Baseball

2005 NCAA Baseball Rules Book
You will need Adobe’s Acrobat Reader to view the current NCAA baseball rules. Click on specific rules in the left-hand column to jump to that rule in the “book.”
Source: NCAA website.

All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
This virtual scrapbook is filled with articles, photographs, interviews, and statistics that give you an up-close-and-personal look at the pioneering women who played professional baseball from 1943 through 1954.
Source: All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

The Baseball
Everything you every wanted to know about baseballs, including history, official rules and descriptions of all the materials used in each official MLB ball. From Chemical and Engineering News.

Baseball
Scroll down to the article under the Columbia University Press icon for information on the basic rules and a short history of baseball from Columbia University’s Electronic Encyclopedia. The article on the history of baseball under the Houghton Mifflin Company icon comes from their The Reader’s Companion to American History.

Baseball
An overview of the entire sport of baseball, including early origins, rules, strategies, and scoring. From the World Almanac for Kids.

Baseball and Jackie Robinson
The Jackie Robinson collection from the Library of Congress. Includes a timeline of African Americans in baseball history.

Baseball Basics
The very basics of the game of baseball. Includes a glossary, statistics and a timeline. From Ken Burns and PBS.

Baseball History
The National Baseball Hall of Fame’s history web page contains information on various Hall of Fame inductees, the “This Day in Baseball History” section, links to recent news articles, articles on the history of baseball, information on artifacts in their museum, and more.

Baseball Rules Past & Present
This site tracks changes in the official Knickerbocker rules from 1857 to 1872 and in the National / Major Leagues from 1877 to 1975. Source: Baseball Almanac website.

History of Baseball Bats
History of the baseball bat from the 1850’s to today.

Inventor of the Modern Game
A brief biography of Alexander Cartwright. From the Lemelson-MIT Program.

Negro League Baseball
This site offers detailed information on the Negro Leagues and includes a timeline and detailed information on teams and individual players.

Negro Leagues History
Brief history of the Negro Leagues from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Includes a list of leagues and teams.

North American Women’s Baseball League
Official website of the NAWBL. Includes rosters, schedules and standings.
Source: North American Women’s Baseball League

Official Rules: Forward
The official rules of Major League Baseball are on its website here. Links to specific sections of the rules are in the left-hand column in blue. Click on “Baseball Basics” to find information on fielding positions, lingo, abbreviations, and statistics.

The Physics of Baseball
The laws of physics as applied to baseball. From ThinkQuest.org

The Science of Baseball
The elements of baseball from a scientific perspective. From Exploratorium.

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Last Updated: September 10, 2008