现代棒球运动起源于美国,1845年,制订了第一部棒球竞赛规则,至今已有一百五十年的发展历史。 本世纪三四十年代,美国职业棒球的迅猛发展,也促进了大学、高中业余棒球的发展,更引起人们对青少年棒球运动的注意,他们视棒球为培养合格公民的有效途径之一,毫不夸张地说,在美国从学校到社区,从社会到家庭,人人爱棒球、打棒球蔚然成风。 美国的学校棒球包括: The modern baseball movement originated in the United States. In 1845, the first baseball competition rule was formulated and has been developed for 150 years. In the 1930s and 1940s, the rapid development of professional baseball in the United States also promoted the development of amateur baseball at universities and high schools. It also attracted people’s attention to youth baseball. They regarded baseball as one of the effective ways to train qualified citizens. Exaggeratedly, in the United States, from school to community, from society to the family, everyone loves baseball and playing baseball is a common practice. American school baseball includes: