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Baseball:
America's Pastime
What could be more American than baseball?
This truly American sport is associated
with summertime, hotdogs, and a variety
of traditions that may not be familiar outside
the U.S.
Rules of the Game
"Three strikes, you're out!"... "Bases
are loaded"... "Home Run!"
What's the difference between a ball and a strike?
To review the rules of baseball, or to learn
them for the first time, check out this Major
League Baseball site. You can read the entire
set of detailed rules, or just go for the basics.
MLB.com
- Official Info
If you're looking for more of a challenge, try
this interactive site! The quiz-generator provides
examples of unusual situations, and it's up to
you to make the difficult calls.
Are you good enough to be an umpire?
http://www.macroweb.com/ibrules/
 Baseball
Legends
National
Baseball Hall of Fame - Those
men who are considered to be baseball "greats",
as indicated by election and induction into
the hall of fame. Discover the "Hall
of Famers" sorted by everything from
position to percentage of votes confirming
their placement in the Hall of Fame. http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/default.htm
100 Greatest Players - A baseball almanac site listing the game's most legendary players.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/lisn100.shtml
History
of Baseball Cards - Another
major element of the baseball industry that
developed through time is the hobby of collecting
baseball cards. Topps, the original and
leading brand for baseball cards, offers
a colorful history on their website, http://www.topps.com/AboutTopps/history.html
Baseball in Antwerpen!
Did you know that you too can "root, root
root for the home team"? Antwerp has its
very own semi-professional baseball team, the
Antwerp Eagles (2005 Belgian Cup winners!).
Admission to games is free, but you'll have to
pay for your own beer and hot dogs!
Check them out: http://antwerpeagles.be
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