Baseball for beginners!

Baseball is a complex game and as I was told tough for a person to learn unless followed for the entire live. Nevertheless, for the beginner these quick rules can help to understand a game.

A baseball game is played by two teams who alternate between offense and defense. There are nine players on each side. The goal is to score more runs than the opponent (one circuit = four bases).

The Equipment

The Positions
There's a pitcher in the middle of the mound who initiates the action by throwing the ball toward home plate. The catcher catches the ball if it's not hit. 

The infielders are the first baseman, second baseman, shortstop (between second and third base) and the third baseman. There are three outfielders: The left fielder, center fielder and right fielder.

The Game
There are nine rounds in professional baseball games and each round is divided in half. One turn for one team and one turn for another.

Each team gets three outs (three batters leave the field if they do not make it to a base in time ~ the ball comes back to a base before a batter/runner does) in each half of the round.

On Offense
Each team has nine players in its batting order, and they must stick to that order throughout the game. A play begins with a batter waiting to hit a pitch from the pitcher. If the batter hits the ball into the field of play, the batter runs to first base and can run to as many bases as he or she deems fit without getting "out."

A batter gets three strikes (a swing and a miss or a ball over the plate in what's deemed the “strike zone” by an umpire) or he or she is out. If there are four balls (a pitch that is not in the “strike zone”), the batter is automatically allowed to go to first base.

When a batter begins running, he or she is then referred to as a "runner". Runners attempt to reach a base, where they are "safe" and can remain on the base until the next hitter comes up. The defensive players attempt to prevent this by putting the runners out using the ball; runners put out must leave the field.

A batter gets a "hit" when he or she reaches a base without getting out, or forcing another runner to get out (and without the defense making an error). Runs are scored when a player completes a circuit of the diamond before there are three outs in the inning.

If a players hits the ball over the outfield fence in fair territory (between the foul lines), it's a home run, and the batter can circle all four bases.

On Defense
There are many ways that the team on defense can get an offensive player out. Four common ways are:

1. Strikeouts (hitter misses three pitches)
2. Force outs (when, after the ball is hit, the defensive player with the ball reaches a base before the runner)
3. Fly outs (when a player hits the ball in the air and it's caught by a defensive player before the ball hits the ground)
4. Tag outs (when a runner is touched with the ball, or a glove with the ball in it)