Uyini umgomo womshayi webhola emdlalweni we-baseball?
Context:I-baseball iwumdlalo odlalwa phakathi kwamaqembu amabili adlala ngayinye edlala abadlali abayisishiyagalolunye, abashayayo futhi abavikelayo. Umdlalo wenziwa ngezikhathi eziningana, umdlalo ngamunye uvame ukuqala lapho umdlali oseqenjini eliphonsa ibhola, obizwa nge-pitcher, ephonsa ibhola bese umdlali oseqenjini elishaya ibhola, obizwa nge-batter, ezama ukuyishaya ngesibhakela. Inhloso yeqembu elihlaselayo (iqembu elishayayo) ukushaya ibhola enkundleni yokudlala, kude nabadlali beqembu eliphikisayo, okuvumela abadlali bayo ukuthi bagijime izisekelo, babe nabo phambili ngokuphikisana newashi kuzungeze izisekelo ezine ukuthola amaphuzu abizwa ngokuthi "ama-run". Inhloso yeqembu elizivikelayo (elibizwa ngeqembu elifaka inkambu) ukuvimbela abashayi baba abagijimi, nokuvimbela ukuqhubekela phambili kwabagijimi bezungeza izisekelo. Umgijimi ufaka umgomo lapho umgijimi ehamba ngokusemthethweni ezungeze izisekelo ngokulandelana futhi ethinta ipulatifomu yasekhaya (indawo lapho umdlali aqala khona njengomdlali).  Umgomo oyinhloko wethimba elishayayo ukwenza umdlali afinyelele esisekelweni sokuqala ngokuphepha; lokhu kuvame ukwenzeka lapho umshayi eshaya ibhola futhi efinyelela esisekelweni sokuqala ngaphambi kokuthi umphikisi athathe ibhola futhi athinte isisekelo, noma lapho umshayi ephikelela ekujikijeleni ibhola ngaphandle kokufinyelela komshayi. Abadlali beqembu elishayayo abafinyelela isisekelo sokuqala ngaphandle kokuthi babizwe "ngaphandle" bangazama ukuqhubekela phambili ezisekelweni ezilandelayo njengomgijimi, ngokushesha noma ngesikhathi sokushaya kwabalingani beqembu. Ithimba elifaka amagoli lizama ukuvimbela ukugijima ngokwenza abadlali noma abagijimi "baphume", okubenza baphume enkundleni. I-pitcher ingakwazi ukukhipha i-batter ngokuphonsa ama-pitch amathathu okuholela ekushayweni, kuyilapho abakhi benkundla bengakwazi ukukhipha i-batter ngokubamba ibhola elibhekiswe phansi ngaphambi kokuthi lithinte phansi, futhi bangakwazi ukukhipha umgijimi ngokumfaka uphawu ngebhola ngenkathi umgijimi engathinti isisekelo.  Amaqembu aphikisanayo ayashintshana phakathi kokushaya nokufaka; ithuba leqembu elishayayo lokushaya liyaphela lapho iqembu elifaka lifaka ama-out amathathu. Ukushaya okukodwa kweqembu ngalinye kwakha i-inning. Umdlalo ngokuvamile uqukethe ama-innings ayisishiyagalolunye, futhi iqembu elinenani elikhulu lemidlalo ekupheleni komdlalo liyanqoba. Imidlalo eminingi iphela ngemva kwe-inning yesishiyagalolunye, kodwa uma amaphuzu eqondile ngaleso sikhathi, ngokuvamile kudlalwa i-inning eyengeziwe. I-baseball ayinaso isikhathi sokudlala, nakuba eminye imincintiswano inezimiso zokudlala ngesivinini esifana nesikhathi sokudlala ukuze kuncishiswe isikhathi somdlalo.  I-baseball yavela emidlalweni yakudala ye-bat-and-ball eyayisivele idlalwa eNgilandi phakathi nekhulu le - 18. Lo mdlalo walethwa abafuduki eNyakatho Melika, lapho kwavela khona uhlobo lwawo lwanamuhla. Imvelaphi yaseMelika ye-Baseball, kanye nedumela layo njengomthombo wokuphunyuka ngesikhathi sezingqinamba emlandweni waseMelika njengeMpi Yombango yaseMelika kanye nokuwohloka okukhulu kwezomnotho, kuholele emdlalweni ukuthola igama elithi "America's Pastime"; kusukela ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19, kuye kwaqashelwa ngokungekho emthethweni njengomdlalo kazwelonke wase-United States, yize ezikhathini zanamuhla kubhekwa njengokungaziwa kangako kunezinye imidlalo, njengebhola laseMelika. Ngaphandle kwaseNyakatho Melika, i - baseball ibhekwa njengomdlalo othandwa kakhulu ezingxenyeni zaseMelika Ephakathi neseNingizimu, eCaribbean naseMpumalanga Asia, ikakhulukazi eJapane, eNingizimu Korea naseTaiwan.
Umgomo oyinhloko wethimba lokushaya emdlalweni we-baseball ukwenza umdlali afinyelele esisekelweni sokuqala ngokuphepha; lokhu kuvame ukwenzeka lapho umshayi eshaya ibhola futhi efinyelela esisekelweni sokuqala ngaphambi kokuba umphikisi athathe ibhola futhi athinte isisekelo, noma lapho umshayi ephikelela ekujikijeleni ibhola ngaphandle kokufinyelela komshayi. Abadlali beqembu elishayayo abafinyelela isisekelo sokuqala ngaphandle kokuthi babizwe "ngaphandle" bangazama ukuqhubekela phambili ezisekelweni ezilandelayo njengomgijimi, ngokushesha noma ngesikhathi sokushaya kwabalingani beqembu. Ithimba elifaka amagoli lizama ukuvimbela ukugijima ngokwenza abadlali noma abagijimi "baphume", okubenza baphume enkundleni. I-pitcher ingakwazi ukukhipha i-batter ngokuphonsa ama-pitch amathathu okuholela ekushayweni, kuyilapho abakhi benkundla bengakwazi ukukhipha i-batter ngokubamba ibhola elibhekiswe phansi ngaphambi kokuthi lithinte phansi, futhi bangakwazi ukukhipha umgijimi ngokumfaka uphawu ngebhola ngenkathi umgijimi engathinti isisekelo.