Clarification: the objective is NOT to throw into the strike zone, the objective is to get the batter to 'out". The Pitcher can do this w/o throwing it into the strike zone.
Honestly, it helps if you watch & play baseball. I know as a kid I picked it up really fast b/c we were playing it in Gym Class and sometimes at recess in informal 'teams' etc... then as I got into the upper portion of grade school (4th-5th grade) we were playing in leagues. Baseball for boys, softball for girls, usually. Similar rules etc... it was fun stuff - then I became a Brewer's fan, and Rollie Fingers... THE pitcher you should watch some Rollie Finger's videos.
You should watch a game to see how much you retained. Definitely more fun when you understand the rules. I'm a casual fan but grew up in a baseball family (My Bro played in The 1984 LA Olympics). Baseball has a surprising amount of strategy involved in moving players around the bases & positioning of fielders. Depending on the weakness and strengths of each pitcher & batter. Pitching to right-handed hitters vs Left-Handed Hitters vs Switch Hitters/ Left-Handed Pitchers vs Right-handed pitchers.
It was talked about in one of his earlier videos. It was when Jolly went to a Texas baseball game. One of the items they ordered is called "Triple Play".
Dudes throw absolute heat these days. It’s become pretty much standard that your starting pitcher is able to regularly throw 95-98+ and relief pitchers 98-100 mph. There’s even a relief pitcher for the Angels that can easily hit 105 mph. Also, just for some context, starting pitchers are top tier and are expected to pitch at least 6-7 innings. They have a wide arsenal of pitch types and also have the endurance to match. They’re also paid the big bucks and it’s not uncommon for them to make $30 million+ a year despite the fact they only pitch once every five games. Generally, a team will have 5 starting pitchers on their roster at any given time. If a starting pitcher gives up a bunch of runs or their pitch count becomes too high (often 100 pitches is considered the limit), relief pitchers come in to take over and they generally only pitch an inning or so before another one is brought in. These pitchers tend to throw harder because they don’t have to go for multiple innings and they tend to only have 1, maybe 2 decent types of pitches, which is why they’re relief pitchers and not starting pitchers. There’s some really informative videos on yt that explain each type of pitch. A closer is a type of relief pitcher that comes in when their team is up by 3 runs or fewer. These dudes have ice in their veins because their job is to preserve their team’s lead and finish off the game and so they’re expected to perform in very high-leverage, high-tension situations. If they succeed in preserving their team’s lead they earn what’s called a “save”. If the other team ties the game or wins, it’s called a “blown save”. Also, don’t ever call the batter a batsman, it sounds ridiculous in regards to baseball.
Batter or runner must reach the base before he is out. The visiting team bats in the top of the inning, the home team at the bottom. Once you've reached the middle of the 9th (between top and bottom) the game ends immediately if the home team takes the lead. So if you hear the term "walk off" it means that the home team has scored a winning run in the 9th or beyond. 2 runners cannot occupy the same base at the same time. So if you're on first and the batter hits a fair ball, you must try to advance to second. If you're on second and first base is empty then you have the option to stay at 2nd or try for 3rd on a fair ball. If you like comedy check out George Carlin's Baseball vs Football.
Let’s start off the area outside of the two fair/ fouls lines is foul territory balls are considered out of play once they enter that area unless they are popped up or fly balls into foul territory and can be registered as an out. Also the home “base” is actually called home plate. My advice this video kind of covers the basics but you are better off finding a video that explains the rules of baseball done by an American. This Indian sounding guy sounds more like he has a surface level understanding at best.
@@nickjreactsalso this guys terminology is way off im not trying to be critical of him it’s just that trying to learn something new with improper terminology makes it even harder to learn. As someone who played growing up and has roots to the MLB yes I had a relative play in the pros so baseball was Introduced to me at an extremely young age. Yes watching a live game or even condensed recaps will make much more sense after understanding the basics.
@@nickjreacts push comes to shove the MLB has a ton of old games on RU-vid. Also to answer your question grand slams ( homeruns when the bases are loaded) don’t happen all that often so far this year there’s been 93 to date with just over two months of the regular season left and the MLB season is 162 games not matches starting end of march beginning of April and ending end of September first week of October generally.
Great video but unfortunately this is the worst baseball explanation I’ve ever heard. Even the terminology is wrong. There’s shorter videos, with visuals, on the basic rules (you only need to know the basics to enjoy the game, the other rules come while watching)
