Baseball in Philippines

Among the five major team sports in Philippines, baseball has created a distinct niche for itself and sports being an integral aspect of culture of Philippines, the country has created a pool of talents in these major team sports.

Baseball is a popular sport that is played between two teams usually each team with an individual strength of nine players. It is a bat-and-ball game in which a pitcher throws (pitches) a hard, fist-sized, leather-covered ball toward a batter on the opposing team. The batter attempts to hit the baseball with a tapered cylindrical bat, made of wood (as required in professional baseball) or a variety of other materials (as allowed in many nonprofessional games). A team scores runs only when batting, by advancing its players — primarily via hits — counterclockwise past a series of four markers called bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or "diamond." The game, played without time restriction, is structured around nine segments called innings.

In Philippines, various clubs are associated with the game of baseball and amidst the various clubs; the Titans Baseball Club is worth a special mention. The Titans Baseball Club is a non-profit organization which consists of ex-collegiate varsity, national team and recreational players who share a common passion for baseball with the vision and desire to foster the growth and sustainable development of baseball in Philippines. The authorities who are associated with the game of baseball in Philippines is making sincere efforts to make the game more popular and to make it more acceptable to the younger generations of the country.