Thursday, April 10, 2014

Irish Thought for April 10...

Gaelic Sports

Rounders

Similar to softball, rounders is played between two teams that alternate between batting and fielding, with nine players per team.  Game play involves hitting a small, leather-cased ball with a bat and then running around four bases to score "rounders."  The sport's first nationally formalized rules were drawn up by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland in 1884.  The game is particularly popular with schoolchildren, especially girls.

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