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Lislchen
"The positions on this sketch are the positions of the team which is currently fielding. The other team - the batting team - will take turns in batting. The pitcher-" He pointed at the little stick-figure which was labelled 'pitcher'. "-throws the ball into the direction of the batter of the other team, who is standing slightly in front of the catcher." Cue point to the Catcher!Stick-figure. "The batter tries to hit the ball with his bat. Behind the catcher there is one of the Umpires, the referees." He turned away from the drawing and back to face the class. "If the batter fails to hit the ball, the Umpire decides whose fault it was. What are the two words he might say if the batter doesn't hit the ball?" Did that make sense?[/COLOR]
Louisa listened carefully as the teacher spoke. She wasn't very good at getting this baseball thing although she attended lots of games. She looked over at the two boys who discussed it very skillfuly and was impressed to see that Rex is one of them. Well it was more like a guys-sports anyways.
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He says 'Strike' and followed by a number. Which means that the batter is out, I guess." She answered after raising her hand.