(完形填空)
A famous philosopher(哲學(xué)家) once wrote,“Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn base-ball.” Many people believe that Abner Dou-bleday 1 ndline baseball. They say that in 1839, in Cooperstown, NY, Doubleday organize(組織)the first game of baseball ever 2 ndline. Cooperstown is now the 3 ndline of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Others believe that baseball 4 ndline from an English game called rounders. As early as the 1600s, people were playing rounders. People playing rounders first hit a ball with a bat and then ran 5 ndline bases. It looked like baseball, 6 ndline there were some differences. The main difference was the way 7 ndline fielders(外野手)got run-ners out. In rounders, the fielder threw the ball at the runner. If the ball 8 ndline the runner while he was running around the bases, the 9 ndline was out.
Gradually(逐漸地), Americans changed rounders to make it baseball. The big 10 ndline came when the fielder stopped 11 ndline the ball at the runner. Instead, the fielder tagged(追上)the runner, just as fielders 12 ndline today.
In 1845, a sportsman called Alexander Cartwright wrote a set of baseball rules 13 ndline the clubs. Many of these rules are still used.
With the 14 of the modem equip-ment(設(shè)備), baseball has become more and more15 ndline. |