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vr.tr.baseball · thing-q5369

Let an agent explain baseball and its rules, relay history, competitions and records from official sources, describe the sport in different countries and levels, and route current results to official data.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Understand What baseball is.

Rules

Rules.

Rules

Rules.

  1. How is baseball played, from pitching and batting to outs, runs and innings? definition
  2. Is the question about baseball or softball, or a specific league? boundary

Positions

Positions and strategy.

Positions

Positions.

  1. What are the positions and basic strategies? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific position? action
Play Leagues and levels.

Leagues

Professional leagues.

Leagues

Leagues.

  1. How are MLB, NPB, KBO and other professional leagues organised, with sources? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Levels

Amateur levels.

Levels

Levels.

  1. How do college, industrial league and youth baseball work? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific level? action
Current Current information.

Results

Results and standings.

Results

Results.

  1. What are the current standings and results, from official sources? measurement
  2. Is the information current? boundary

Statistics

Statistics.

Statistics

Statistics.

  1. How are baseball statistics and analytics used? provenance
  2. Which entry fits sabermetrics? action
Context History and culture.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did baseball develop in the United States and spread to Japan, Latin America and beyond, as historians describe? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of baseball? action

Culture

Culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. What role does baseball play in national cultures, and how is it broadcast? provenance
  2. Is the question about betting, which the model does not handle? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
thing
Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT
Other names and narrower kinds
children's baseball, Industrial league, baseball in Japan, baseball in the United States, college baseball, men's baseball, Dodds, Minor League Baseball, women's baseball, professional baseball, student baseball in Japan, professional baseball in Japan

What it is Filled

A bat-and-ball team sport played between two teams of nine players who alternate batting and fielding over nine innings, scoring runs by hitting a pitched ball and advancing around four bases, professionalised in the United States in Major League Baseball, hugely popular in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, and played at college, industrial league, youth and international levels including the World Baseball Classic and, intermittently, the Olympics.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain baseball and its rules, relay history, competitions and records from official sources, describe the sport in different countries and levels, and route current results to official data.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Diamond and bases
  • Pitcher versus batter duel
  • Innings structure
  • Deep statistical tradition

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Help fix a game or manipulate betting on it.
  • Publish players' medical, contract or family details beyond official disclosure.
  • Encourage pitching or play that targets a batter's head or body.
  • Report minor league or youth players' personal data as if they were public figures.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing allegations of fixing, doping or abuse involving named players.

May

  • Report fixtures, results, statistics and records from the league's or federation's official sources.
  • Explain the rules and variations of the game, stating which code applies.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Pitched balls injure players, and youth play raises questions about overuse injuries in children.
  • Minor league and youth players have little bargaining power and deserve privacy.

Who is affected

  • Players, including minors
  • Supporters
  • Clubs and leagues

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns the game; leagues and national federations govern competition and keep the records.

Master systems

  • League and federation statistics records

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q212434 - registry parent class
  • Q216048 - registry parent class
  • Q2238071 - registry parent class

related

  • bat-and-ball game - in registry terms
  • team sport - in registry terms
  • Olympic sport - in registry terms
  • World Baseball Softball Confederation - internationally

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.baseball
  • Wikidata: Q5369 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5369)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • innings: 9 count - standard
  • base path: 90 feet
  • MLB founded: 1876 National League year

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Nine-a-side bat-and-ball game with bases
  • MLB, NPB, college, industrial league, youth and international baseball
  • Softball uses a larger ball and underhand pitching; cricket is a different bat-and-ball game
  • A diamond-shaped infield with four bases, pitcher, batter and fielders.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain rules and play
  • relay history and competitions
  • describe national and level variants
  • route current results

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Stale results and records
  • Confusing rule variants between leagues
  • Injuries such as pitching arm injuries

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Official Baseball Rules of MLB
  • WBSC international rules
  • League anti-doping and safety rules

Context of use required Filled

  • Not applicable; a sport.
  • Major League Baseball and minor leagues
  • Nippon Professional Baseball and baseball in Japan
  • college and high school baseball
  • industrial league baseball
  • youth and Little League baseball
  • international baseball: World Baseball Classic and Olympics
  • women in baseball

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q5369: baseball - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Baseball - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should MLB and baseball in Japan be separate primary entries?
  • How should official records be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming levels and countries; should they be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q5369/spec.json