines under the WBSC; medal sports 1992-2008 and Tokyo 2020, returning at LA 2028.
Baseball5
Baseball5 is the WBSC's five-inning, five-on-five urban variant of baseball and softball, played with a rubber ball and no bat, glove, or pitcher; Cuba holds both World Cup titles, and it debuts at Dakar 2026.
Bat-and-ball games
Bat-and-ball games: family of team sports, also called striking-and-running games, including baseball, cricket, softball, rounders, pesäpallo, and British baseball, defined by a delivered ball, a batter, base running, and fielding outs.
Batting average (baseball)
Batting average (AVG), baseball's hits divided by at-bats stat; excludes walks, HBP, sacrifices; batting title needs 502 PA; Cobb .366/.367 career, Duffy .438/.440 in 1894, last .400 was Williams .406 in 1941.
Batting order (baseball)
Batting order (baseball): the fixed nine-hitter sequence on the lineup card, its rulebook mechanics, traditional slot roles, sabermetric optimization worth 5-15 runs, protection theory, and MLB/NPB/youth differences.
Ben Chapman (baseball)
Ben Chapman (William Benjamin Chapman, 1908-1993), American MLB outfielder and Phillies manager, four-time AL stolen-base leader, notorious for racist taunting of Jackie Robinson in 1947; distinct from Ray Chapman and Aroldis Chapman.
Ben Malgeri
Ben Malgeri (Benjamin Joseph Malgeri, born 2000) is a Detroit Tigers outfielder, an 18th-round 2021 pick from Northeastern who debuted June 23, 2026, wearing number 53.
Ben Rice
Ben Rice (Benjamin Kimball Rice, born 1999), Yankees first baseman/DH from Cohasset, Massachusetts, drafted 12th round in 2021 from Dartmouth; first Yankees rookie with a three-homer game (July 6, 2024), 2026 MLB All-Star with 41 home runs.
Ben Sheets
Ben Sheets (born 1978, Baton Rouge) is an American right-handed pitcher, 2000 Olympic baseball gold medalist who shut out Cuba, and Milwaukee Brewers ace (2001-08) with 94-96, 3.78 ERA career.
Ben Zobrist
Ben Zobrist (born 1981, Eureka, Illinois) is a retired MLB multi-positional switch-hitter, 2015 Royals and 2016 Cubs World Series champion, and 2016 World Series MVP who hit the go-ahead double in Game 7.
Bengie Molina
Bengie Molina (Benjamin Jose Molina, born 1974), Puerto Rican MLB catcher 1998-2010 with Angels, Blue Jays, Giants, Rangers; two Gold Gloves (2002-03), 2002 World Series title, brother of Yadier and Jose Molina.