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Baseball is a sport popular in the United States, which is also considered as a profession when playing for national leagues, played between two teams which have nine players each. The goal of playing baseball is to score ‘runs’, by hitting a thrown ball by using a bat and touching four markers called bases that are arranged at the corners of what is called a diamond. While the players in the batting team take turns to hit, the players in the fielding team will try to stop them from scoring ‘runs’ by getting the hitting team members ‘out’.

When playing baseball, there need to be baseball equipment. The four basic tools or baseball equipment. The equipments are: the bat, the mitt, the ball and the field.

The bat is offensive baseball equipment It is usually made either of wood or of aluminum (aluminum bats are used in amateur leagues). The bat is a long, hard stick with a diameter of about two inches with a smaller handle of diameter about one inch. 

The ball is another one of baseball equipment, approximately the size of a fist and is usually white with red lacing (though other colors can also be used).

The mitt- which is also known as the glove is a defensive baseball equipment. The mitt is usually worm on the hand of the player to help catch the ball and is made of leather. However, its shape can vary to meet the need of the defensive position of the player.

The other basic baseball equipment is a field. This is the place where the game will be played and its dimensions vary according to the age of the players. As for the shape of the field; it always remains a diamond shape with bases at its corners.

The ‘home’ base is made of a rubber plate whilst the other three bases are made up of canvas bags.

Infield is the term given to the area of the field closest to the bases and ‘outfield’ is the term given to the area most distant from the bases. Hence, the bases are also a part of baseball equipment.

Batting helmet, baseball cap, catcher’s helmet and sliding shorts are the other baseball equipment required, in addition to the basic baseball equipment.

Giving Protection to the head and the ear of the batter that faces the pitcher, from the ball, is the function of the protective baseball equipment called the batting helmet.

The baseball equipment worn by all players- the baseball cap, gives shade to the eyes of the players from the sun. Catcher’s helmet is protective baseball equipment that guards the face of the catcher by face guard.

Baseball equipment that protects the thighs of the player when he slides to the bases are called sliding shorts. Without this baseball equipment, there will be no baseball games. Hence, they should be well maintained.