Why are there exactly nine inings in baseball?
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why are there 4 quarters in basketball & football, and 3 periods in hockey. Why is it a period and not a quarter. Is it because you need 4 quarters to make a whole?
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each position has a number\n1. pitcher\n2. Catcher\n3. First Base\n4. Second Base\n5. Third Base\n6. Short stop\n7. Left Field\n8. Center Field\n9. Right Field \n10. is if there are 4 out fielders\n\nThe batters will be in the rows on a page\nThe columns on the page will display the inning.\n\nIn the First inning first batter you will use the top quare.\n\nIf he goes to first, draw a line from home to first in that box.  Same for second and so on.  If he scores make a complete diamond in that box and fill it in.\n\nMake sure the next inning you use the new column with the cordinating batter.\n\nIf a batter flies out to short stop write F6, stand for flew out to shortstop or (6).  IF the short stop picks up the ball and throughs it to first, it is a 6-3 out. (Short stop - First Base)  In the box of the out you may want to make it clear that there was and out by writing the 1,2, or 3 and Circle them, incase someone asks the outs.\n\nThere are many other statistics  the coach might want, but that should get  you started.
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A regular size baseball is supposed to be exactly 5.9 ounces(oz).
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the home team supplies 12 dozen per game, now all 144 may not be used, but that's what is ready to be used at any given time. the guy that said 20 is obviously a moron, 20 balls could easily be used on 1 or 2 batters. think....homers, foul balls, scuffed or damaged balls, not to mention the simple fact that a pitcher can request a new ball at ANY TIME, regardless of the fact that the one he's holding may be brand new itself.
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A pitcher is credited with a perfect game when NO batter of the opposing team reaches base in ANY MANNER (no hits, no walks, no erros, no hit batsmen, no being awared first because of interference or obstruction, none of that stuff).\n\nOne poster had it right when they said, "three up, three down, every single inning".\n\nIf a pitcher pitches a 'perfect' game for nine innings, but the game goes into extra innings because of his own team's inability to score a run, and the pitcher allows a baserunner in extra innings, he is not credited with a perfect game.\n\nThis happened to a Pittsburg Pirate pitcher named Harvey Haddix in 1959, against the then-Milwaukee Braves. He pitched twelve perfect innings before surrendering a couple of hits in the 13th inning, and he lost the game.\n\nFor many years, Haddix was listed in the record books as having pitched a 'perfect' game, but about 15 years ago, baseball amended their rules, and removed Haddix's name from the "Perfect Game" list, although most record book sources will acknowledge that Haddix did pitch 12 perfect innings before allowing baserunners in the 13th.\n\nAlso, a pitcher can not be credited with a pefect game if he allows no baserunners in a rain-shortened game, even if he wins the game. It must be nine or more innings.\n\nJohn Lee Richmond and Monte Ward threw perfect games just 5 days apart in June of 1880, these were the only two perfect games of the 19th century.\n\nRandy Johnson threw a perfect game in 2004, this is the only perfect game of the 21st century so far.\n\nIn between, there were 14 perfect games pitched in the 20th century.\n\nAltogehter, 17 pitchers have thrown perfect games.\n\nHall of Famers who threw perfect games (6):\n\nMonte Ward 1880\nCy Young 1904\nAddie Joss 1908\nJim Bunning 1964\nSandy Koufax 1965\nCatfish Hunter 1968\n\n\nNon-Hall of Famers who threw perfect games:\n\nJohn Lee Richmond 1880\nCharlie Robertson 1922\nDon Larsen 1956 WORLD SERIES (only W.S. no hit game)\nLen Barker 1981\nMike Witt 1984\nTom Browning 1988\nDennis Martinez 1991\nKenny Rogers 1994\nDavid Wells 1998\nDavid Cone 1999\n\n\nThere is also one future Hall of Famer who threw a perfect game:\n\nRandy Johnson 2004\n\nAs you can see, a perfect game is pretty rare.
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Nolan Ryan actually never had a perfect game.  He had 7 no-hitters, but never a perfect game.  Also no pitcher has ever had more than one perfect game.  In fact, there have only been 17 perfect games since 1900.  \n\nThe 17 Pitchers in Chronological Order: \n\nCy Young, Addie Joss, Charlie Robertson, Don Larsen, Jim Bunning, Sandy Koufax, Catfish Hunter, Len Barker, Mike Witt, Tom Browning, Dennis Martinez, Kenny Rogers, David Wells, David Cone, and Randy Johnson.
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Easton made a bat called the Z-core several years ago...there were -5s and -8s...but i think that was before the rule changes only allowed the use of -3s in college and high school...after the rule change i think easton changed the model name to something else
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Pool if you knock in the strip or solid then thats what you are during the whole game until you are going for the 8 ball. 9 ball is just using the balls 1 through 9 and you have to knock them in order and saving the 9 ball for last. Who ever knocks in the 9 ball out of order loses.
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I read somewhere that between 4 and 5 dozen balls are used in a Major League Game.  ie 48 - 60 balls
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The true answe is nine: Hit, Error, Fielder's Choice, Walk, Pinch Runner, Hit by pitch, Catchers Interference, Dropped Third Strike, and Intentional Walk\n\nSo really the answer is eight to your question... Can't be the batter and the pinch runner.\n\nNine would actually apply to the question:\n\nIn baseball how many ways can a player get to first?
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Baseball is played for nine innings.  Each inning has a top and a bottom, the home team always batting in the bottom.  If, at the end of the top of the ninth the home team is winning, the game is over.  All they can do is add to their lead, so there is no need to continue the game.  The home team won.  If, however, there is a tie at the end of the ninth, extra innings will be played.  The game will not end until a team has a better score at the end of any given inning.  These rules have never been any different to my knowledge.
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I think it's one of those "trick" questions that actually has nothing to do with baseball.  I've seen this before, and they might be looking for a city that has less than nine people - get it?  Fell short of being able to field a team of 9 players?  I know that sounds dumb, but that's what I've seen given as the answer:\n\nhttp://www.duno.com/answer.php?qid=1804\n\nOne of the cities mentioned here, Guerra, did actually have 8 people according to the 2000 census:\n\nhttp://www.city-data.com/city/Guerra-Texas.html\n\nI'm pretty sure it's just a silly trick question.
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Well, depending how theoretical you want to get.  There is an unenforced rule that a pitcher must throw a pitch within 20 seconds or a ball will be called.  He could do that 4 times, and a player would walk.  Then he could pick the player off.  The player would be out with 0 pitches.  Repeat 23 or 26 times, and you have a complete game without throwing a pitch.\n\nThe fact that the rule is not enforced is one problem with the scenario.  A player can also be out for changing which batter's box he stands in while the pitcher is ready to pitch.  So throw a few of those in there for variety's sake, and you get to 0 another way.
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If you look at the symbol to the right of the number 9 on the chart, and then the one next to the 18, and 27, infact, the symbols next to all multiples of 9 are the same.\n\nIf you subtract the quantity of each digit from any two digit number, you will always end up with a multiple of 9. So, there you go. It's known ahead of time that your nunmber will be a multipe of 9 so all multiples of 9 have the same symbol and that's the one that appears in the magic box.
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seven\nyou can get a hit...you can get hit...you can get walked...you can get walked on purpose...you can get struck out but if the ball gets away from the catcher and you beat his throw to first...you can reach on a fielders choice
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There are four 15-minute quarters in an American Football game.\n\nThere are 9 innings in a baseball game, unless the teams are tied at the end of the 9th inning, then extra innings are played.
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1.  Pitcher\n2.  Catcher\n3.  First Base\n4.  Second Base\n5.  Third Base\n6.  Shortstop\n7.  Left Field\n8.  Center Field\n9.  Right Field