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The document discusses baseball and provides details about the sport including its origins, status as an Olympic sport, how the game is played with equipment like bats and gloves, the layout of the baseball field including the infield and outfield, how an inning is structured with pitching and batting, and how the team that scores the most runs after nine innings wins the game.

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B1 Baseball – America's National Sport LIU024

Complete the text about baseball by finding ONE word that fits into each blank.

Baseball is America's national sport. But,


(1) ___________________ it originated in the USA
baseball is played in many other countries,
especially in Central and South America and
Japan. Baseball (2) ___________________ an
Olympic sport at the 1992 Olympics.

Baseball is not only a sport but an American


(3) ___________________ of life. Many families
spend summer afternoons (4) ___________________ their children at a baseball park, sitting in
the stands with popcorn and hot dogs. They cheer for their favourite team and wear their
baseball caps.

The game (5) ___________________ played with a long wooden bat and a small hard ball. The
players have large heavy gloves to (6) ___________________ the ball. They usually
(7) ___________________ light shirts and knee-long trousers. Shoes have spikes on them to
help players run on the field.

A baseball field is divided (8) ___________________ two parts. The infield has the shape of a
diamond and is bordered by the bases that runners run around. A few players stand in the
grassy outfield and wait to catch the ball (9) ___________________ letting it drop on the
ground.

A baseball game consists of nine parts (10) ________________ innings. Teams take turns trying
to score runs and defend. A pitcher throws the ball towards a batter (11) ____________ tries
to hit it so that the other team can't catch it. The batter tries to run around the bases as
(12) ___________________ as possible. A ball that is hit into the stands is called a home run.
The team that scores the most runs after nine innings (13) ___________________ the game.

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