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AmericanSportsWatchingorattendingsportseventsisanimportantpartofthelivesofmanyAmericans.Americanlifepaceisveryfast,theyprefertochoosethesportstokeepfitintheirdailylife.IneverystateofAmerica,therearevariouskindsofSports,suchasbasketball,footballandskiing,andsoon.TheSportsinAmericanPeople’sLifeThreeBallGamesintheUnitedStatesTheAchievementsofAmericanSportsTheProblemsofCurrentAmericanSportsTheAmericanpeopleareverycrazyabouttheirSportsInmanypartsoftheworld，therearefourseasons：spring,summer,fallandwinter.IntheU.S.，thereareonlythree：football,basketballandbaseball.That’snotcompletelytrue,butalmost.Ineveryseason,Americanshaveaball.Ifyouwanttoknowwhatseasonitis，justlookatwhatpeopleareplaying.FormanyAmericans，Sportsdonotjustoccupythesidelines.[(球场)边线]Theytakecentercourt.[中圈]•SportsintheUnitedStatesareanimportantpartoftheUnitedStatesculture.However,thesportingcultureoftheU.S.isdifferentfromthatofmanyothercountries.Comparedtoanyothernation,Americanspreferauniquesetofsports.•Forexample,soccer,themostpopularsportintheworld,isnotaspopularintheU.S.comparedtothefourmostpopularteamsports—namelyfootball,basketball,baseball,andicehocky.BaseballAmericanfootballBasketballIcehockeySoccerBaseballistheoldestofthemajorAmericanteamsports,thoughbaseballisnolongerthemostpopularsport,itisstillreferredtoasthenationalpastime.“(“民族消遣”)AlsounlikeotherpopularspectatorsportsintheU.S.,MajorLeagueBaseballteams(美国职业棒球大联盟)playalmosteverydayfromApriltoOctober.BaseballThemostpopularbaseballleagueintheU.S.isMajorLeagueBaseball.itattractsmoreticketsalesthananyothersportintheUnitedStates,andisconsideredthesecondmostpopularprofessionalsport.baseballisalsopopularinmanyothercountries,notably（尤其，特别）Japan,SouthKoreaandLatinAmericancountriessuchastheDominicanRepublic,Cuba,andVenezuela.Baseball------thenationalpastime•Beganasearlyas1790andbecametheofficialsportinAmericabythe1850’s•PlayedbyallagesinboththeUS,Cuba,andJapan•Itisagamebetweentwoteamsof9people.Oneteamtryingtogainpointsbyhittingaballandrunningaroundthefield,theothertriestostopthembycatchingtheballandthrowingit.Baseball•Therearetwoleagues,inMajorLeagueBaseball(professionalbaseball),theAmericanLeagueandtheNationalLeague•EachleaguehasteamsinmanycitiesacrossAmerica•Theteamsplayeachotherineachleague•ThewinnersfromeachleagueplayeachotherintheWorldSeriesattheendofeachyear(sometimeinOctober)HowtheGameIsPlayed•Baseballisoneofthefewteamsportsthatisnotcontrolledbyaclock;thelocationoftheballdeterminestheplayofthegame.•Thepitcherofthedefensiveteamthrowstheballtowardsthehomeplateataspeedoftenover150km/hr.•Asingleplayeroftheoffensiveteam,theteamatbat,attemptstohitthebaseballsomewhereinfairterritoryoutlinedbythelinesrunningtotherightoverfirstbaseandtotheleftoverthirdbase.•Scoringoccurswhenabattertravelsaroundallthebasesandreturnstohomeplate.HowtheGameIsPlayed•Thevisitingteamisatbatfirst.Whenthebattingteamregistersthreeouts,thetwoteamsswitchpositions.•Homerunsarealwaysexciting,especiallywhenthereareadditionalplayersonthebases.•Thereareotherrulesandregulationsforthegameofbaseball.Baseballisagameofstrategywithintheframeworkofrules,soafullappreciationofthegamerequiresadetailedknowledgeoftherules.Still,onecanalwaysenjoythedrinksandsnackfoodonahot,lazysummerafternoon.Baseball•Majorleaguebaseball,includingteamsfromtheUnitedStatesandCanada,isdividedintotheNationalLeagueandtheAmericanLeague.ThemajorleaguebaseballseasonlastsfromApriltoOctoberandincludestheregularseason,theplayoffs,andtheWorldSeries.Thefinalseriesintheleagueplayoffsdetermineswhichteamwinsthepennant,orchampionship,oftheirleague.ThetwopennantwinnersmeetintheWorldSeries,andthewinnerofthisseriesbecomesthemajorleagueworldchampion.Baseball•ThesportthatevokesmorenostalgiaamongAmericansthananyotherisbaseball.Somanypeopleplaythegameaschildrenthatithasbecomeknownasthenationalpastime.Thegame,asitisknowntoday,evolvedfromavarietyofsimilargamesthathavebeenplayedforcenturies;althoughitisclearthatmodernbaseballdevelopedinNorthAmerica,theexactoriginofthegameisdifficulttodetermine.Today,professionalbaseballattractsmillionsofspectatorstoballparkseachyearandentertainsmillionsmorethroughradioandtelevisionbroadcasts.Professionalbaseballincludesthemajorleaguesandtheminorleagues.AmateurbaseballincludesLittleLeague,highschoolanduniversitycompetition,andvariouscommunityleagues.HowBaseballisplayed•Abaseballgameisdividedintonineperiodsofplay,calledinnings.Theteamthatscoresthemostrunsbytheendoftheninthinningwinsthegame.Playstartswhenaplayercalledthepitcherthrowsaballtowardthebatter,aplayerontheopposingteam.Thebattertriestohittheballintothebaseballfield.Playersscorerunsbyhittingtheballandrunningaroundaseriesofbasesbeforeaplayerinthefieldcanputthemout.Battersandrunnerscanbeputoutinavarietyofways.•Inningsaredividedintotwohalves,referredtoasthetopandbottomoftheinning.Duringthetopofaninning,oneteamisatbatwhiletheotherisinthefield.Aftertheteamatbathasthreeoutsthetwoteamsswitchtheseroles,andthebottomofaninningbegins.Ifthegameistiedafternineinnings,theteamscontinuetoplayuntilonehasscoredmoreruns