| Console: | Sony Playstation |
| TV Standard: | NTSC-J |
| Country: | Japan |
| Developer(s): | Banpresto |
| Publisher(s): | Banpresto Co., Ltd. |
| Release Date: | 1996-04-12 |
| Players: | 1 |
| Co-op: | No |
| ESRB: | Not Rated |
| Type: | Sports |
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond. Players on the batting team take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team, which tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance via a teammate's hit or other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the fielding team records three outs. One turn at bat for each team constitutes an inning and nine innings make up a professional game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins.
Baseball is one of the most popular sports in Japan. It was introduced to Japan in 1872 by Horace Wilson, who taught at the Kaisei School in Tokyo. The first baseball team was called the Shimbashi Athletic Club and was established in 1878. Baseball has been a popular sport ever since.
The first one in the series of games made by Banpresto for Playstation features as usual different kind of game modes, different stadium and teams to select, cartoon 3d graphics and the gameplay that made the series a success.
