Infield it includes that area where the all-important duel between the pitcher and batter takes place. The pitcher stands on the pitcher's mound (a raised mound of dirt located at the center of the infield) and from there he pitches the ball to his catcher, who is crouched behind home plate sixty feet, six inches away at what might be called the cutlet of the diamond-shaped baseball field. To the left and right of the catcher are chalk boxes in the dirt called batter's boxes. The opposing team's batter must stand in one of the two boxes and from there he
The Bewties Of The Fute-ball for its roughness or praising it ironically for the same reason. The Bewties Of The Fute-ball The Bewties Of The Fute-ball is a brief, anonymous Middle Scots poem of the sixteenth century. It depicts the game of football, as it was played in the same era, as being violent and unruly. Ball games played between opposing teams were widespread in pre-modern Europe. Many localities are known to have had a variety including the Calcio of Florence and La Soule of northern France In Scotland football games were common enough for the Scottish Parliament to attempt to outlaw them on several