TER General Board
I can't imagine any company playing baseball. It should take all of one or two innings before someone is hurt.
The fundamentals basically remain the same regardless of what ball you are using. When hitting, eyes on the ball, watch the ball make contact with the bat. Swing easy rather than hard. Don't pull your head out.
When fielding grounders, glove on the ground (Bill Buckner in 86 World Series can attest to this one).
Look the ball into your glove when catching a throw or fly ball.
Follow these rules and you too can get a mega million dollar contract with the Yankees 
As others have written it is most likely softball and not baseball.
1) Do not swing at the first pitch. Ever. Use it to gauge the pitchers speed and accuracy. Softball pitchers have to throw underhand so the ball will be coming at you from above and going down (think about that for a minute). This means that timing is everything.
2) Do not try to crush the ball. If you do you will just miss and look foolish. There's usually 1 or 2 players on a team that have the size and bat speed to crush the ball. You'll know who they are when you see the outfielders move way back when they come up to the plate.
3) Choke up on the bat. This means hold the bat higher on the handle. You won't generate as much power but you'll get better accuracy. This is important for novices.
4) Keep the bat off of your shoulder. Hold the bat so that it is at a 45 degree angle.
5) Keep you eyes on the ball. Just like golf. Follow the ball in and swing but keep your eyes on it and your head will remain steady.
6) Swing the bat level. When you take your swing make sure that the bat remains level. You will want to practice this so I'd recommend buying a bat. Stand in front of a mirror.
7) Make sure that your feet are planted and try and have them both facing the plate. As you get more comfortable with the game you can change your stance to suit your needs but for the beginning do this.
8) When you make contact with the ball don't throw the bat. Just drop it and run towards first base. Hustle will get you everywhere's.
9) For your first time try and play as the 5th infielder if your game has one. if you can try and play between 1st and 2nd base since most players bat right handed. Your throws to first base will also be a lot shorter. I'd advise against playing the outfield your first time becuase you can easily lose perspective on how far a fly ball has been hit and really look like a fool. You will also do a lot more running in the outfield and you are kind of out of the action many times.
10) Remember about force plays - especially at 2nd base. If there is a runner on first base and the batter hits a grounder to you, you can throw the runner out at 2nd base and he doesn't have to be tagged. All the 2nd base man has to do is step on the base with the ball in his glove. Same applies to other bases when runners are on 1st and 2nd or 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
11) One thing that may not be obvious to you if you have never played and grew up in a different country is that you wear your golve on your "weak" hand. If you are right handed that means you wear your glove on your left hand so that you can throw the ball with your right hand. This may take some getting used to so it's a good thing you bought a glove (hopefully for the correct hand). It would be good if the previous owner will have broken it in correctly so it won't be stiff. A softball is much bigger than a baseball so if you can try and buy a softball to hold in your glove and get a feel for it. Don't forget to smell the glove. There's nothing quite like the smell of a leather glove.
12) Enjoy yourself and remember that you are playing a game.
-- Modified on 10/12/2003 4:08:19 AM