Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd;
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks,
I don't care if I never get back.
For its root, root, root for the home team [Braves]
If they don't win, it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game.
On Wednesday and Thursday, May 22 & 23, 2024, my son Simon and I traveled to Chicago to historic Wrigley Field, built in 1914, to see the Atlanta Braves play the Chicago Cubs. It was a "PERFECT" trip.
Rules of the Game
Baseball has two teams of 9 players.
The fielding team’s positions are made up of a pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, shortstop, third baseman, and three outfielders at left field, centre field and right field.
Games last for 9 innings of which both teams get to bat once. If the game is a tie after 9 innings then an extra inning will be added until a winner is found. If the team batting second in the bottom of the 9th inning are already ahead in points, then they do not need to complete their batting innings.
If the batter manages to hit the ball from the pitcher, they must make an effort to at least get to first base. They can then run to as many bases as they wish before being tagged out. Each base must be touched with some part of the batters body when running past.
A batter gets up to three strikes before getting out. A strike is deemed when a batter swings for a ball and misses it. The batter can leave the ball but, if it’s within a certain area (called the 'strike zone'), then a strike will also be given. If four balls miss the strike zone and the batter does not swing their bat, they can walk to first base.
To score, a batter must hit the ball with the bat into the designated fielding area and make it around all four bases (before the fielding team is able to collect the ball and throw it to the base the batter is running to). A player can score a mandatory point if they hit a home run, which usually means the ball has left the playing area, often landing in the crowd. A player can stop at any base if they feel they might not make it to the next base before being tagged out.
Players can score multiple points from one hit if more than one player is already on one of the bases. When you hear the phrase 'the bases are loaded', this refers to the instance where there is a player on every base. So, every time a batter successfully makes it to first base, the other players on the second and third bases are able to trickle home, earning a point for their team each time. Depending on how many players get around to home plate before being tagged will depend on how many points you score.
To win a game, you must outscore your opposition through the 9 innings played. The team with the most points after 9 innings is deemed the winner. In the event of a tie, extra innings are played until a winner has been concluded.
PART-TIME
WARM-UP PARTNER
PART-TIME
PITCHING MACHINE
PART-TIME
BASEBALL CRITIC
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FULL-TIME DAD
"Baseball is ninety percent mental, and the other half is physical." -Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra
Hitting
"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer." - Ted Williams
"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run." - Babe Ruth
Ted Williams (left); Babe Ruth (right)
Marcell Ozuna hitting at Wrigley (left); facing the Green Monster at Fenway (center); Ozzie Albies hitting at Wrigley (right)
Simon at bat in Huntington Park (left); Eva, his daughter, at bat (right)
The Woliver Clan includes four generations of die-hard fans of the Atlanta Braves.
Fielding
Michael Harris Jr. (left); 6-4-3 double play = 2 outs (center); Ronald Acuna Jr. 'Ah! It's nothin'" (right)
Legends
Greg Maddux (left); Hank Aaron tossing to Bobby Cox (center); Chipper Jones (right)
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is." - Bullet Bob Feller
"When you start the game, they don't say 'Work Ball!' They say, 'Play ball!" - Willie Stargell
CPW
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