When Does The Baseball Season Start?
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Get pumped for baseball season with our countdown of the top moments from last year. Plus, find out when your favorite team is playing their first game this year!
Introduction
The baseball season typically starts in late March or early April, depending on the weather conditions. The regular season consists of 162 games, which are played over the course of six months. The playoffs and World Series are played in October.
The History of Baseball
baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team is to score runs by hitting the ball into the field of play, allowing the batters to run around the bases, having runners advance behind them to score. The objective of the defensive team is to prevent runs from scoring and to get batters or baserunners out in any of several ways. A player on either team who reaches a base safely can later attempt to advance to subsequent bases during teammates’ turns batting, such as on a hit or by other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever three players on the fielding team are put out. One turn batting for each team constitutes an inning. A game is composed of nine innings, and the team with more runs at the end of the game wins. If scores are tied at the end of nine innings, extra innings are usually played until one side has scored more runs than the other could in its half of an inning.
The First Professional Baseball League
The first professional baseball league was founded in 1871. It was called the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (NA). From 1871 to 1875, any team could join the league. There were no membership fees and there were no rules against players switching teams. As a result, many players became “free agents” and play for whomever would pay them the most money.
The Modern Baseball Season
The modern baseball season typically runs from late March/early April to early October, with a brief hiatus in August known as the “dog days”. Although the majority of games are played within this timeframe, some games (especially Opening Day and playoff games) may be played outside of it.
The length of the season has varied throughout baseball’s history, but it is currently set at 162 games per team. This means that each team plays every other team in their league a total of 19 times. Interleague play, in which teams from different leagues compete against each other, generally occurs during the regular season, but has also been known to take place during spring training and the playoffs.
While the regular season is important for determining which teams will make it to the playoffs, it is also a time for players to show off their skills and earn individual awards. The most prestigious individual award in baseball is the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, which is given to the player who is considered to have had the best overall season.
Conclusion
The baseball season starts in late March/early April and runs through early October. The regular season is made up of 162 games, with each team playing two games against every other team. The postseason consists of the Wild Card Game, Divisional Series, League Championship Series, and the World Series.
