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Part 1
News on Baseball 棒球新闻

Rain Washes Out Yankees-Orioles Game

The injury-laden Baltimore Orioles were given a chance to regroup Wednesday night when their game against the New York Yankees was postponed by rain.

The game never got underway and was called after a delay of more than two hours. No makeup date was immediately set.

The rainout gave Baltimore manager Lee Mazzilli the opportunity to skip injured Bruce Chen's turn in the starting rotation. Chen was scheduled to pitch Thursday in the opener of a four-game series against Cleveland, but his status was in doubt because of a hyperextended left big toe.

Rookie right-hander Hayden Penn, who was supposed to start Wednesday, was pushed back to Thursday. Rodrigo Lopez will start Friday, followed by Daniel Cabrera and Sidney Ponson.

"Then we'll see what happens Monday," Mazzilli said.

The postponement also provided third baseman Melvin Mora another day to rest his strained right hamstring. Mora has not played since June 21, but is close to making a return.

"Being banged up, this gives a chance to come back and go with our first string," Mazzilli said.

Yankees manager Joe Torre shuffled his rotation for the three-game series in Detroit that begins Friday. Mike Mussina, who was scheduled to start Wednesday despite feeling ill, was pushed back to Saturday. Randy Johnson will pitch Friday on regular rest, and Carl Pavano will start Sunday instead of Chien-Ming Wang.

"It would've been tough tonight," Mussina said. "We're in a tight spot. We're a little short on starters and I told them I'd do whatever I could do. If that was three or five (innings), I didn't know, but I'd do what I could do.

"Now, with the rainout, that kind of helps us. We'll just fit back in here on the weekend." Torre would have preferred that the game be played, but after the delay extended past the two-hour mark, he was happy with the washout.

"You certainly don't need a day off before you have a day off," he said, "but as long as we had to wait, I'd just as soon they do this as opposed to being out here until 2 in the morning, which would've negated the other off-day."

Penn, meanwhile, was disappointed at missing an opportunity to pitch against Mussina and the Yankees.

"I was excited to throw tonight, looking forward to it," he said. "Mussina is a great pitcher, and I would have loved to have said we faced up."

The Yankees have one more series in Baltimore, from Sept. 27-29. Both teams have Sept. 26 off, making that a possible makeup date. It was the second rainout for the Orioles this season. They had nine last year.

Part 2
History of Baseball 棒球运动历史

There is evidence that people played games involving a stick and a ball since the early days of civilization. Ancient cultures in Persia, Egypt, and Greece played stick-and-ball games for recreation and as part of certain ceremonies. Games of this type had spread throughout Europe by the Middle Ages (5th century to 15th century) and became popular in a variety of forms.

Europeans brought stick-and-ball games to the American colonies as early as the 1600s. Until the late 1700s, however, they were widely considered children's games.

By the early 1800s, a variety of stick-and-ball games had become popular in North America. Most of these games originated in England. Many people in northeastern cities such as Boston, New York, and Philadelphia played cricket, a traditional game of English aristocrats. But an English game called rounders, which was eventually played in rural and urban communities throughout North America, most closely resembled modern baseball. Looking for the rules of the game, try MLB Rules for additional information.

Rounders called for a batter to strike a ball and run around bases without being put out. Balls that were caught on the fly, or in some cases after one bounce, were commonly outs. If your would like to learn more about the fundamentals of Baseball try All About Baseball after looking at my site of course.

Rounders also involved the practice of plugging, soaking, or stinging, in which fielders could put runners out by throwing the ball at them as they ran between bases. The rules of rounders varied widely from place to place, and people used various names to describe it, including town ball, one cat, and base ball (which was eventually shortened to baseball).

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据考证，希腊和印度的古代寺庙以及碑石浮雕上均刻有持棒打球的图案。现代棒球运动的起源说法不一、有的认为源于15世纪英国的板球，但多数认为始于美国。1839年美国陆军军官道布尔戴在纽约州的库珀斯敦举办了首次棒球比赛。1845年世界第一个棒球俱乐部在纽约成立，并由卡特赖特确定正式比赛场地的规格，并制定较细的竞赛规则。1869年美国成立世界上第一个职业棒球队。1871年美国成立全国职业棒攻方队员击球后跑完一、二、三垒，回到本垒得1分。如攻方队员3人出局无人跑回本垒，攻方得零分，攻方变成守方。仅设男子项目，1992年被列为奥运会比赛项目。

Part 3
Celebrity 棒球名人

Ty Cobb. The Georgia Peach. I have been fascinated by Ty Cobb and the things that he did both on and off the field for several years now, and I do not pretend to be unbiased. If it seems that I have not presented a balanced view of Cobb and his activities, it is because I don't think I can present a balanced view.

However, this does not mean that I in any way condone, support, or defend some of Cobb's more objectionable behavior. I simply wish to report on Cobb's story as far as baseball is concerned. His is a story that must be told, and this is the medium which I have chosen to tell this version of Cobb's story.

I have researched this page quite thoroughly, and, to the best of my knowledge, the facts of his life are accurate as reported here. If there are indeed any errors, please contact me.

Although the reporting isn't unbiased and doesn't pretend to be, I do not wish to spread half-truths and misinformation.

Balk: An illegalmotion by the pitcher with one or more runners on base, entitling all runners to advance one base. A balk can be one of a number of movements related to the pitching motion but the intention is to catch the runners off balance.

Ball: A pitch which does not enter the strike zone and is not struck at by the batter.

Base: The four points of the baseball diamond (first through third bases and home plate) that must be touched by a runner in order to score a run.

Batter: The offensive player who is currently positioned in the batter's box.

Bottom: The second half of an inning.

Bunt: A legally batted ball, not swung at but intentionally met with the bat and tapped within the infield.

Catcher: The defensive player whose position is directly behind home plate.

Defense: The team currently in the field.

Designated Hitter: A player who may be designated to bat instead of the pitcher.

Double: A play in which the batter makes it safely to second base without stopping.

Dugout: The seating area for team members not currently on the playing field.

Fair Ball: A legally batted ball that settles on or over fair territory.

Fair Territory: That part of the playing field within and including the first base and third base lines, from home plate to the playing field fence and perpendicularly upwards.

Fly Ball: A ball which goes high in the air when batted.

Force Play: A play in which a runner loses his right to occupy a base when the current batter becomes a runner.

Foul Ball: A batted ball that lands on foul territory between home plate and first base or third base, bounds past first or third base on or over third territory, first touches foul territory beyond first or third base, or touches a player, umpire or any object not part of the playing field while over foul territory.

Ground Ball: A batted ball which rolls along the ground.

Ground Rule Double: When a line drive bounces on the field and over the wall in fair territory the hit is scored as a ground rule double and the batter advances to second base.

Home Plate: The base over which an offensive player bats, and to which he must return after touching all three bases in order to score a run.

Home Team: The team on whose field the game is played. If the game is played on neutral grounds, the home team shall be designated by mutual agreement.

Infield: The diamond-shaped portion of the playing field bordered by the four bases.

Infielder: A fielder who occupies a position in the infield.

Line Drive: A ball which is batted directly to a fielder without touching the ground.

Outfield: The portion of the playing field that extends beyond the infield and is bordered by the first and third baselines.

Quick Return Pitch: An illegal pitch, made with obvious intent to catch the batter off balance.

Run: The score made by an offensive player who has rounded the bases and returned to home plate.

Runner: An offensive player who is advancing toward, touching or returning to any base.

Safe: A declaration by the umpire that a runner who is trying for a base has not been tagged or forced out, and is therefore entitled to that base.

Single: A play in which the batter safely makes it to first base.

Strike Zone: An area directly over home plate, from the bottom of the batter's kneecaps to the midpoint between the top of the batter's shoulders and the top of the batter's uniform pants.

Tag: The action of a fielder in touching a base with his body while holding the ball, or touching a runner with the ball, or with his hand or glove while holding the ball.

Throw: The act of propelling the ball toward a given objective, usually a teammate. A pitch is not a throw.

Triple: A play in which the batter makes it safely to third base without stopping.

Triple Play: A defensive play in which three offensive players are put out as a result of one action.

Umpire: The official who judges the legality of individual plays and who otherwise enforces the rules of the game.