1. In a baseball game, one team is the home team, and the other is the visiting team. Which team always bats first?
They flip a coin before each game to decide.
The visisting team allways bats first
2. Where is the strike zone?
Directly over home plate, between the catcher's eyes.
directly over home plate, between the batter's armpits and knees.
3. Three strikes and you're out! Who is considered one of the greatest pitchers ever in the major leagues, holding the record for most career strikeouts?
Nolan Ryan
Babe Ruth
4. When a batter hits a ball and gets on base, it's called a base hit. What is it called when the batter hits the ball and runs to second base?
A Grand Slam
A Double
5. The team in the field tries to keep the batter from reaching a base. What's one way of doing this?
A player in the field catches the ball and then tags the base before the batter gets there.
An infeilder catches the ball, drops it, picks it up, and then throws it to the base where the runner is already standing.
6. The catcher's position is behind the batter. Which choice below is NOT one of the catcher's jobs?
Return the ball to the pitcher when the batter misses the ball.
defend home plate
follow the batter around the bases
7. Lou Gehrig and Hank Aaron are career grand slam leaders. How many runs are scored when a batter hits a grand slam?
5
4
8. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees in the 2001 World Series. How does a team get to the World Series?
A team gets to the World Series by defeating last year's World Series champs.
A team gets to the World Series by winning their league play-offs.
9. You can't play baseball without a ball. What is on the inside of every baseball?
Nothing. The inside of a baseball is hollow.
A piece of cork.
10. In a baseball game, one team fields and one is at bat. How many members of a baseball team play on the field?
9
10
11. This player stuck it out for 2131 consecutive games (That's a lot of baseball!), breaking Lou Gehrig's record of 2130.
Cal Ripkin, Jr.
Frank Robinson
12. What were the only two brothers to win the Cy Young Award?
Jim Perry with the Twins in 1970 and Gaylord Perry with the Indians in 1972
Hank and Tommie Aaron
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