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COLLEGE BASEBALL
College baseball is baseball as played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education, predominantly in the United States.
The first known intercollegiate baseball game took place in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on July 1, 1859, between squads representing Amherst College and Williams College. Amherst won, 73-32. This game was one of the last played under the "Massachusetts rules", which prevailed in New England until the "New York rules" developed in the 1840s gradually became accepted.
As with other intercollegiate sports, most college baseball is played under the auspices of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The NCAA writes the college baseball rules of play, while each sanctioning body supervises season-ending college baseball tournaments. The NCAA college baseball tournaments are known as the College World Series; one college baseball tournament is held on each of the three levels of the college baseball competition sanctioned by the NCAA. The college basketball rankings also has different levels.
The rules of college baseball are substantially similar to the Official Baseball Rules. Exceptions include the following:
• The college baseball bat may be made of wood or of aluminum or a metal or composite material that meets NCAA standards.
• The designated hitter rule is used. In addition, a team may elect to begin a game with a player listed as the pitcher-DH; this player starts the game as pitcher but, if relieved, continues as the DH.
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