Hockey vs Baseball

Erin Lovelace

Compare and Contrast

Hockey versus Baseball

Hockey and Baseball are very much alike and different.  In the essay below I will tell you how they are both alike and different.  They are both fun to watch.

Hockey and Baseball have only boys playing professionally.  There are girl teams but I think they are minor leagues.  Both have fans who support there favorite teams.  Both have stores where fans can buy their stuff to support their teams and use at games.  There are food vendors at each game for hockey and baseball.  Both are very physical sports and the players need to be healthy to play.  They both wear head protection so that they do not get hurt.  There are referees at both games.  They both have coaches and the players have to practice a lot.  These are just some of the ways they are alike.

Hockey is different in these ways.  Hockey is played on ice during fall and winter.  They use sticks to hit a puck on the ground.  They wear padding all over so that they don't get hurt when they fall.  They also wear ice skates to move around.  They have goalies to prevent the puck from entering the net and scoring.  They have two half's and they play overtime called sudden death.  They also fight a lot and the fans call it blood on the ice.  The players are very physically and will slam each other into walls, stick each other and trip one another.  This leads to the penalty box and one less player on the ice.

Baseball is played during summer and fall. They use baseballs that they hit with bats.  They have pitchers to throw the ball to the hitter.  They have 9 innings.  The players run to three bases and they are out when a ball is caught will in the air or tagged by the opposite team with the ball.  There is not a lot of physical contact between players.  Players slide into base.   They have 3 chances to hit the ball or they are out.  They run around a field with dirt and grass shaped in a diamond.  When a ball is hit out of the field people have a chance to catch the ball.  If there is a fight players are thrown out of the game and are not allowed to return and often fined by the baseball commission.

Hockey and Baseball are alike in that they require coaches and players.  They practice their sports  a lot.  They are both played in Fall. They have fans and those fans love to buy their products to support the team.  But Hockey and Baseball are very different in that hockey is played on ice and baseball is played on a grass and dirt field.  Hockey have two half's but here are nine innings in baseball.  While both are alike and different, I like to watch both of them!