
Gilbert P. Laue
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LOCATION: Gary, IN, United States
Chief Copy Editor, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., Homewood, Illinois. Associate Editor, Sports, Encyclopædia Britannica, Chicago.
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Baseball, game played with a bat, a ball, and gloves between two teams of nine players each on a field with four white bases laid out in a diamond (i.e., a square oriented so that its diagonal line is vertical). Teams alternate positions as batters (offense) and fielders (defense), exchanging…
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