Most kids though likes being athletic because of the attention they get whenever they do good at the game. Other kids, although not that good at a particular sport wants to play to become socially active - to mingle with their friends or meet new people. The reasons vary by kid's age and personality. There are signs that it would be among the most popular ball games for many years or decades to come. When everyone you know is getting into it, you should also strive to learn baseball yourself. You need not be conformist. If you try to understand the game, you would certainly be hooked to it naturally. Learn Baseball And Its Sign Language In many occasions, baseball had been equated to the American spirit. Somebody said that whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball . Here is an addendum: whoever wants to learn baseball must also learn its sign language . For such an open and physical sport as baseball, baseball players still plays around with some signs and signals stuff they love to perpetrate. In the home plate is the catcher who will catch the pitched balls of the pitcher. The bases are covered by their assigned personnel (first baseman at the first base, etc.) while the short stop covers the area between the second and the third base. The outfield (extension beyond the infield bordered by the first and third bases) is covered by the left, center, and right fielders. (The infield fly rule is to prevent the fielder from purposely dropping the ball and allowing him to recover it quickly and make a double play.) Running The runner, on the other hand, can also make plenty of outs. Here is the list. the runner is tagged standing off the base; the runner runs outside the baseline; the runner is hit by a batted ball; the runner fails to touch the bag; the runner has another runner behind him and is forced out when the base he is running to is tagged; and, two runners are on the same base; Double play Two outs can also be recorded in one play, most usually where there is a runner on first and the batter hits a ground ball. Each of the teams would take turn to pitch and to bat. As usual, the one that scores greater is the winner at the end of the game. One inning is counted per batting turn of a team. Technically, there should be up to nine innings in every game. The pitching team could prevent the batting team from scoring through catching the ball before it could touch the ground, touching base before a runner gets there, or touching the runner using the ball before he gets to any base.