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Base64
Base64 is a group of binary-to-text encoding schemes that represent binary data as ASCII text; each character carries 6 bits, and the encoding is defined by RFC 4648.
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 2028 Summer Olympics
Baseball at the 2028 Summer Olympics: men's six-team tournament, 15–20 July 2028 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles; seventh Olympic medal tournament, qualified via 2026 World Baseball Classic, 2027 Premier12, and a final qualifier; MLB participation unresolved.
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 cap
Baseball cap: soft-crowned hat with a stiff forward visor, originating with the 1860 Brooklyn Excelsiors. Fitted, snapback, and trucker variants; on-field MLB standard since New Era's 1993 supply deal; also a global fashion item and limited sun protection.
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.
Baseband
Baseband, also called a baseband signal, is the frequency range of a signal in its original, unmodulated form, centered near zero hertz, as in human voice at roughly 20 Hz to 20 kHz.
Basecamp
Basecamp is a web-based project management and team communication application developed by 37signals, launched in February 2004 as a deliberately simple alternative to feature-heavy suites.
Based
Based is a slang term meaning agreeable or cool, especially for controversial or unpopular opinions; it began as a drug-culture insult and was reclaimed as praise by the rapper Lil B around 2010.
Based on a True Story (film)
Based on a True Story (D'après une histoire vraie), 2017 psychological thriller by Roman Polanski, screenplay with Olivier Assayas, adapted from Delphine de Vigan's Prix Renaudot novel; stars Emmanuelle Seigner and Eva Green; premiered at Cannes 2017.
Based on a True Story (TV series)
Based on a True Story, also called BOATS, is a Peacock dark comedy thriller created by Craig Rosenberg, starring Kaley Cuoco, Chris Messina, and Tom Bateman as a couple making a true crime podcast with serial killer Matt, the Westside Ripper; two seasons, 16 episodes, 2023 to 2024, cancelled April 2025.
Based on a True Story (Will Smith album)
Based on a True Story, Will Smith's fifth studio album (28 March 2025, SLANG), his first since 2005's Lost and Found; first 'season' of a planned trilogy, 14 tracks, guests include DJ Jazzy Jeff and Big Sean; Metacritic 41, missed the Billboard 200.