Basic Rules of Softball
The object of
a softball game is to stand beside
(not on) home plate and hit the ball
into play. There are two opposing
teams, with the players in the filed
of play called as the fielders. The
player hitting the ball is called
the batter – who must
run around the bases and return to
the home plate. If the ball is hit
into the foul area then that is considered
a strike, except when the batter
already has two strikes. If the ball
is caught in the foul area, the batter
is out. A ball is foul when it lands
in-field and then goes over the foul
line before it reaches the out field,
but a ball is fair if goes over the
foul line but has hit the ground
in the out field. When three batters
have been caught/tagged/thrown/struck
out, the whole team is out. Each
batter who manages to return to the
home plate scores a point for the
team. There should be around 6-9
innings to wrap up a game, depending
on how long the players want to play.
The team with the most number of
runs wins the game.
Sources:
http://nagoya.cool.ne.jp/hikarisoftball/rules.htm
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