Baseball
Across
- 2. The batter stands in it. It is 60 feet 6 inches from the pitcher
- 3. The player who gives signals to the pitcher to tell them what type of pitch to throw
- 6. The home of the first Canadian Major League Baseball team
- 7. A method of touching the base by being on the ground
- 10. What baseball use to be called in England
- 11. If the ball is not pitched in the strike zone and the batter does not swing, it is called this
- 12. Nickname for a baseball field
- 14. Most consider him to be the most important defensive player
- 17. The number of bases
- 19. A cross between a fast ball and a curve ball
- 20. Wrote the rules of baseball in 1845
- 22. They are the players who are responsible for catching long fly balls
Down
- 1. This president said baseball was the greatest of all team sports
- 4. baseball was "born" here
- 5. They are the players who try to prevent the ball from going into the outfield
- 7. A hit that gets the batter to first base safely
- 8. A hit that gets the batter to second base safely
- 9. Another word for a minor league team
- 13. weight in ounces of a baseball
- 15. This player takes a position in the batter's box
- 16. The first pro baseball team was the Cincinnati Red ______
- 18. The distance in feet between the bases
- 21. When a batter swings at a pitch and misses it