rounders

rounders
a team sport played with bat and ball; thought to be the origin of softball and baseball

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  • Rounders — Fédération internationale National Rounders Association Gaelic Athletic Association Pratiquants  Royaume Uni …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Rounders — (ir. Cluiche corr) ist eine Ballsportart (Schlagballspiel) von den britischen Inseln, das in englischen Quellen bereits 1744 als Baseball (!) bezeichnet wird. (A Little Pretty Pocketbook). Ebenso nennt es Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths 1796 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rounders — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Rounders Título Apuesta final (Argentina) Ficha técnica Dirección John Dahl Dirección artística Rick Butler Producción …   Wikipedia Español

  • rounders — ► PLURAL NOUN (treated as sing. ) ▪ a ball game similar to baseball, in which players run round a circuit of bases after hitting the ball with a cylindrical wooden bat, scoring a rounder if all four bases are reached before the ball is fielded …   English terms dictionary

  • Rounders — Infobox Teamsport subject name=Rounders image link= image caption= governing body=National Rounders Association Gaelic Athletic Association teams=2 players=9 12 length= 5 7 Innings origincountry=England firstgame=1884 first with formalised rules… …   Wikipedia

  • rounders — n [U] (BrE) a children’s game for two teams, played with a bat and a ball, in which players have to run round four bases. It has been played in Britain since at least the beginning of the 18th century, and is the origin of modern baseball. * * *… …   Universalium

  • rounders — [[t]ra͟ʊndə(r)z[/t]] N UNCOUNT Rounders is a game played by two teams of children, in which a player scores points by hitting a ball thrown by a member of the other team and then running round all four sides of a square …   English dictionary

  • Rounders (film) — Rounders Rounders Movie Poster Directed by John Dahl Produced by T …   Wikipedia

  • Rounders (Film) — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Rounders Produktionsland USA …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • rounders — roun|ders [ˈraundəz US ərz] n [U] a British ball game, similar to baseball, in which players hit the ball and then run around the edge of an area …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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