Introduction to Baseball

SPORT NAME: Baseball
SPORT TYPE: | Ball and Bat Sport | Ball Sport | Field Sport |

What is Baseball?
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

Is Baseball an Olympic Sport?
Baseball has had a mixed history of being an Olympic sport. It was a demonstration sport at the 1912 Olympics, it became an official Olympic sport at the 1992 Olympics, and it was dropped from the Olympic program after the 2008 Olympics. Baseball was revived for a single appearance the 2020 Olympics in Japan and it is was included in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Where is Baseball Most Popular?
The sport of baseball is popular and widely practiced in Japan, the United States, South Korea, Taiwan and many Latin American countries including Cuba, the Dominican Repubic, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

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