Running up the score no intent to hit them) as this would insult the opposing team, violate the spirit of the game, and hurt their own batting average. Amateur, high school, and international baseball games often have a mercy rule so that games end sooner when the lead is deemed to be insurmountable (e.g. by 10 runs after 5 innings). However, since the home team always gets one final at-bat if they are trailing, the visiting team can in theory score unlimited runs in the top half of the inning. One of the unique rules of curling allows for the losing team to concede
The First Team that organization's inaugural 1959 induction class for their efforts in popularizing the sport and as the game's first practitioners. The following are recognized by the Basketball Hall of Fame as members of "The First Team": The First Team The First Team were the first players known to have played the sport of basketball, having been taught the game in 1891 by James Naismith, who is recognized as the inventor of the sport. The team comprised 18 players who were studying in Springfield, Massachusetts, to become executive secretaries of the YMCA and who, as part of their coursework, studied physical education